2013 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election

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2013 Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election
DateNovember 15–17, 2013
Convention St. John's Convention Centre
Resigning leader Kevin Aylward
Won by Dwight Ball
Ballots3
Candidates5
Entrance Fee$20,000
Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership elections
May 2011 · August 2011 · 2013 · 2020

The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election of 2013 was triggered by Kevin Aylward's announcement on October 26, 2011, that he would resign as leader following the party's result in the 2011 provincial election. [1] It was announced on December 15, 2011, that Humber Valley MHA Dwight Ball would start serving as interim leader of the party on January 3, 2012. In May 2012, the party announced the leadership convention would take place between November 15–17, 2013. [2] It was won by Dwight Ball, who had stepped down as interim leader in July 2013 to run. [3] [4]

Contents

Candidates

Paul Antle

Background: Antle is a St. John's businessman, who was the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in St. John's East in the 2006 federal election. [5] Antle has said he is considering running for leader, but he wants the party to push back the leadership race so that it is closer to scheduled 2015 provincial election. [6]
Campaign website: www.paulantle.ca
Date campaign launched: July 11, 2013
Supporters

Dwight Ball

Background: MHA for Humber Valley (2007, 2011-present); Interim Leader of the Liberal Party and Leader of the Official Opposition (2012-July 2013)
Campaign website: www.dwightball.ca
Date campaign launched: July 5, 2013
Supporters

Cathy Bennett

Background: Bennett is a St. John's businesswomen, former president of the St. John's Board of Trade. Also spent 5 years on the Nalcor Board of Directors.
Date campaign launched: July 3, 2013
Campaign website: cathybennett.ca
Supporters

Jim Bennett

Background: Bennett was elected MHA for St. Barbe the 2011 general election. He was acclaimed leader of the Liberal Party in 2006 but resigned after just three months in the job. He was also the Liberal candidate in the district of St. Barbe in 2007, but was defeated by the Progressive Conservative incumbent.
Campaign website: liberalleaderjim.blogspot.ca
Date campaign launched: June 28, 2013
Supporters

Danny Dumaresque

Background: Dumaresque is the former member of the House of Assembly for Eagle River, serving between 1989 and 1996. In the 1996 general election he was defeated by independent Yvonne Jones. From 2006 to 2009 he served as President of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Dumaresque was the Liberal candidate in the district of Torngat Mountains in 2007 and the district of The Isles of Notre Dame in 2011. He was a candidate in the leadership election to replace Jones in August 2011. [9] [10]
Campaign website: dannydumaresque.ca
Date campaign launched: July 2, 2013
Supporters

Declined

Nomination rejected

Results

  = Winner

Results
Ballot 1Ballot 2Ballot 3
CandidateVotes %Points %Votes %Points %Votes %Points %
Dwight Ball 10,94445.94%2,130.0544.38%11,30648.45%2,257.1547.02%12,59860.64%2,832.2959.01%
Paul Antle6,34026.61%1,321.1527.52%6,60028.28%1,397.8629.12%8,17839.36%1,967.7140.99%
Cathy Bennett 5,25222.05%1,089.0522.69%5,43123.27%1,144.9923.85%
Danny Dumaresque 6702.81%131.692.74%
Jim Bennett 6172.59%128.052.67%
Total23,823100.004,800.00100.0023,337100.004,800.00100.0020,776100.004,800.00100.00

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References

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  2. ↑ "Liberal Party Announces Date of Leadership Convention". Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Archived from the original on July 11, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Dwight Ball officially in Liberal leadership race". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved November 29, 2015.
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  6. ↑ "Antle eyes Liberal post, but wants race pushed back". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. November 16, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
  7. 1 2 "Byrne not seeking Liberal leadership". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. February 26, 2013. Retrieved February 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ @DavidWCochrane (July 3, 2013). "So @SiobhanCoadyNL says on twitter she is endorsing @nlcmb for Liberal leader. Hear other big Liberal names will do the same. #nlpoli" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Dumaresque to run in The Isles of Notre Dame". The Telegram. August 22, 2011. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
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