Daniel E. Williams is a Canadian politician,businessman,and lawyer who served as the ninth premier of Newfoundland and Labrador between November 6,2003,and December 3,2010.
The Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party is a social democratic political party in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in 1961 as the successor to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Newfoundland Democratic Party. The party first contested the 1962 provincial election. The party won its first seat in the House of Assembly in 1984 and has been represented in the legislature since 1990.
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. The party is the provincial branch,and affiliate of the federal Liberal Party of Canada. It has served as the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador since December 14,2015. The NL Liberals were re-elected to a majority government in the 2021 provincial election.
The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a provincial political party in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. The party was founded in 1949 and most recently formed the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador from the 2003 general election until the 2015 general election. The party has served as the official opposition to the government of Newfoundland and Labrador since 14 December 2015. On October 14,2023,MHA Tony Wakeham was elected leader.
Labrador is a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949.
St. John's South is a defunct provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. As of its final contest in 2011,there were 7,923 eligible voters living within the district.
Todd Norman Dwayne Russell is a Canadian politician and was the Liberal member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador,Newfoundland and Labrador from 2005 to 2011.
Fabian Manning is a politician in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. Manning served as a Progressive Conservative and later as the independent Member of the House of Assembly for the district of Placentia and St. Mary’s from 1999 to 2005. From 2006 to 2008 he was the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Avalon. After his defeat in the 2008 federal election Manning was appointed to the Senate of Canada on January 2,2009,he resigned his Senate seat on March 28,2011,to run for election in his former riding of Avalon in the 2011 federal election,but was unsuccessful. Prime Minister Stephen Harper re-appointed Manning to the Senate on May 25,2011.
Shawn Skinner is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. Skinner is a former St. John's City Councillor and former Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for the district of St. John's Centre. He served as a MHA from 2003 to 2011 and was a minister in the cabinets of Danny Williams and Kathy Dunderdale. He is currently the training director for the Carpenter Millwright College.
Tom Osborne is a former politician in Newfoundland and Labrador,Canada. He represented the district of Waterford Valley in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2024. He was a member of the Liberal Party,a former member of the Progressive Conservative Party,and a former Minister in Danny Williams' first cabinet. He served as Minister of Health and Community Services,and Minister of Education in the Furey government. He was Speaker of the House of Assembly from 2015 to 2017.
Yvonne Jean Jones is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador,who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on May 13,2013. She represents the district of Labrador as a member of the Liberal Party caucus. On December 2,2015,she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs. Jones is a member of NunatuKavut,an unrecognized Inuit group.
John James "Jack" Harris is a former Canadian lawyer and politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. Harris served as the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament for St. John's East. He represented the riding from 1987 to 1988 and again from 2008 to 2015,when he was defeated. He won the seat again in the 2019 federal election,becoming the only NDP member of the House of Commons from Atlantic Canada. He retired from politics in 2021. Harris is also the former leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (1992–2006).
Anything But Conservative was a strategic voting campaign trialled by opponents of the Conservative Party of Canada. It was also known as the ABC campaign,or Vote ABC.
The 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election took place on October 11,2011,to elect members of the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Progressive Conservative Party formed a majority government in the 2007 election,with the Liberal Party serving as the Official Opposition and the New Democratic Party (NDP) serving as a third party.
Peter Penashue,is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was elected as the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the riding of Labrador in the 2011 federal election. Penashue was the first Innu from Labrador to be elected to the House of Commons of Canada and the first Innu cabinet minister in Canadian history. He was also the first centre-right MP to be elected from the riding of Labrador since 1968,and only the second ever to win it since Newfoundland and Labrador joined Canada in 1949.
Dan Crummell is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador,who represented the district of St. John's West in Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015,as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. In a 1995 by-election and the 1996 provincial election,Crummell was the Progressive Conservative candidate in the district of Gander.
The 2014 Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election was prompted by Kathy Dunderdale's announcement on January 22,2014,that she was resigning as premier and party leader. On January 24,2014,Tom Marshall was sworn in as the 11th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and interim leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. Prior to the nomination deadline,three accredited candidates entered the race;Frank Coleman,Bill Barry,and Wayne Bennett. On April 3,Bennett was removed from the race while on April 17,Barry voluntarily withdrew his nomination,resulting in Frank Coleman becoming leader-designate.
Chesley Furneaux "Ches" Crosbie,is a Canadian lawyer and former politician. Crosbie was elected leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador on April 28,2018 serving until March 31,2021. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2018 until 2021.
Clifford Small is a Canadian politician who is the Member of Parliament for Coast of Bays—Central—Notre Dame,having defeated Liberal incumbent Scott Simms by a close margin of 264 votes in the 2021 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is the first Conservative MP from Newfoundland and Labrador since Peter Penashue resigned in 2013. In Newfoundland alone,he is the first Conservative MP elected since 2006. He was appointed Shadow Minister for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency by Erin O'Toole on November 9,2021. He endorsed Pierre Poilievre in the 2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election. In October 2022,Poilievre appointed him as Fisheries,Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Shadow Minister.
