The New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador held their leadership convention from May 26–28, 2006. This leadership election was called to elect a new leader to succeed Jack Harris,[1] who had served as party leader since 1992. Harris had also served as Member of the House of Assembly for Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi since a 1990 by-election. In the end Lorraine Michael won the party's leadership, defeating writer Nina Patey. Michael won 107 votes to Patey’s 5.[2] Lorraine Michael, later went on to win the by-election held in Harris' district, Signal Hill-Quidi Vidi and became one of two NDP MHAs in the House of Assembly.[3]
Candidates
Potential candidates who did not run
Results
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First Ballot
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Candidate
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Votes
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Perc.
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Lorraine Michael
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107
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95.5%
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Nina Patey
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5
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4.5%
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Spoiled Ballots
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0
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0.00%
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Totals
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112
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100%
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References
- ^ "Do honourable thing and quit seat, Tories tell Harris". Cbc.ca. August 23, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ "Lorraine Michael". Mapleleafweb.com. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ "Michael taking nothing for granted in pending byelection". Cbc.ca. August 21, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
- ^ "Michael waltzes to victory in NDP leadership". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. May 28, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ "NDP leadership 'not for me,' Norman says". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 2, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- ^ "Shawn Skinner loses seat to NDP" Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today. The Telegram, October 11, 2011.
- ^ "Gerry Rogers wins NDP leadership race". The Telegram. April 8, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
- ^ "Gerry Rogers new provincial NDP leader". CBC News. April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- ^ Feb 12, CBC News · Posted; February 12, 2019 11:08 AM NT | Last Updated. "Gerry Rogers stepping down as NDP leader, not seeking re-election | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
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