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2006 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election

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2006 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election
DateMay 28, 2006
ConventionSt. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Resigning leaderJack Harris
Won byLorraine Michael
Ballots1
Candidates2

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

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Potential candidates who did not run

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Results

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First Ballot
Candidate Votes Perc.
Lorraine Michael 107 95.5%
Nina Patey 5 4.5%
Spoiled Ballots 0 0.00%
Totals 112 100%

References

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  1. ^ "Do honourable thing and quit seat, Tories tell Harris". Cbc.ca. August 23, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  2. ^ "Lorraine Michael". Mapleleafweb.com. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "Michael taking nothing for granted in pending byelection". Cbc.ca. August 21, 2006. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
  4. ^ "Michael waltzes to victory in NDP leadership". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. May 28, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  5. ^ "NDP leadership 'not for me,' Norman says". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. March 2, 2006. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  6. ^ "Shawn Skinner loses seat to NDP" Archived 2012-09-13 at archive.today. The Telegram, October 11, 2011.
  7. ^ "Gerry Rogers wins NDP leadership race". The Telegram. April 8, 2018. Retrieved May 14, 2018.
  8. ^ "Gerry Rogers new provincial NDP leader". CBC News. April 8, 2018. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
  9. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

See also

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