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Cal Mitchell (politician)
Calvin "Cal" Mitchell is a Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador. He was the member of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (MHA) for La Poile from 1985 to 1989. Politics Mitchell is a businessman from Petites on the southern coast of Newfoundland. Before he was elected to the House of Assembly, he served as the president of the Southwest Coast Development Association. Mitchell first attempted to run for the Progressive Conservative (PC) nomination in the riding of Burin—St. George's for the 1984 federal election, but he lost the nomination to Joe Price. He successfully ran as the PC candidate in the district of La Poile for the 1985 provincial election, having defeated former provincial Liberal leader Bill Rowe for the nomination. He served in the House of Assembly for just one term before losing to Liberal opponent Bill Ramsay in the 1989 election The following elections occurred in the year 1989. Africa * 1989 Beninese parliamentary election * 1989 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newfoundland And Labrador House Of Assembly
The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly () is the Unicameralism, unicameral deliberative assembly of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It meets in the Confederation Building (Newfoundland and Labrador), Confederation Building in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the name of the King of Canada. The governing party sits on the left side of the speaker of the House of Assembly as opposed to the traditional right side of the speaker. This tradition dates back to the 1850s as the heaters in the Colonial Building were located on the left side. Thus, the government chose to sit near the heat, and leave the opposition sitting in the cold. Homes of Legislature Before 1850 the legislature has sat at various locations including Mary Widdicombe Travers, Mary Travers' tavern on Duckworth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1984 Canadian Federal Election
The 1984 Canadian federal election was held on September 4, 1984, to elect members to the House of Commons of Canada, House of Commons of the 33rd Canadian Parliament, 33rd Parliament of Canada, following the dissolution of the House on July 9. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, Progressive Conservative Party, led by Brian Mulroney, won a landslide victory, defeating the incumbent governing Liberal Party of Canada, Liberal Party led by Prime Minister of Canada, Prime Minister John Turner. The Progressive Conservatives won 211 seats, the most seats in the House in Canadian political history, and regained power for the first time since 1979 Canadian federal election, 1979. This was the first election since 1958 Canadian federal election, 1958 in which the Progressive Conservatives won a majority government, and is also the only time since 1958 that Canada's governing party received an actual majority of votes cast. Mulroney's victory came as a result of his building of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Conservative Party Of Newfoundland And Labrador MHAs
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Living People
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Elections Newfoundland And Labrador
Elections Newfoundland & Labrador is the non-partisan agency in Newfoundland & Labrador, of the legislative assembly charged with running provincial elections. References External links * Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region of Labrador, having a total size of . As of 2025 the populatio ... Politics of Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Newfoundland General Election
The 1993 Newfoundland general election was held on May 3, 1993, to elect members of the 42nd General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party. Results Results by district *Names in boldface type represent party leaders. *† indicates that the incumbent did not again. *§ indicates that the incumbent lost their party's nomination. St. John's , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kilbride , , Gerald Glavine3,08639.04% , , , Ed Byrne3,70946.92% , , Wayne Lucas1,11014.04% , , , Robert Aylward† , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pleasantville , , , Walter Noel3,48346.07% , , Randy Pearcey3,23242.75% , , Elaine Price84611.19% , , , Walter Noel , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's Centre , , , Hubert Kitchen2,99047.25% , , Paul Stapleton2,46438.94% , , Fraser March87413.81% , , , Hubert Kitchen , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East , , Joan Cook1,72831.31% , , Sean Fitzgerald1,28524.02% , , , Jack Harris2,33643.67% , , , Jack Harris , - , bgcolor=w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1989 Newfoundland General Election
The 1989 Newfoundland general election was held on April 20, 1989 to elect members of the 41st General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Liberal party despite polling fewer votes than the Conservatives. Unusually, however, Liberal leader Clyde Wells was defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding of Humber East despite having led his party to victory. Consequently, a member of his caucus, Eddie Joyce, resigned shortly after the election, and Wells was acclaimed to office in the riding of Bay of Islands. Seven years later, Verge was the leader of the Progressive Conservatives during the 1996 election, and she also lost Humber East in the election, though her party did not win that election. Opinion polls Results , - style="background:#ccc;" ! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Party ! rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;", Party leader !rowspan="2", ! colspan="4" style="text-align:center;", Seats ! colspan="3" style="text-align:center;", Popular vot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Rowe
William Neil Rowe, (born June 4, 1942) is a former politician, lawyer, broadcaster, and writer in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Rowe was born in Grand Bank and is the son of the late Liberal Senator Frederick William Rowe and the late Edith Laura Butt. Rowe attended Memorial University of Newfoundland where he earned a Bachelor of Arts. He studied for a Bachelor of Law at the University of New Brunswick on a Sir James Hamet Dunn Scholarship, and went on to become a Rhodes Scholar, graduating with an Honours M.A in Law from the University of Oxford. He entered politics and was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly five times as a Liberal MHA, first at the age of twenty-four. He was appointed, at twenty-six, as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Joey Smallwood and became responsible for several departments. He was later elected as Leader of the Opposition, holding that position from 1977 to 1979. He resigned his position prior to the 1979 gener ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Party Of Newfoundland And Labrador
The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is one of the three parties currently represented in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, and one of two that had continual representation since Newfoundland became a province of Canada. It has formed the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for over 60% of time period since Newfoundland joined the Canadian confederation as its tenth provinces in 1949 and produced eight of the province's fifteen premiers, including incumbent Premier John Hogan. Prior to 2017, the party and its sister parties in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were formally the provincial branch of the Liberal Party of Canada. The party became an independent and completely autonomous political party when the national party ended its confederated organizational model in 2016 and severed formal governance relationship with all provincial liberal parties. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 Newfoundland General Election
The 1985 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 April 1985 to elect members of the 40th General Assembly of Newfoundland. It was won by the Progressive Conservative party under Premier Brian Peckford. Results Results by district *Names in boldface type represent party leaders. *† indicates that the incumbent did not run again. St. John's , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Kilbride76.04% turnout , , , Robert Aylward3,66856.71% , , Joseph Sala1,17018.09% , , Alfred Sullivan1,63025.20% , , , Robert Aylward , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, Pleasantville74.33% turnout , , , Jerome Dinn3,00347.13% , , Walter Noel2,19634.47% , , Paul Ring1,17218.40% , , , Jerome Dinn , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's Centre73.55% turnout , , , Patrick McNicholas3,33250.97% , , Mary Philpott2,22934.10% , , Nina Patey97614.93% , , , Patrick McNicholas , - , bgcolor=whitesmoke, St. John's East72.79% turnout , , , William Marshall2,73850.18% , , Hugh Shea73813.52% , , Gene Long1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Price (politician)
Joseph Price (born 5 May 1945, Brunette Island) is a Canadian politician who was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an educational administrator and teacher by career. He was elected at Newfoundland's Burin—St. George's electoral district in the 1984 federal election, thus he served in the 33rd Canadian Parliament. On 11 November 1984, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Labour, a position he served in until the end of his term in office. In the 1988 federal election, he was defeated by Roger Simmons of the Liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. For example, while the political systems ... and left national politics. External links * 1945 births Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Newfoundla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
