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politician, who represents the
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Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
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. Originally a member of the
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, he served as the party's interim leader and the leader of the official opposition in the House of Assembly from July until November 2013. He served as a cabinet minister in the Ball government from 2015 to 2018.
He was born in
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and was educated in
Corner Brook
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's
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campus, and at
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. He won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1975 Canada Winter Games. Joyce served as chair of the Canadian Paraplegic Association. In 2000, he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Hall of Fame.
Politics
Joyce was first elected in the
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— however, as party leader Clyde Wells had been defeated by
Lynn Verge
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in his own riding despite leading the Liberal Party to victory, Joyce stepped aside to allow Wells to contest the seat in a by-election. He worked in the executive offices of Wells and his successor as Premier,
Brian Tobin
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, until the 1999 election, when he ran for office again in Bay of Islands. He won the seat and served until the 2007 election, when he was defeated by Terry Loder. In October 2010, Joyce announced that he would re-seek the Liberal nomination, and in the 2011 provincial election he defeated Loder to reclaim his old seat.
On July 18, 2013 Joyce was named Leader of the Opposition and interim Liberal leader, replacing
Dwight Ball
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who resigned to run for the provincial leadership permanently in the party's 2013 convention. Following the Liberals forming government in the 2015 election, Joyce was named to provincial cabinet. On April 25, 2018, Joyce was formally accused of harassment by another Liberal MHA. He was subsequently removed from cabinet and caucus pending the outcome of an investigation.
On August 27, 2018,
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released a copy of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards report regarding allegations made by fellow Liberal MHA Colin Holloway which cleared Joyce and
Dale Kirby
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of any wrongdoing. On October 21, 2018, the Commissioner's report regarding the complaints made by
Sherry Gambin-Walsh
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Following the retirement of MHA
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in 2024, Joyce became the province's longest serving MHA. Joyce has been in the House of Assembly since 2011; he also previously served between 1999 and 2007.
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