Yvonne Jones is a Canadian politician and interim leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For pre-1949 Liberal parties see Liberal parties in Newfoundland (pre-Confederation The Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador is a political party in the She currently represents the riding of Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, and was one of only three Liberal incumbents in the entire province to retain her seat in the 2007 provincial election. An electoral district (also known as a Constituency or a riding in the Canadian English political Jargon) is a geographically-based Cartwright—L'Anse au Clair is a provincial Electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada The Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly is one of two components of the General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, the other being the Lieutenant-Governor The Newfoundland and Labrador general election of 2007 was held on October 9, 2007 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province
She was first elected in the 1996 election as an independent candidate, defeating two-term Liberal MHA Danny Dumaresque, after losing the Liberal nomination for the riding to Dumaresque. The 1996 Newfoundland general election was held on February 22, 1996 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland Danny Dumaresque is a Canadian politician He represented the riding of Eagle River in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1989 She later joined the Liberal caucus in the legislature, and was reelected as a Liberal in 1999, 2003 and 2007. The 1999 Newfoundland general election was held on February 9, 1999 to elect members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland The Newfoundland and Labrador general election of 2003 was held on October 21 2003to elect the 48 members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador
On November 15, 2007, she was officially named the interim leader of the Liberal Party. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. An interim leader, in Canadian politics is a party leader appointed by the party's legislative caucus or the party's executive to temporarily act as leader to fill a gap between She is the first woman to lead the Liberal Party of Newfoundland. One of her first stated goals as leader is to abolish all political parties in the province and adopt a consensus government system much like that used in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories. Consensus government is a non-partisan democratic System of government in use in two Canadian territories. Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory
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| Preceded by Gerry Reid |
Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (interim) 2007– |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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