Newfoundland and Labrador General Election

[Newfoundlander]

Danny Who? Dunderdale looks to become first woman elected premier in N.L.

Expectations weren’t exactly high when Kathy Dunderdale became the hand-picked replacement for one of the most popular premiers Canada has ever seen.

“One of the greatest challenges is going to be that I’m not Danny Williams,” she said last December as her force-of-nature boss suddenly quit politics in Newfoundland and Labrador to resume his business career.

“However, I’m confident that I’ll make my own mark.”

Those last words could turn out to be prescient. Recent polls signal that Dunderdale, 59, is poised to make history Tuesday as she tries to become the first woman elected to the province’s top political job.

It would be a sweet triumph for the daughter of a Burin Peninsula fisherman, one of 11 children, who was only supposed to lead the Progressive Conservatives until an heir apparent stepped up to fill the chasm Williams left.

No one did. Dunderdale declared within weeks that, with the backing of her cabinet and caucus, she would run for the leadership.

She was crowned unchallenged last spring at a Tory convention that was to include a tribute dinner for Williams. He skipped the event in what was the first of a few perceived snipes at his successor for reasons that haven’t been publicly clarified.

Williams has cryptically referred to a distancing of the Dunderdale administration from him, but little else.

Dunderdale has refused to discuss the subject. She made it clear when the campaign started three weeks ago, however, that she would not be seeking help from Williams on the hustings.

Nor has she appeared to need it. Dunderdale could hardly have seemed more the relaxed frontrunner on Saturday as she boarded her big blue campaign bus for one last trip to shore up Tory support outside St. John’s.

The mother of two and grandmother of four cuts a svelte, confident figure these days. She is about 100 pounds lighter than she was a year ago after becoming a committed early-morning runner who shuns refined sugars in favour of fruits, non-starchy vegetables and wild rice.

During a speech to party faithful in what could be a tight race in the riding of Port de Grave, Dunderdale spoke without notes as she has in districts around the province. During stops at Tim Hortons, a grocery store and a shopping mall, she glad-handed with the assurance of someone at ease in her own skin.

Dunderdale has been in some heated exchanges with voters upset over issues ranging from the struggling fishery to construction jobs. But the former natural resources minister who took part in notoriously tough talks with Big Oil on multibillion-dollar projects off Newfoundland did not flinch or lose her cool.

Still, Dunderdale says she must clear the hurdle of Tuesday’s election to validate her leadership and set what she hopes will be an eight-year course as premier.

“I’ve been supported by the cabinet and the caucus. I’ve been supported by the people within our party. But the real legitimacy comes from the people of the province, and that’s the test I need to pass on Tuesday.”

The NDP’s Lorraine Michael has promised to redistribute the province’s oil wealth as she tries to get more New Democrats elected than ever before. The NDP’s previous record for the number of seats it has held in the legislature is two.

The Liberals led by Kevin Aylward — who took over after Yvonne Jones stepped aside as leader this summer for health reasons — believe they are poised to make gains in Labrador and central Newfoundland.

Pollsters and political watchers have noted what appears to be a growing yen in the province for a stronger opposition.

Progressives Conservatives have a chance Tuesday to win their third straight majority government since 2003.

There were 43 Tories in the legislature compared to four Liberals and one New Democrat at dissolution.

Dunderdale herself says she has never shied from the kind of balanced debate that is healthy for democracy.

http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2011-10-10/article-2773186/Danny-Who-Dunderdale-looks-to-become-first-woman-elected-premier-in-NL/1

[The_Squid]

No one really needs an blow-by-blow update on the NFLD election. If there are some issues to discuss, that's one thing. If there is a post announing who wins, then great... but you are the only person to make any posts in this thread....

Maybe the question in this thread should be:

Is NFLD politics irrelevant in the rest of Canada?

Is NFLD itself currently irrelevant to the rest of Canada?

I would answer no to the first question, since they certainly have clout in Ottawa that seems to be beyond what one would expect.

The second question is harder to answer though.... I think an economic analysis should be done to evaluate whether or not it would be beneficial for all the maritime provinces to be amalgamated. One Provincial government. Single agencies, rather than four, supplying services to the maritimes. The cost savings would probably be enormous...

Edited October 11, 2011 by The_Squid

[Newfoundlander]

No one really needs an blow-by-blow update on the NFLD election. If there are some issues to discuss, that's one thing. If there is a post announing who wins, then great... but you are the only person to make any posts in this thread....

Maybe the question in this thread should be:

Is NFLD politics irrelevant in the rest of Canada?

Is NFLD itself currently irrelevant to the rest of Canada?

I would answer no to the first question, since they certainly have clout in Ottawa that seems to be beyond what one would expect.

The second question is harder to answer though.... I think an economic analysis should be done to evaluate whether or not it would be beneficial for all the maritime provinces to be amalgamated. One Provincial government. Single agencies, rather than four, supplying services to the maritimes. The cost savings would probably be enormous...

Another question: Are you yourself irrelevant?

Yes.

[treehugger]

Congratulations to your new premier. Nice to see a smart woman take the reins, it's long overdue.

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