A Race for Second Place: The 2011 Provincial Election in Newfoundland and Labrador

Marland, Alex (2012) A Race for Second Place: The 2011 Provincial Election in Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Political Science Review, 6 (2-3). pp. 287-300. ISSN 1911-4125

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Abstract

This descriptive summary of the 2011 Newfoundland and Labrador election profiles a campaign that had two signifi-cant, if predictable, outcomes: Kathy Dunderdale became the first woman in the province’s history to lead her party to victory and for the first time the New Democratic Party (NDP) placed second in the popular vote. As with the previ-ous election in 2007, that the Progressive Conservative (PC) party would continue to run the government was never in doubt, and the main question was again how many seats the Liberals and NDP would win. This time, however, there was plenty of intrigue about which party would form and lead the official opposition.

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