2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
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| Date | 25 March 2021 |
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| Description | The first postal voting-only election in Canada. Hampered by COVID-19 , the voting process was not simple. Unsurprisingly, the results couldn't have been better for the governing Liberals. |
The 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held in March 2021.
Timeline
- January 15, 2021 - Premier Furey asks Lieutenant Governor Judy Foote to dissolve the House of Assembly for a general provincial election, scheduled for February 13, 2021.
- January 17, 2021 - The Progressive Conservatives become the first of the four registered parties to nominate a slate of 40 candidates.
- January 21, 2021 - The Liberals become the second of the four registered parties to nominate a slate of 40 candidates.
- January 22, 2021 - NL Alliance leader Graydon Pelley suspends his campaign due to an emergency surgery that left him in an extensive recovery period.
- January 23, 2021 - Deadline for candidates to be nominated.
- February 2, 2021 - Initial deadline for mail-in ballots to be received.
- February 6, 2021 - Advance voting took place.
- February 11, 2021 - Following a surge in cases of COVID-19 in St. John's and the surrounding area, Chief Electoral Officer Bruce Chaulk announced that voting in 18 of the province's 40 electoral districts, all in the Avalon Peninsula, would be delayed indefinitely.
- February 12, 2021 - In-person voting is entirely cancelled province-wide after it was discovered that the new COVID-19 cases were the Alpha variant.
- February 13, 2021 - Initial date that the election was to be held.
- March 1, 2021 - Original day that mail-in ballots were to be received.
- March 5, 2021 - Second deadline that mail-in ballots were to be received.
- March 25, 2021 - Deadline that mail-in ballots are to be received.
- March 27, 2021 - Preliminary results are to be announced by Elections NL.
- March 30, 2021 - Results will officially be tallied, and the victors were declared elected
Results
Liberal Premier Andrew Furey won a majority of seats.
Only three seats MLAs lost their seats; two of which were leaders of opposition parties.
Progressive Conservative Leader Ches Crosbie lost his seat to the Liberals by 534 votes.
Leader of the NDP Alison Coffin lost her seat to the Liberals by 53 votes. She filed a legal challenge.[1]
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