Now that the election is over…
Less than a week after her party's re-election, Premier Kathy Dunderdale informed voters that the House of Assembly would not be re-opening until the Spring, in part because she deems…
Newfoundland and Labrador Election
Election results – NL
Elections Newfoundland & Labrador has done a great job with their site this year by the look of things.Results go live in about half an hour's time. Check it out,…
2015
With an unusually high number of overlapping provincial and territorial elections overlapping this year, the Fall of 2011 makes for a busy electoral season. With few fireworks in Ottawa as…
Affectionate dispatches from the recently retired
Dear Newfoundlanders and Labradorians:I know that there is an election going on over the course of the past week and the next couple of weeks. (I know this because it…
14 months later
Kathy Dunderdale, last year:"New buyer has eyes on mill" - CBCKathy Dunderdale, yesterday:"It'd be something of a miracle in the present climate" - CBCWe've never been stronger.
Special Ballots
Regular readers have probably seen a few rants on this topic before, but here's a wee bit more in today's Western Star on the bizarre provisions in the Elections Act…
Morning Show addendum
Our political panel on the CBC Morning Show was a bit of fun. Thanks to former Premier Tom Rideout and Dr. Holly Pike for putting up with me and, of…
Platform pieces
I haven't even read this yet, so I'll save substantive commentary until after my yard work is done. But there is a bit of chatter about it on twitter (check…
Updated with hyperlinks
A previous version of this post is the most Googled thing I've ever written, so I'll keep re-posting it with updates as the busy electoral season approaches. It's a calendar…
The good district man
One of my longstanding pet peeves as an on-again off-again political hack and observer of Newfoundland politics is the proliferation of the term "a good district man" in reference to…
Speaking of disrespect
A resident of Pasadena notes in the weekend edition of the Western Star that it is "disrespectful for provincial government project signs, with the late Diane Whalen’s name on it,…