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♂ Dwight W. Ball
aliasDwight W. Ball
Record
2465 · 4658

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 67%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Newfoundland and Labrador 4 2 6
Birth 21 December 1957
Age 66 years + 4 months
First mandate 12 February 2007 → 17 years + 2 months ago
↳ at age 49 years + 1 month
 
Mandate ended 3 years + 7 months ago (7 September 2020)
Special notes
None
 
Dwight W. Ball (1957– )
© Photo 2016 Dover1958 — licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Newfoundland and Labrador 9 6 20 Z

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. NL 47
LIB
 1 ✓ Party leader 54–55 03 Jan 2012 — 05 Jul 2013 1 6 2
2. NL 47
LIB
 1 ✓ Opposition Leader 54–55 03 Jan 2012 — 17 Jul 2013 1 6 14
3. NL 47–49
LIB
 2 Party leader 55–62 17 Nov 2013 — 02 Aug 2020 6 8 16
4. NL 47
LIB
 2 Opposition Leader 55–57 17 Nov 2013 — 29 Nov 2015 2 0 12
5. NL 48–49
LIB
 1 Premier 57–62 30 Nov 2015 — 18 Aug 2020 4 8 19

Electoral history

Races 6  
Path points 7  
2 documented challengers
⊕ Kathy Goudie  f 
 		 ⊖ Darryl J. Kelly  m  (3 runoffs)
 
Eligible: 7,746 Votes: 5,333 Participation: 68.85% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
21 October 2003
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4859(F) — 27 Feb 2022 20:38 ET
✗
 Defeated but elected later to this legislature
Age
45
LIB
 2/2 2,507 47.28% -289 Winner:
PC
 2,796 52.72% Kathy Goudie
Eligible: 7,712 Votes: 4,431 Participation: 57.46% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
45		 Newfoundland and Labrador
12 February 2007
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 14367(F) — 21 Dec 2023 06:47 ET
✓
 → New to this legislature
Age
49
LIB
 1/3 2,153 48.70% +7 Loser:
PC
 2,146 48.54% Darryl J. Kelly

Service: 7 months 26 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 7,934 Votes: 5,894 Participation: 74.29% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
46		 Newfoundland and Labrador
9 October 2007
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 4955(F) — 21 Dec 2023 06:47 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
49
LIB
 2/3 2,769 47.10% -254 Winner:
PC
 3,023 51.42% Darryl J. Kelly
Eligible: 8,026 Votes: 5,439 Participation: 67.77% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
47		 Newfoundland and Labrador
11 October 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 6691(F) — 21 Dec 2023 06:47 ET
✓
 → Returned to this legislature after hiatus
Age
53
LIB
 1/3 2,609 48.14% +68 Loser:
PC
 2,541 46.88% Darryl J. Kelly

Service: 4 years 1 month 18 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 9,412 Votes: 6,084 Participation: 64.64% Candidacies: 3
Provincial
48		 Newfoundland and Labrador
30 November 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7779(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
57
LIB
 1/3 4,610 75.98% +3,627 Loser:
PC
 983 16.20% Graydon Pelley

Service: 3 years 5 months 15 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 8,905 Votes: 6,136 Participation: 68.91% Candidacies: 2
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
16 May 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 26759(F) — 27 Feb 2022 21:44 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent (Party leader)
Age
61
LIB
 1/2 4,247 69.94% +2,422 Loser:
PC
 1,825 30.06% Greg Osmond
After his election:
7 Sep 2020 62
LIB
 →
Vac.
 Left provincial politics
Service: 1 year 3 months 22 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 9,650 Votes: 5,318 Participation: 55.11% Candidacies: 4
Provincial
49		 Newfoundland and Labrador
6 October 2020
By-Election
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 35618(F) — 23 Jul 2021 15:24 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
62		 Successor:
LIB
 3,401 63.95% Andrew J. Furey

Online biographical references (2)

 Retrieved on
EN Wikipedia
Dwight Ball		 17 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Dwight Ball		 17 Mar 2024

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Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 17 Mar 2024 16:57 (but data presented dynamically)

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