Joe Byrne (Canadian politician)
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Joe Byrne | |
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Leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island | |
In office April 7, 2018 – September 1, 2020 | |
Preceded by | Michael Redmond |
Succeeded by | TBD |
Personal details | |
Born | Sept-Îles, Quebec | December 26, 1961
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Prince Edward Island |
Profession | community outreach worker, administrator |
Joe Byrne (born December 26, 1961) served as leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island from 2018 to 2020. He became leader on April 7, 2018, after defeating two other candidates on the first ballot of the NDP leadership convention.
Previously, Byrne was the federal NDP candidate in Charlottetown riding in the 2011, 2015 and 2019 federal elections, placing second behind Liberal candidate Sean Casey in 2015, and fourth in 2019.
Byrne was a missionary in the Dominican Republic for seven years and then served as director of youth ministry at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlottetown for 12 years. Since 2010, he has been community connections supervisor with the PEI Association of Newcomers to Canada, where he has helped plan the annual ‘DiverseCity’ festival.[1][2]
Byrne also contested the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election in District 12, Charlottetown-Victoria Park, losing to Green Party candidate Karla Bernard.[3] Byrne resigned as PEI NDP leader effective September 1, 2020.[4]
Electoral record[]
2019 Prince Edward Island general election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Green | Karla Bernard | 1,272 | 40.50 | +21.70 | ||||
Liberal | Richard Brown | 875 | 27.90 | -7.00 | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Tim Keizer | 656 | 20.90 | -6.56 | ||||
New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 336 | 8.19 | -6.16 | ||||
Total valid votes | 2,839 | 100.0 | ||||||
Green gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.35 |
2019 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Sean Casey | 8,812 | 44.26 | −12.01 | $81,859.21 | |||
Green | Darcie Lanthier | 4,648 | 23.35 | +17.57 | $36,415.23 | |||
Conservative | Robert A. Campbell | 4,040 | 20.29 | +5.47 | $46,459.01 | |||
New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 2,238 | 11.24 | −11.90 | $4,819.38 | |||
Christian Heritage | Fred MacLeod | 172 | 0.86 | New | $1,200.90 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 19,910 | 100.0 | $86,542.92 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 274 | 1.36 | +0.89 | |||||
Turnout | 20,184 | 73.45 | −2.14 | |||||
Eligible voters | 27,480 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −14.79 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[5] |
2015 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Sean Casey | 11,910 | 56.27 | +16.79 | $133,567.53 | |||
New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 4,897 | 23.14 | –1.94 | $51,147.58 | |||
Conservative | Ron MacMillan | 3,136 | 14.82 | –17.89 | $73,560.00 | |||
Green | Becka Viau | 1,222 | 5.77 | +3.51 | $5,912.52 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 21,165 | 99.53 | $170,107.74 | |||||
Total rejected ballots | 99 | 0.47 | –0.14 | |||||
Turnout | 21,264 | 76.24 | +6.14 | |||||
Eligible voters | 27,891 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +9.36 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[6][7] |
2011 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Liberal | Sean Casey | 7,292 | 39.48 | -10.58 | $61,465.09 | |||
Conservative | Donna Profit | 6,040 | 32.71 | +0.60 | $48,556.35 | |||
New Democratic | Joe Byrne | 4,632 | 25.08 | +12.77 | $45,026.11 | |||
Green | Eliza Knockwood | 417 | 2.26 | -2.57 | $2,301.92 | |||
Christian Heritage | Baird Judson | 87 | 0.47 | -0.23 | $3,159.86 | |||
Total valid votes/expense limit | 18,468 | 100.0 | – | $69,664.10 | ||||
Total rejected ballots | 113 | 0.61 | -0.16 | |||||
Turnout | 18,581 | 70.10 | +3.96 | |||||
Eligible voters | 26,507 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -5.59 | ||||||
Sources:[8][9] |
References[]
- ^ "The Cadre Chats with NDP Candidate Joe Byrne". The Cadre | UPEI. October 19, 2015.
- ^ "Meet the Staff (Community Outreach tab)". PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018.
- ^ P.E.I. NDP leader says party will rebuild after poor election showing. The Guardian (PEI). April 23, 2019.
- ^ "Joe Byrne resigns as leader of P.E.I. NDP". www.theguardian.pe.ca. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
- ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Charlottetown (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
- ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Anglophone Quebec people
- New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island leaders
- People from Sept-Îles, Quebec
- University of Prince Edward Island alumni