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 byMichael Redmond
Succeeded byTBD
Personal details
Born (1961-12-26) December 26, 1961 (age 60)
Sept-Îles, Quebec
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Prince Edward Island
Professioncommunity 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
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
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2019 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown
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]
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2015 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown
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]
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2011 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown
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[]

  1. ^ "The Cadre Chats with NDP Candidate Joe Byrne". The Cadre | UPEI. October 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Meet the Staff (Community Outreach tab)". PEI Association for Newcomers to Canada. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018.
  3. ^ P.E.I. NDP leader says party will rebuild after poor election showing. The Guardian (PEI). April 23, 2019.
  4. ^ "Joe Byrne resigns as leader of P.E.I. NDP". www.theguardian.pe.ca. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. ^ "Results Validated by the Returning Officer". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
  6. ^ "October 19, 2015 Election Results — Charlottetown (Validated results)". Elections Canada. October 20, 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-first general election, 2011
  9. ^ Elections Canada – Candidate's electoral campaign return, 41st general election
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