Premier Danny Williams made a call on Monday for a byelection that is not expected to happen.
Williams, who is expected to drop the writ for the Oct. 9 general election by next Monday, said he was obligated to call a byelection for Baie Verte district, which has been vacant since Tory Paul Shelley resigned in July.
Former tourism minister Paul Shelley resigned his seat of Baie Verte in July.
(CBC)
Under recent changes to the House of Assembly Act, a byelection must be called within 60 days of a seat becoming vacant.
Shelley — who left cabinet in January after announcing he would be retiring from politics — resigned his seat effective July 12.
A byelection must be held within 90 days of a vacancy.
However, with a general election scheduled for Oct. 9, the byelection call is effectively moot.
The writ for the election — the first to be held in the province under fixed-date legislation — must be dropped by Sept. 17.
"Once the writ is issued for the provincial general election, the byelection will no longer be in effect," the premier's office said in a statement.
Voters in the district will notice something else when they mark their ballots: the name of the district is changing to Baie Verte-Springdale. Under a recent redistribution, the district is picking up about 28 per cent of the soon-to-be-former district of Windsor-Springdale.
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| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PC | 43 | 0 | 43 | 69.56% |
| LIB | 3 | 0 | 3 | 21.98% |
| NDP | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.21% |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | .25% |
| Last Update:October 9, 10:58:12 PM NDT | ||||
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