Eddie Joyce

Eddie Joyce
Leader of the Opposition in Newfoundland & Labrador Interim
In office July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Preceded by	Dwight Ball
Succeeded by	Dwight Ball
Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (interim)
In office July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Preceded by	Dwight Ball
Succeeded by	Dwight Ball
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Humber-Bay of Islands Bay of Islands (1989, 1999-2007, 2011-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office October 27, 2011
Preceded by	Terry Loder
In office February 9, 1999 – October 9, 2007
Preceded by	Brian Tobin
Succeeded by	Terry Loder
In office April 20, 1989 – April 21, 1989
Preceded by	Ted Blanchard
Succeeded by	Clyde Wells
Personal details
Political party	Liberal

Eddie Joyce is a Canadian politician, who represents the district of Bay of Islands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. A member of the Liberal Party caucus, he served as the party's interim leader and the leader of the official opposition in the House of Assembly from July until November 2013.^[1]

He was born in Curling and was educated in Corner Brook, at Memorial University and at Acadia University. He won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1975 Canada Winter Games. Joyce served as chair of the Canadian Paraplegic Association.^[2] In 2000, he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Hall of Fame.^[3]

Joyce was first elected in the 1989 election — however, as party leader Clyde Wells had been defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding despite leading the Liberal Party to victory, Joyce stepped aside to allow Wells to contest the seat in a by-election. He worked in the executive offices of Wells and his successor as Premier, Brian Tobin, until the 1999 election, when he ran for office again in Bay of Islands. He won the seat and served until the 2007 election, when he was defeated by Terry Loder.^[1] In October 2010, Joyce announced that he would re-seek the Liberal nomination, and in the 2011 provincial election he defeated Loder to reclaim his old seat.^[4]

On July 18, 2013 Joyce was named Leader of the Opposition and interim Liberal leader, replacing Dwight Ball who resigned to run for the provincial leadership permanently in the party's 2013 convention.^[1][5]

Electoral record

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2,760	51.22	+5.62
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Loder	2,003	37.18	-15.25
	NDP	Tony Adey	625	11.6	+9.63

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Loder	2854	52.43	+3.00
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2482	45.6	-1.33
	NDP	Charles Murphy	107	1.97	-1.67

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2907	49.43	-8.13
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Monaghan	2760	46.93	+15.77
	NDP	Dave (Bud) Quigley	214	3.64	-7.64

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	3164	57.56	-8.11
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hunt	1713	31.16	+3.69
	NDP	Israel Hann	620	11.28	+4.43

References

1. "Long-serving MHA Eddie Joyce named Opposition leader". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. O'Handley, Kathryn (2001). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. ISBN 0-7876-3561-8.
3. "Hall of Fame". Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association.
4. Loder accepts Joyce’s challenge, not his criticism. The Western Star, October 27, 2010.
5. "Eddie Joyce named Opposition Leader". The Western Star. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.