Larry Duchesne

Larry Duchesne
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island
In office 1991–1995
Preceded by	Dody Crane
Succeeded by	Herb Dickieson
Personal details
Born	March 23, 1949[1]
Political party	New Democratic Party
Profession	teacher

Larry Duchesne is a Canadian politician, who was leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party from 1991 to 1995.

A teacher and former journalist from Kinkora, Prince Edward Island, he won the party leadership on February 3, 1991, over Mike Leclair and Judy Whittaker.^[2] He had previously been a candidate for the party in provincial elections in both Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia.

He led the party into the 1993 election,^[3] and was the party's assemblyman candidate in 4th Prince, but won no seats on election day.^[4] Following the election loss, he took a three-month unpaid leave of absence from his position as leader, so that he could collect unemployment benefits and thus save the party money through not having to pay his leader's salary.^[5]

He resigned as party leader in November 1994,^[6] and was succeeded in 1995 by Herb Dickieson.^[7]

He ran as the party's candidate in the new district of Parkdale-Belvedere in the 1996 election, but was again not elected to the legislature. In the 1997 federal election, he ran in the district of Cardigan,^[8] but did not win the seat.

References

1. "Soggy election fervor fails to ignite". Vancouver Sun, March 22, 1993.
2. "Teacher elected leader of P.E.I.'s New Democrats". Toronto Star, February 4, 1991.
3. "P.E.I. voters will head to the polls on March 29". Toronto Star, March 2, 1993.
4. "Callbeck wins big in P.E.I. election". Windsor Star, March 30, 1993.
5. "NDP leader quitting post briefly to collect UI". Vancouver Sun, June 9, 1993.
6. "NDP leader quits in P.E.I." Montreal Gazette, November 7, 1994.
7. "Prince Edward Island New NDP leader selected". The Globe and Mail, March 14, 1995.
8. "Cardigan New Democrats field Larry Duchesne". The Guardian, May 8, 1997.