As campaign looms, Liberals fill slate while nominations keep coming

The entire Liberal caucus is attempting re-election. Two Independents hope to keep their seats. A new party gives voters a fourth choice. The NDPcasts a small slate of new political faces. And the Toriesare pushing the Crosbie name out in two St. John's districts.

As the Newfoundland and Labrador election campaign officially gets underway, let's take a look at candidates whose names will be on ballotsthis May.

As of Wednesday afternoon, the Liberals have secured acandidatefor each race in the upcoming provincial election.

The PCsinch closer to a full slate with a promise to have a candidate in all 40 districts.

Meanwhile, the NDPwill have just one more candidate by Thursday than the province's fourth and newest party, NL Alliance.

The NL Alliance was foundedlast November by Graydon Pelley, the former president of theProgressive Conservative party.

Below is a list of each district and the candidates that have so far been nominated for each party.

Baie Verte- Green Bay

• Liberal: Brian WarrIncumbent
• PC: Neville Robinson

Bonavista

• Liberal: Neil King Incumbent
• PC: Craig Pardy

Burgeo - La Poile

• Liberal: Andrew Parsons Incumbent

Burin - Grand Bank

• Liberal: Carol Anne Haley Incumbent

Cape St. Francis

• Liberal: Michael Duffy
• PC: Kevin Parsons Incumbent

Carbonear - Trinity - Bay de Verde

• Liberal: Steve Crocker Incumbent
• PC: Jason Oliver

Cartwright - L'Anseau Clair

• Liberal: Lisa DempsterIncumbent

Conception Bay East - Bell Island

• Liberal: Cyril Hayden
• PC: David Brazil Incumbent

Conception Bay South

• Liberal: Kevin Baker
• PC: Barry Petten Incumbent

Corner Brook

• Independent: Wayne Bennett
• Liberal: Gerry Byrne Incumbent

Exploits

• Independent: Gloria Cooper
• Liberal: Jerry Dean Incumbent
• PC: Pleaman Forsey

Ferryland

• Liberal: Janice Ryan
• PC: *Fourpeople are vying fornomination

Tory Keith Hutchings has held theseat since 2007, but has decided not to seek re-election.

Fogo Island - Cape Freels

• Liberal: Derrick BraggIncumbent

Fortune Bay - Cape La Hune

• Liberal: Elvis Loveless

PC Tracey Perry has held the seat for 12 years but has not confirmed whether she is seeking re-election.

Gander

• Liberal: John HaggieIncumbent
• PC: Ryan Wagg

Grand Falls-Windsor - Buchans

• Liberal: Al Hawkins Incumbent
• PC: Chris Tibbs

Harbour Grace - Port de Grave

• Liberal: Pam Parsons Incumbent
• PC: Glenn Littlejohn

Glenn Littlejohnsat in the House of Assembly from 2011 to 2015, until he was defeated by Parsons.

Harbour Main

• Liberal: Betty Parsley Incumbent
• NL Alliance: Mike Cooze
• PC: * Four people are vying for the nomination

Humber - Bay of Islands

• Independent: Eddie Joyce Incumbent
• Liberal: Brian Dicks

Humber - Gros Morne

• Liberal: Dwight Ball Incumbent

Labrador West

• Liberal: Graham LettoIncumbent
• NDP: Jordan Brown

Lake Melville

• Liberal: Perry TrimperIncumbent
• PC: Shannon Tobin

Lewisporte - Twillingate

• Liberal: Derek Bennett Incumbent

Mount Pearl - Southlands

• Independent: Paul Lane Incumbent
• Liberal: Hasan Hai
• PC: Gillian Pearson

Mount Pearl North

• Liberal: Nicole Kieley
• NL Alliance: William Neville
• PC: Jim Lester Incumbent

Nicole Kieleyfaced Jim Lesterin a byelection on Nov. 21, 2017, when she ran for the NDP.

Mount Scio

• Liberal: Sarah Stoodley
• NL Alliance: Graydon Pelley
• PC: Lloyd Power

The district of Mount Scio has most recently beenheld by NDP-turned-Liberal-turned-Independent Dale Kirby, who has notyet indicated if he will seek re-election.

Placentia - St. Mary's

• Liberal: Sherry Gambin-WalshIncumbent
• PC: Hilda Whalen

PlacentiaWest - Bellevue

• Liberal: Mark BrowneIncumbent

St. Barbe - L'Anseaux Meadows

• Liberal: Christopher Mitchelmore Incumbent

St. George's - Humber

• Liberal: Scott Reid Incumbent
• NL Alliance: Shane Snook
• PC: *Two people are vying for nomination

St. John's Centre

• Liberal: Seamus O'Keefe
• NDP: Jim Dinn
• PC: JonathanGalgay

Former NDPleader Gerry Rogers represented the district of St. John's Centre since 2011 when she defeated longtime Tory Shawn Skinner with 54 per cent of the vote. This race includes three familiar faces who are new to provincial politics.

St. John's East - Quidi Vidi

• Liberal: George Murphy
• NDP: *Alison Coffin (not yet declared)

Long held by former NDP leader Lorraine Michael, the New Democrats' new leader, Alison Coffin, hopes to keep the district orange. George Murphy is no stranger to politics, having served as an MHAunder the NDP. Before that, he was a Liberal.

St. John's West

• Liberal: Siobhan CoadyIncumbent
• PC: Shane Skinner
• NDP: Brenda Walsh

Stephenville - Port au Port

• Liberal: John Finn Incumbent
• PC: Tony Wakeham

Tony Wakehamunsuccessfully challenged Tory leader Ches Crosbie for the PCleadership in 2018.

Terra Nova

• Liberal: Colin Holloway Incumbent
• PC: Lloyd Parrott

Topsail - Paradise

• Liberal: Patricia Hynes-Coates
• PC: Paul DinnIncumbent

Patricia Hynes-Coates and Paul Dinnwill be used to battling each other in the district of Topsail-Paradise, having just come off a byelectionearlier this year. The vote was triggered after former Tory leader Paul Davis stepped away from politics.

Torngat Mountains

• Liberal: Randy EdmundsIncumbent

Virginia Waters - Pleasantville

• Liberal: Bernard Davis Incumbent
• NDP: Jenn Deon
• PC: Beth Crosbie

Waterford Valley

• Liberal: Tom Osborne Incumbent

Windsor Lake

• Liberal: Bob Osborne
• PC: Ches Crosbie Incumbent

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