Dwight Ball

Dwight Ball
Premier Dwight Ball in November 2016
13th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
14 December 2015 – 19 August 2020
MonarchElizabeth II
Lieutenant GovernorFrank Fagan
Judy Foote
Preceded byPaul Davis
Succeeded byAndrew Furey
Minister of Intergovernmental and Indigenous Affairs
In office
8 November 2018[1] – 19 August 2020[2]
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byposition abolished
Minister Responsible for Labrador Affairs
In office
8 November 2018[1] – 19 August 2020[2]
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byLisa Dempster
Minister of Labrador and Aboriginal Affairs
In office
14 December 2015 – 8 November 2018[1]
Preceded byKeith Russell
Succeeded byposition abolished
Leader of the Opposition
In office
17 November 2013 – 14 December 2015
Preceded byEddie Joyce (Interim)
Succeeded byPaul Davis
In office
3 January 2012 – 18 July 2013
Interim
Preceded byYvonne Jones
Succeeded byEddie Joyce (Interim)
Leader of the Liberal Party
In office
17 November 2013 – 3 August 2020[3]
Preceded byEddie Joyce (Interim)
Succeeded byAndrew Furey
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Humber-Gros Morne
Humber Valley (2007, 2011-2015)
In office
30 November 2015 – 7 September 2020
Preceded bydistrict established
Succeeded byAndrew Furey[4]
In office
11 October 2011 – 30 November 2015
Preceded byDarryl Kelly
Succeeded bydistrict abolished
In office
13 February 2007 – 9 October 2007
Preceded byKathy Goudie
Succeeded byDarryl Kelly
Personal details
Born (1957-12-21) 21 December 1957 (age 66)
Deer Lake, Newfoundland, Canada
Political partyLiberal
ProfessionPharmacist

Dwight Ball (born 21 December 1957)[5] is a Canadian politician who was the 13th premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from 14 December 2015, to 19 August 2020, and an MHA. He represented the electoral district of Humber Valley in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, and was the leader of the Liberal Party from 17 November 2013 to 3 August 2020.

On 3 January 2012, Ball began his duties as Leader of the Official Opposition and interim leader of the Liberal Party. On 5 July 2013, Ball stepped down as interim leader of the Liberal Party to run for the position permanently in the 2013 leadership election, which he won. He was sworn in on 14 December 2015.

On 30 November 2015, Ball won a 31-seat majority government in the 2015 election. The Ball government was re-elected to a minority government in 2019.

On 17 February 2020, Ball announced his pending resignation. Following a virtual convention on 3 August -- held in part due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—Ball was succeeded by Andrew Furey, who assumed the premiership on 19 August 2020.

  1. ^ a b c "Premier Ball Announces Changes to Cabinet". Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. 8 November 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ a b Lindsay Bird (19 August 2020). "New N.L. premier, new finance minister: Andrew Furey takes office and shuffles cabinet". CBC News. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  3. ^ Interim: 3 January 2012 – 5 July 2013
  4. ^ "Ball resigns as MHA, Furey will run in his place". CBC News. 7 September 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2023.
  5. ^ Dunn, Christopher (12 March 2020). "Dwight Ball". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 27 May 2021.