Eddie Joyce

Eddie Joyce
Leader of the Opposition in Newfoundland & Labrador
Interim
In office
July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Preceded byDwight Ball
Succeeded byDwight Ball
Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (interim)
In office
July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Preceded byDwight Ball
Succeeded byDwight Ball
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Humber-Bay of Islands
Bay of Islands
(1989, 1999–2007, 2011–2015)
Assumed office
October 27, 2011
Preceded byTerry Loder
In office
February 9, 1999 – October 9, 2007
Preceded byBrian Tobin
Succeeded byTerry Loder
In office
April 20, 1989 – April 21, 1989
Preceded byTed Blanchard
Succeeded byClyde Wells
Personal details
Political partyIndependent (since 2018)
Liberal (1989–2018)
OccupationPolitical Assistant

Eddie Joyce is a Canadian politician, who represents the district of Humber-Bay of Islands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, 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 served as a cabinet minister in the Ball government from 2015 to 2018.

He was born in Curling and was educated in Corner Brook's Memorial University campus, 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]

  1. ^ "Long-serving MHA Eddie Joyce named Opposition leader". CBC News. 19 July 2013. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ O'Handley, Kathryn (2001). Canadian Parliamentary Guide. ISBN 0-7876-3561-8.
  3. ^ "Hall of Fame". Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015.