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John Connors (Canadian politician)

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Burgess beaten in Labrador: TORIES SWEEP NEWFOUNDLAND First PC majority since Confederation LYNDON WATKINS Globe and Mail Reporter.  The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont.. 25 Mar 1972: 1.
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Nevertheless, Connors was re-elected as NDP leader at the party's November 1972 bi-annual convention, defeating a challenge by Edgar Russell. However, he was replaced as leader in 1974 by
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Labrador man may be key: Smallwood majority in balance in Nfld. LYNDON WATKINS Globe and Mail Reporter.  The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont.. 29 Oct 1971: 1.
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working for 26 years at the university's Fisheries and Marine Institute in senior management positions including a term as Head of the School of Maritime Studies.
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the NDP stood only five candidates and won only 410 votes, with Connors only winning 200 votes in the riding he contested.
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Connors re-elected The Globe and Mail (1936-); Nov 27, 1972; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Globe and Mail, pg. 25
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Hope for 3 seats: Teacher, 26, leads Newfoundland NDP The Globe and Mail (1936-); Toronto, Ont.. 26 Oct 1971: 4.
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from 1970 to 1974. Connors was elected party leader in 1970 and was a 26-year-old schoolteacher from
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in what was expected to be a close election between long-time premier
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Academic staff of the Memorial University of Newfoundland
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was called by the new Conservative premier. In the March
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Newfoundland New Democratic Party
Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador
1971 Newfoundland general election
balance of power
Joey Smallwood
Liberals
Frank Moores
Progressive Conservatives
New Democrats
St. John's West
1968 Canadian federal election
Grand Falls
Frederick William Rowe
hung parliament
snap election
1972 Newfoundland general election
Gerald Panting
Memorial University
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Leaders of the Newfoundland and Labrador CCF/NDP
Newfoundland and Labrador
Drover
Finn
Normore
Thoms
Connors
Panting

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