Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance

The Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance[3] (NL Alliance) is a political party in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The party was created by former PC Party president Graydon Pelley in November 2018, following a split over the direction of the party.[4] It was registered with Elections Newfoundland and Labrador in April 2019.[5] The party ran 9 candidates in the 2019 provincial election but failed to win any seats in the legislature.[6][7]

Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance
Active provincial party
LeaderGraydon Pelley [1]
PresidentRudy Norman
FoundedApril 12, 2019
Split fromNewfoundland and Labrador PC Party
IdeologyPolitical accountability
Government transparency
Non-partisan politics
Populism[2]
ColoursRed, Blue, and Yellow
Seats in House of Assembly
0 / 40
Website
Official website

History and principles

In November 2018, Graydon Pelley, then-president of the PC Party, resigned from the party, citing a lack of "real change that people want" among the new leadership. Pelley had run for the PCs in the Humber-Gros Morne district in the 2015 election, coming in a distant second to Premier Dwight Ball.

Graydon stated the NL Alliance's principles were focused on fixing a "broken" political system, offering five points to fix what he sees as ills. They include:[8]

  • Free votes in the House of Assembly
  • Having meetings to promote consensus among parties
  • Clean up behaviour in the House of Assembly
  • Opposing political appointees in provincial government jobs
  • Instituting recall legislation for MHAs

The NL Alliance held its first town hall meeting in January 2019 in the provincial capital of St. John's, with roughly 20 people in attendance, including Independent MHA Paul Lane. At the meeting, party founder Pelley laid out his basic premise for starting the party, claiming that status quo politics in the province wasn't working for residents.[9]

While Lane decided against joining the party and media gave little further attention, Pelley continued forward with his project, eventually gaining the necessary signatures to register the NL Alliance in time for the 2019 general election.[10] During the election, Pelley was included in the Federation of Labour leaders debate and the NLTA candidates forum, but was excluded from other debates.[11][12][13][14][15] Pelley personally contested the district of Mount Scio but finished a distant fourth.[16]

Electoral history
Election results
Election year No. of
overall votes		 % of
overall total		 No. of
candidates who ran		 No. of
seats won		 +/− Government
2019 5,086 2.39
9 / 40
0 / 40
 No seats

References
  1. "Officially Registered Parties". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  2. The Telegram (January 8, 2019). "Time for Newfoundland and Labrador to part with party lines?". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. Maher, David (12 March 2019). "Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance awaiting confirmation of official party status". The Telegram. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
  4. CBC News (November 14, 2018). "Graydon Pelley walks away from PCs to start new political group". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. VOCM (April 12, 2019). "NL Alliance Registers as Official Political Party". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. Sweet, Barb (May 16, 2019). "NL VOTES: Newfoundland and Labrador Alliance happy with inaugural effort, candidates say". Saltwire Network. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  7. "No seats for upstart N.L. Alliance". NTV.ca. Newfoundland Broadcasting Corporation. May 17, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
  8. The Telegram (January 6, 2019). "EDITORIAL: Mammoth task". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  9. VOCM (January 6, 2019). "NL Alliance Holds First Town Hall Meeting in Capital City". Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  10. "It's official: NL Alliance registered as 4th party heading into provincial election". CBC News. April 12, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  11. "Here's what happened at the province's 1st election debate for 2019 campaign". CBC News. May 1, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  12. "Decision To Leave NL Alliance Out Of Debate 'Disappointing' Says Leader". VOCM.com. Stingray Group Inc. May 1, 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019.
  13. "Graydon Pelley speaks out after being left out of leaders' debate". NTV.ca. Newfoundland Broadcasting Corporation. May 2, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  14. "Replay: Newfoundland and Labrador leaders election debate". Saltwire Network. May 1, 2019. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  15. Penney, Beth (May 14, 2019). "Two empty podiums at NLTA leaders forum on education". NTV.ca. Newfoundland Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  16. Roberts, Terry (May 3, 2019). "A heated doorstep debate symbolizes what's at stake in Mount Scio". CBC News. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
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