Eddie Joyce

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.

Eddie Joyce MHA
Leader of the Opposition in Newfoundland & Labrador Interim
In office July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Preceded by	Dwight Ball
Succeeded by	Dwight Ball
Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador (interim)
In office July 18, 2013 – November 17, 2013
Preceded by	Dwight Ball
Succeeded by	Dwight Ball
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Humber-Bay of Islands Bay of Islands (1989, 1999-2007, 2011-2015)
Incumbent
Assumed office October 27, 2011
Preceded by	Terry Loder
In office February 9, 1999 – October 9, 2007
Preceded by	Brian Tobin
Succeeded by	Terry Loder
In office April 20, 1989 – April 21, 1989
Preceded by	Ted Blanchard
Succeeded by	Clyde Wells
Personal details
Political party	Independent (2018-) Liberal (1989-2018)
Occupation	Political Assistant

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]

Joyce was first elected in the 1989 election — however, as party leader Clyde Wells had been defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding despite leading the Liberal Party to victory, Joyce stepped aside to allow Wells to contest the seat in a by-election. He worked in the executive offices of Wells and his successor as Premier, Brian Tobin, until the 1999 election, when he ran for office again in Bay of Islands. He won the seat and served until the 2007 election, when he was defeated by Terry Loder.[1] In October 2010, Joyce announced that he would re-seek the Liberal nomination, and in the 2011 provincial election he defeated Loder to reclaim his old seat.[4]

On July 18, 2013 Joyce was named Leader of the Opposition and interim Liberal leader, replacing Dwight Ball who resigned to run for the provincial leadership permanently in the party's 2013 convention.[1][5] Following the Liberals forming government in the 2015 election, Joyce was named to cabinet. On April 25, 2018, Joyce was formally accused of harassment by another Liberal MHA. He was subsequently removed from cabinet and caucus pending the outcome of an investigation.[6]

On August 27, 2018, CBC released a copy of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards report regarding allegations made by fellow Liberal MHA Colin Holloway which cleared Joyce and Dale Kirby of any wrongdoing.[7] On October 21, 2018 the Commissioner's report regarding the complaints made by Sherry Gambin-Walsh was leaked to the public. The report found that Joyce had broken the code of conduct for elected officials when he lobbied Minister Gambin-Walsh to hire a friend of his for a government job; Joyce was cleared on all other allegations.[8][9] On November 16, 2018 Joyce confirmed that he had been denied re-entry into the Liberal caucus.

Joyce contested the 2019 provincial election as an independent candidate in Humber-Bay of Islands. He was re-elected as an independent.[10]

Electoral record

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Eddie Joyce	4,172	67.2%	–
	Liberal	Brian Dicks	1,068	17.2%	-67.3
	Progressive Conservative	Michael Patrick Holden	659	10.6%	+0.3
	New Democratic	Shawn Hodder	310	5.0%	-0.2

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	4,622	84.5%	+33.28
	Progressive Conservative	Ronald Jesseau	564	10.3%	-27.5
	New Democratic	Conor Curtis	282	5.2%	-6.4

2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2,760	51.22	+5.62
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Loder	2,003	37.18	-15.25
	NDP	Tony Adey	625	11.6	+9.63

2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Terry Loder	2854	52.43	+3.00
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2482	45.6	-1.33
	NDP	Charles Murphy	107	1.97	-1.67

2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	2907	49.43	-8.13
	Progressive Conservative	Mike Monaghan	2760	46.93	+15.77
	NDP	Dave (Bud) Quigley	214	3.64	-7.64

1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Eddie Joyce	3164	57.56	-8.11
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Hunt	1713	31.16	+3.69
	NDP	Israel Hann	620	11.28	+4.43

References

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.
4. Loder accepts Joyce’s challenge, not his criticism. The Western Star, October 27, 2010.
5. "Eddie Joyce named Opposition Leader". The Western Star. 18 July 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
6. "Eddie Joyce removed from Liberal caucus following complaints of harassment, bullying". CBC News. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
7. Cooke, Ryan (Aug 27, 2018). "Kirby cleared of being Twitter troll, Joyce cleared of bullying MHA Colin Holloway". CBC News. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
8. Tobin, Stephanie (Oct 23, 2018). "Eddie Joyce crossed line by lobbying to get friend a government job, report finds". CBC News. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
9. "Fiery exchanges, pointed questions, but debate on harassment reports pushed to Wednesday". CBC News. Oct 23, 2018. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.
10. "'Dwight Ball, you can dismiss me, but you can't defeat me': Eddie Joyce nabs seat once again". CBC News. May 17, 2019. Retrieved Oct 17, 2020.