N.L. Liberals to announce next leader, new premier during atypical convention Monday

Only 50 people will be allowed inside the event to welcome the next leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador due to the province's restrictions on large gatherings. The tight limit has forced organizers to get creative and take tough decisions about who will make the list.

The candidates are Andrew Furey, a physician and charity founder with family connections to Ottawa, and John Abbott, a former civil servant and CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. Neither has held elected office, and the winner will guide the country's easternmost province through a challenging period, staring down a $2.1-billion deficit presented in a fiscal update last month.

The Liberals are considering running the show without a teleprompter -- and the person required to manage the technology -- as a way to find one extra place for a body. Scrutineers and the election auditor will work out of a nearby building. Thousands more people have signed up to vote compared with the Liberals' leadership election in 2013, the party says. Close to 10,000 votes had already been cast by Thursday afternoon and 1,000 people were registered to participate in Monday's virtual annual general meeting.

Monday's winner will need to quickly turn his attention to the provincial budget, which is expected to be tabled in September. This fiscal year's deficit has already jumped by $1.35 billion since the budget was tabled, due primarily to plummeting oil revenues and pandemic-related costs.

As a Newfoundlander now living in Ottawa and a physician myself, I am hoping that the next Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador will be Dr. Andrew Furey ❤🙏

Both are Laurentian Elite connected Liberals. So nothing will change for NL. 😞😡

Hopefully the chosen successor won't be a white man, that would be very racist in this day and age.

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