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Pandemic complicates Liberal leadership contest that will elect 14th N.L. premier
N.L. Premier Dwight Ball announces he’s stepping down Ball’s commitment took on a new meaning as COVID-19 forced a public health state of emergency in March.The Liberal race that had been set to pick a new leader in May was put on hold after people questioned the party’s initial determination to forge ahead despite the pandemic.Kelly Blidook, a political science professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, calls the convergence of events “a perfect storm of things going poorly” for governing the oil-reliant, financially troubled province.Now, with the first wave of the pandemic under control, voting is set to take place remotely between July 28 and Aug.