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The 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election was held on March 25, 2021, to elect members of the 50th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador.[3]
Under the province's fixed election date law, the vote was tentatively scheduled for October 10, 2023, but a caveat in the law mandates that an election must be held within one year of a new Premier assuming office.[4] Premier Furey assumed the role on August 19, 2020, and requested to Lieutenant Governor Judy Foote to issue the writs of election on January 15, 2021.[3]
However, an unexpected COVID-19 surge in the week leading up to the election caused voting to be delayed on the Avalon Peninsula,[5] before all in-person voting was eventually cancelled, delaying the election for every district until March 1, 2021.[6] After several more delays, the final mail-in ballot deadline became March 25, 2021.[7][8][1] The election was the first mail-in-only election in Canada.[9] Preliminary results were released by noon on March 27,[10] which projected a majority government for Andrew Furey and the Liberal Party.[11]
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- ^ a b @MikeConnors (March 9, 2021). "Elections NL has extended the mail ballot deadline to March 25. #nlpoli" (Tweet). Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "'2021 General Report - Elections Newfoundland and Labrador" (PDF). Retrieved July 27, 2023.
- ^ a b Mullin, Malone; Moore, Mike (January 15, 2021). "N.L. heading to the polls on Feb. 13 as Andrew Furey seeks Liberal majority". CBC News. Archived from the original on May 7, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021 – via CBC Newfoundland and Labrador.
- ^ Antle, Rob (February 21, 2021). "Here's the backstory for the law Furey cited when he sent voters to the polls in a pandemic". CBC News. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021 – via CBC Newfoundland and Labrador.
- ^ Connors, Michael (February 11, 2021). "Election postponed for 18 districts on Avalon Peninsula". NTV News. Archived from the original on February 12, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
- ^ Smellie, Sarah (February 12, 2021). "In-person voting called off in N.L. provincial election due to COVID-19 outbreak". CTV News. Bell Media. Archived from the original on February 14, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via CTV Atlantic.
- ^ @PeterCBC (February 14, 2021). "More extensions from Elections NL. You now have until Friday to apply for a special ballot, and the deadline to submit them has been pushed to March 5 #nlpoli" (Tweet). Retrieved February 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ @MikeConnors (February 19, 2021). "The deadline to return ballots to Elections N.L. has been extended to March 12. The ballots must be *postmarked* by that date in order to be counted. #nlpoli" (Tweet). Retrieved March 23, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ Feb 23, Karl Salgo Published on; 2021 3:46pm (February 23, 2021). "Newfoundland and Labrador's mail-in election is a Canadian first". iPolitics. Archived from the original on March 3, 2021. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff writers (March 25, 2021). "N.L.'s 'polls' finally close, as 10-week election draws to an end". CBC News. Archived from the original on March 25, 2021. Retrieved March 25, 2021 – via CBC Newfoundland and Labrador.
- ^ Mullin, Malone (March 27, 2021). "Liberals claim slim majority in Newfoundland and Labrador, as voters tap Furey to lead". CBC News. Retrieved March 27, 2021.