Paul Lane

Paul Lane
MHA
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Mount Pearl-Southlands
Mount Pearl South (2011-2015)
Assumed office
October 27, 2011
Preceded by Dave Denine
Personal details
Born St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador
Political party Independent
Other political
affiliations		 Liberal Party (2014–2016)
Progressive Conservative (2011–2014)
Residence Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador

Paul Lane is a Canadian politician in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, who represents the electoral district of Mount Pearl South in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly.

First elected in the 2011 provincial election as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador,[1] on January 20, 2014 he crossed the floor to the Liberal Party to protest the leadership of Premier Kathy Dunderdale.[2] In 2016, he was suspended from the Liberal caucus due to his opposition to the 2016–17 budget.[3]

Born and raised in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Lane resides in the suburban community of Mount Pearl, where he was a city councillor and deputy mayor prior to his election to the provincial legislature.

Electoral record

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Progressive ConservativePaul Lane 2,375 54.61% -29.73%
     NDP John Riche 1,675 38.51% +31.78%
LiberalNorm Snelgrove 299 6.88% -2.05%

References

  1. ↑ "Plenty of new faces heading to Confederation Building". CBC News. 12 October 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Newfoundland Tory switches to Liberals, blames Premier Dunderdale". The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=62669


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