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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                = Earle McCurdy
| image =
| imagesize = 225px 
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1950}}
| birth_place = [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]]
| residence = [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]
| office = Leader of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party]]
| term_start =  March 7, 2015
| term_end = September 28, 2017
| predecessor = [[Lorraine Michael]]
| successor = Lorraine Michael {{small|(interim)}}
| party = [[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party|New Democratic Party]]
| occupation = Politician, labour leader
}}
'''Earle McCurdy''' (born 1950)<ref name=mem>{{cite web|title=Why the Divorce? The Merits and Shortcomings of a fleet separation policy|url=https://www.mun.ca/harriscentre/policy/memorialpresents/2012d/MPFleetSeparationProgram.pdf|website=Memorial University|publisher=The Harris Centre - Memorial University}}</ref> is a former leader of the [[Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party]] and a former labour leader in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. He was president of the [[Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union]] from 1993 to 2014,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.realchangendp.ca/bio.html |title=Earle McCurdy NDP Biography |access-date=2015-02-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222212554/http://www.realchangendp.ca/bio.html |archive-date=2015-02-22 |url-status=dead }}</ref> succeeding founding president [[Richard Cashin]].<ref name=cbcnov>{{cite news|title=Earle McCurdy stepping down from helm of fisheries union|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/earle-mccurdy-stepping-down-from-helm-of-fisheries-union-1.2821821|accessdate=February 22, 2015|work=CBC News|date=November 3, 2014}}</ref> Previously, McCurdy was the union's secretary-treasurer for 13 years, from 1980 to 1993.<ref name=cbcnov/>

==Background==
McCurdy was born in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]], [[Nova Scotia]] in 1950,<ref name=":0" /> and grew up in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]] where he attended [[Prince of Wales Collegiate]].<ref name=mem/> He is a graduate of [[Memorial University of Newfoundland]], where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts in 1972,<ref name=mem/> and worked as a reporter for ''[[The Telegram|The St. John's Evening Telegram]]'' in the 1970s, covering the labour beat, before becoming involved with the fisheries' union.<ref name=me>{{cite news|last1=Wakeham|first1=Bob|title=McCurdy and me|url=http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columnists/2015-01-17/article-4010712/McCurdy-and-me/1|accessdate=February 22, 2015|work=The Telegram|date=January 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222230813/http://www.thetelegram.com/Opinion/Columnists/2015-01-17/article-4010712/McCurdy-and-me/1|archive-date=February 22, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

His most notable time as union president was during [[Canada]]'s fishing dispute with the [[European Union]], known as the [[Turbot War]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Depleted Fish Stocks Spark Canada's Turbot War With Spain|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/03/19/depleted-fish-stocks-spark-canadas-turbot-war-with-spain/|access-date=February 22, 2015|work=Chicago Tribune|date=March 19, 1995}}</ref>

==NDP Leader==
McCurdy was elected leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador NDP at the [[2015 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election|party's leadership convention held March 7, 2015]], defeating two other contenders with 68% support on the first ballot.<ref name=em>{{cite news|title=Earle McCurdy Named Leader of the NDP|url=http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&ID=53200|accessdate=March 7, 2015|work=VOCM News|date=March 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150310122148/http://www.vocm.com/newsarticle.asp?mn=2&id=53200|archive-date=March 10, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Take us to your leaders: What you may not know about Davis, Ball and McCurdy|url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-leader-bio-details-1.3315996|website = www.cbc.ca|accessdate = 2015-11-29}}</ref> In the [[2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election|2015 provincial election]], McCurdy failed to win a seat in the [[Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly|House of Assembly]] and was defeated by [[Siobhán Coady]] by nearly 1000 votes.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.poltext.org/sites/poltext.org/files/plateformesV2/Terre-Neuve-Labrador/NL_PL_2015_NDP_en.pdf | title = Newfoundland & Labrador Election Platform 2015 | year = 2015 | publisher = Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party | access-date = 27 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nothing-fancy-earle-mccurdy-costs-out-ndp-election-plan-1.3330909 | title = 'Nothing fancy': Earle McCurdy costs out NDP election plan | date = 23 November 2015 | work = www.cbc.ca | publisher = [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] | access-date = 27 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ndp-leader-earle-mccurdy-loses-to-siobhan-coady-1.3344549|title=NDP Leader Earle McCurdy loses to Siobhan Coady|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=30 November 2015|accessdate=2 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=wins>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/provincial-election-candidates-1.3343999 "Full list of winners in Newfoundland and Labrador election"]. [[CBC News]], November 30, 2015.</ref>

On June 11, 2016, McCurdy's leadership was reaffirmed at the party's provincial convention with the support of 91.6% of delegates.<ref>{{cite news|title=Earle McCurdy gets overwhelming endorsement to stay on as NDP leader|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/earle-mccurdy-leadership-vote-1.3630742|date=June 13, 2016|agency=CBC News}}</ref>

On September 19, 2017, McCurdy announced his resignation as Leader, effective September 30, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://vocm.com/news/mccurdy-to-step-down-as-provincial-ndp-leader/ |title=McCurdy to Step Down as Provincial NDP Leader |access-date=2017-09-19 |publisher=VOCM Local News Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919153610/http://vocm.com/news/mccurdy-to-step-down-as-provincial-ndp-leader/ |archive-date=2017-09-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His resignation came after [[Steve Kent (politician)|Steve Kent]] announced he would resign his seat of [[Mount Pearl North]] where McCurdy resided but which was unlikely to be winnable for the NDP.<ref>{{cite news|title=Promotions, resignations, murder trials: Uncontrollable events in N.L. politics
|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/promotions-resignations-murder-trials-newfoundland-politics-1.4302944|date=September 23, 2017|agency=CBC News}}</ref> Following McCurdy's resignation, MHA and former leader Lorraine Michael was named interim leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/news/local/lorraine-michael-named-interim-ndp-leader-25752/|title=Lorraine Michael named interim NDP leader|publisher=Saltwire Network|date=Sep 28, 2017|accessdate=Apr 6, 2021}}</ref>

==Electoral record==

{{Election box begin | title=[[St. John's West (provincial electoral district)|St. John's West]] - [[2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election]]}}
{{CANelec|NL|Liberal|[[Siobhán Coady]]|2,342|46.0}}
{{CANelec|NL|NDP|Earle McCurdy|1,384|27.2}}
{{CANelec|NL|PC|[[Dan Crummell]]|1,364|26.8}}
{{end}}

{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[2015 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election|NL NDP Leadership Election, 2015]]
|-
! width="3"|
!
!colspan="2"| First Ballot<ref name="em"/>
|-
! width="3"|
! Candidate
! Votes
! Perc.
|-
| style="background:orange;"|
!Earle McCurdy
|align="right"|'''889'''
|align="right"|'''68.5%'''
|-
| style="background:orange;"|
! Mike Goosney
|align="right"|299
|align="right"|23.0%
|-
| style="background:orange;"|
! Chris Bruce
|align="right"|110
|align="right"|8.5%
|-
|
! Spoiled Ballots
|align="right"|0
|align="right"|0.00%
|- style="background:lightgrey;"
!
! Totals
|align="right"|1298
|align="right"|100%
|}

==References==
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==External links==
*http://www.ffaw.nf.ca/?Content=About_Us/History
*  [https://books.google.com/books?id=Y-q8GtngziwC&dq=Earle+McCurdy&pg=PA69 Book Reference]

{{NL NDP Leaders}}

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