Where Dwight Ball Went Wrong #nlpoli

Dwight Ball served as the 13th Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador from December 14, 2015, to August 3, 2020.

When Ball first became Premier back in 2015 the Liberal Patry formed government winning 31 out of 40 seats. In the 2019 election, the Liberal Party was returned with a minority government.

On 17 February 2020, Ball announced his pending resignation and will stay on as Premier until after a successor has been chosen.

As support for Ball began to diminish in the party, there were allegations that the premier was appointing friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications.

Following a report by CBC News that linked Ball to awarding the sole-source contract for the Crown corporation Nalcor Energy to Gordon McIntosh, former Deputy of Natural Resources Minister Siobhan Coady and the designer of Newfoundland and Labrador's off-shore energy plan, he announced his resignation.

The Liberal Party initially planned to elect a new leader in May 2020 however the election was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.