Newfoundland’s Ches Crosbie, the unlikely candidate, could now be premier

Neither he nor his opponent, Liberal Premier Dwight Ball, are your normal fire-breathing politician. But maybe that’s what Newfoundland and Labrador needs now.

Ches Crosbie, the son of Newfoundland and Labrador political legend John Crosbie, just did something his father was never able to do: become the leader of a political party. His father tried twice, once provincially and once federally, losing both times.Photograph courtesy of ChesCrosbie.ca

Opinion

BY TIM POWERS

May 2, 2018

OTTAWA—Canadians’ embrace of dynastic politics continues. No, this isn’t another column about Doug Ford, who comes from a well-known political family. It’s about Ches Crosbie, the new leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. Crosbie, the son of Newfoundland...

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