https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/seamus-byrne-liberal-leadership-1.6460455
Rothesay entrepreneur drops Liberal leadership bid
Seamus Byrne's withdrawal leaves four people in the race
The Rothesay entrepreneur says despite winning an appeal of his early disqualification from the race, he ran into another problem with the rules and has now formally withdrawn from the contest.
"I resigned my application because I was non-compliant," Byrne said in an interview. "I am very frustrated that I have to resign my application, because I'm a great candidate.
"I will do well for the province of New Brunswick in the future. This is the beginning of my political career. This is not an end."
Extension granted
Byrne was initially disqualified after he failed to sign up 50 Liberal members and pay a $30,000 entry fee by the May 2 deadline.
The party said those errors could not be "rectified" and so did not give him the 48 hours set out in the rules to try to fix them.
Byrne appealed that and a party committee agreed with him and on Tuesday gave him the extra two days to get the signatures and the fee.
He found the 50 Liberals, "but when I tried to pay the $30,000 fee, it had to be in the form of cheques from donors," he said in a statement. "This was an oversight on my part."
His withdrawal leaves four people in the race: former Tobique-Mactaquac MP T.J. Harvey, former cabinet minister Donald Arsneault, current Shediac Bay-Dieppe MLA Robert Gauvin and former Brian Gallant adviser Susan Holt.
They are running to succeed Kevin Vickers, who was acclaimed leader ahead of the 2020 election and led the party to defeat. Vickers also failed to win the Miramichi riding where he was running.
'It's a very complicated process'
In an interview Byrne, who touted his "business acumen" as a candidate, would not describe the exact issue with his entry fee cheques.
He would only say it had to do with bank account requirements, Elections New Brunswick rules and a "lack of information and lack of communication" from the Liberal Party.
"The regulations, stipulations, requirements — it's a very complicated process that you have to pay constant attention to when you're applying for candidacy," he said.
"I'm new to the game. A lot of the things, all of the things involved in the process, are new to me."
The Liberals are scheduled to elect their new leader Aug. 6.
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N.B. Liberal leadership race drops to 4 candidates as 5th hopeful appeals
Rothesay businessman Seamus Byrne failed to meet requirements he contends are too onerous
Rothesay businessman Seamus Byrne says the rules imposed on those who want the job are too onerous for someone like him.
"I know one thing. I know that this process is not democratic," Byrne said in a telephone interview, during which he equated his own campaign with the future of the province.
"I know this process is flawed. And me not being green-lighted is probably the worst thing that can happen to New Brunswick at this point in time."
Under rules released in February, leadership candidates had until May 2 to submit the signatures of 50 card-carrying Liberal members willing to endorse them.
"No one has the time to do that," Byrne said, despite acknowledging he'd been planning to run for the leadership since January 2021. "They didn't give me enough time to get this thing accomplished."
He said he asked the people he signed up if they were Liberal supporters but did not ask them for proof they were party members.
Details being sorted out, says association president
New Brunswick Liberal Association president Brian Murphy said on Thursday that four candidates had met the threshold for approval as candidates.
He didn't identify them, but they are former MP T.J. Harvey, former MLA Donald Arseneault, current MLA Robert Gauvin and former Liberal candidate Susan Holt.
"There's some fine details that need to be sorted out with the fifth applicant. It may work out. Time is getting close to the end," said Murphy, who emphasized a steering committee was vetting the candidates and he had no role in it.
"I gather that there are still negotiations, meetings and times to rectify one of the applications that was put in."
I'm in this process where a three-person committee decides on my fate and that's it.
- Seamus Byrne, leadership candidate hopeful
Under the leadership race rules, a candidate whose application was "incomplete or deficient" would have 48 hours to correct it.
Byrne said he was told Thursday that the two-day extension had elapsed and he was not approved. He can appeal that decision to a party committee.
"I'm in this process where a three-person committee decides on my fate and that's it," Byrne said. "That's the fate of New Brunswick. And it's a shame."
Byrne, whose uncle Ed Byrne authored the landmark Equal Opportunity report that guided major reforms by Premier Louis J. Robichaud in the 1960s, said his family "has been Liberal since the dawn of time, literally."
Despite that, he argues the requirement for 50 signatures from party members put him at a disadvantage, because he lacked the profile of a sitting MLA who can easily gather a large number of Liberal supporters.
"For a guy like me, to ask people to come to Tim Hortons and sign a piece of paper, who's going to do it? Who's going to support John Doe?"
Byrne was travelling outside New Brunswick this week on business but said that as of Thursday a campaign supporter was at his home trying to gather new signatures from confirmed party members.
He also criticized the $30,000 entry deposit that candidates had to submit, despite successfully meeting that requirement.
"I must look ridiculous to do this," he said. "I must look like a crazy, crazy person. But I'm actually the sanest person doing it."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/melanson-won-t-run-for-leadership-1.6318880
Melanson says no to N.B. Liberal leadership run
Interim leader says he'll leave position on Aug. 6
In a written statement, Melanson acknowledged he'd been thinking of running but said he had decided against it.
"After careful consideration and conversations with family and close friends, I have decided that I will not put my name forward in this leadership race," he said.
In a media scrum at the legislature in December, Melanson would not rule out becoming a candidate.
Traditionally, interim party leaders commit when they're selected to not run for the permanent leadership position, but there's no rule prohibiting it.
Melanson, a former finance minister and an MLA since 2010, became interim leader after the party lost the 2020 provincial election, which saw then-leader Kevin Vickers fail to win a seat in the legislature.
The Liberals will choose a new leader Aug. 6.
There are three declared candidates for the leadership now. Former Tobique-Mactaquac MP T.J. Harvey and former MLA and cabinet minister Donald Arseneault have launched campaigns, and Saint John-area entrepreneur Seamus Byrne has told other media organizations he is running.
None of them are current MLAs.
Melanson also said in his statement that he'll no longer be leader of the Official Opposition as of Aug. 6.
That will allow the new leader of the party, if they're not an MLA themselves, to choose a sitting, elected member for the parliamentary role.
In the email to reporters with Melanson's statement, Liberal director of communications Ashley Beaudin said Melanson would not be granting interviews about his decision.
I hear Shaun Graham may throw his hat into the ring.
Saint John, NB, Canada / The Wave
Robert Lothian
Jan 18, 2022 | 7:08 AM
"New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs continues to find himself in the doghouse, at least according to the results of a recent poll.
Findings from an Angus Reid Institute survey published Monday revealed the premier’s approval rating has reached an all-time low of 34 per cent.
This drop places Higgs in the same territory as Ontario Premier Doug Ford (30 per cent) and Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (26 per cent)."
Monday, 31 January 2022
Robert Gauvin joining the race for provincial Liberal leadership
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/robert-gauvin-leadership-1.6333072
Robert Gauvin joining the race for provincial Liberal leadership
Former deputy premier crossed from Progressive Conservatives to Liberals in 2020
Gauvin was elected in 2018 as the Progressive Conservative MLA for Shippagan-Lamèque-Miscou and named deputy premier by Blaine Higgs. He quit the cabinet in early 2020 over the government's proposed hospital reforms that would have closed six emergency departments at night.
He crossed the floor and snagged the Shediac Bay-Dieppe riding as a Liberal candidate the same year.
Gauvin told Radio-Canada Sunday that "the intention is confirmed" and a formal announcement will be made in the coming weeks.
"I want to make a positive difference for the province of New Brunswick... I believe in this province," he said.
Gauvin said after New Brunswickers were faced with the COVID-19 pandemic, they deserve someone who will make their lives happier.
He said he's been a Liberal now just as long as he was part of the Progressive Conservative party.
"I feel a lot more conformable on the Liberal side," he said.
He's worked to support Clinic 554, increasing inclusion and building stronger relationships with First Nations communities, which Gauvin said has been rewarding.
"It's the compassionate side.... I feel in my place," said Gauvin.
He said one of his priorities as the Liberal leader would be to strengthen New Brunswick's health-care system with better wages and services.
There are now four candidates in the Liberal race. The others are T.J. Harvey, a former Tobique-Mactaquac MP, Liberal MLA Donald Arsenault and Rothesay businessman Seamus Byrne.
The Liberals announced last year they would select a new leader this August.
Roger Melanson is the party's interim leader.
'My opinion has changed': Higgs addresses COR past in bid to win French support
PC leader says his perspective on language rights has changed over the last 30 years
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Aug 21, 2018 5:00 AM AT
On August 21, 2018 when Higgy said 'My opinion has changed'
You said
Lou Bell
Alwards government PROMISED an end to patronage and patronage appointments and was worse than ever ! Not that Gallant and his " chosen generals " running the show are any better ! Take a good look at what they have to offer . One has sold out anglophones and the other promises to if elected .
and I said
David Amos
@Lou Bell Methinks Premier Hatfield sold out the Anglophones in New Brunswick a long time ago when he made a deal with Trudeau The Elder N'esy Pas?
Methinks amazing things never cease N'esy Pas?
""I feel a lot more conformable on the Liberal side," he said.
Does not matter if we vote red or blue in this province as we seem to get a lot of the same.
There! I fixed it for you
"That is the best that the Liberals can come up with ??"
Yup! and that, more paved driveways in Kent county and northward...
One must be a card carrying member of the party with some support
Quite the positivity/be nice to others lightning rod
No different for politicians.
U dont have to win a popularity contest to get a job….u just need to be acceptable
Gotta luv the francophone xenophobia
So, I find that saying that electing a conservative premier saved you that money to be confirmation bias. I am pretty sure the liberals would have done the same thing with that new information.
Says it all....
Perhaps, he seems to be a "loose cannon" on the deck...
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/08/cbc-is-blocking-me-already-and-my-name.html
Tuesday, 21 August 2018
CBC is blocking me already and my name isn't even on a ballot yet
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-progessive-conservative-acadian-support-1.4792502
'My opinion has changed': Higgs addresses COR past in bid to win French support
PC leader says his perspective on language rights has changed over the last 30 years
· CBC News · Posted: Aug 21, 2018 5:00 AM AT
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/susan-holt-liberal-leadership-new-brunswick-1.6350969
Tech executive, former adviser to Brian Gallant running for Liberal leadership
Susan Holt is first woman to try for leadership of New Brunswick Liberals
Susan Holt, who was a top adviser to Liberal premier Brian Gallant, will become the fifth official candidate in the contest.
Holt turned down an interview request Monday but said in a message that she could confirm a launch "within the next two weeks."
Last Friday, CBC News obtained an invitation to a virtual meeting with Holt this Wednesday.
It described the meeting as a chance for participants to learn about "her fresh approach to leadership and politics as she campaigns to become the first female Liberal leader, and first female Premier for New Brunswick."
Holt would replace Kevin Vickers, who resigned as Liberal leader on election night in 2020 after the party won only 17 of 49 seats in the legislature.
The other candidates are former cabinet minister Donald Arseneault, former MP T.J. Harvey, current Shediac Bay-Dieppe MLA Robert Gauvin, and Saint John-area businessperson Seamus Byrne.
Kevin Vickers stepped aside as Liberal leader following the election in September 2020. (CBC/Mike Heenan )
No other woman has ever run for the provincial Liberal leadership, though Saint John Liberal MLA Shirley Dysart was interim leader of the party in 1985. The Progressive Conservatives elected their first female leader, Barbara Baird-Filliter, in 1989.
Holt is now the "chief growth officer" at Plato Testing and PQA, two Fredericton software testing companies.
She was also president of the New Brunswick Business Council, which represents the top CEOs in the province, and held a top position with the jobs board secretariat when the Gallant Liberals were in power.
She then ran for the Liberals in Fredericton South in the 2018 election, placing a distant second to Green Party Leader David Coon.
Susan
Holt lost the race for the riding of Fredericton South to Green Party
Leader David Coon during the 2018 provincial election.
When Holt declared for the nomination earlier that year, Progressive Conservatives accused Gallant of switching her from the non-partisan jobs board position to a political staff role so she could avoid rules that prohibit civil servants from partisan involvement.
The Liberals said she was complying with the rules, and Holt said at the time she was "moving from policy to policy and assessing what rules apply, and abiding by those rules that are appropriate to the circumstances."
Because the switch coincided with her maternity leave, Gallant said the PC criticism might discourage other women from running for office.
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/mobius-interactive-appoints-vice-president-035500841.html
Mobius Interactive Appoints New Vice President with 3 Decades of Corporate Development, Investor Relations Expertise
Seamus Byrne
Mr. Seamus Byrne joins the Mobius Board of Directors.
VANCOUVER, March 09, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via InvestorWire – Mobius Interactive Ltd., has appointed a new member to the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. Joining the board is Mr. Seamus Byrne.
“On behalf of Mobius’s Board of Directors, I am pleased to welcome Seamus Byrne to the Mobius team. We are confident that Seamus will be of great value to Mobius as the Company grows. Seamus brings an impressive background in corporate development, fundraising and public offerings and we are excited about the impact Seamus will make at Mobius. We anticipate that his obvious commitment to our mission and his impressive expertise will be invaluable as we move forward in becoming a leader in the gaming and esports space.” said President Gary Eldridge.
Mr. Byrne brings over 30 years of capital market experience in both the private and public sectors. Seamus has a wealth of corporate development knowledge and insight. He previously led the development and operations of several different organizations and has raised over C$100 million, and driven market capitalizations for public companies worth more than C$2 billion. Seamus has had terrific success with cannabis companies over the last eight years. He has participated in financing and IPO’s for The Green Organic Dutchman, Organigram, Emblem, and Plus Products. Most recently, Seamus led investor relations at Hemp Fusion, which just completed a tremendously successful IPO; currently trading at a C$300 million-plus market cap. Seamus holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Development Studies, with distinction, from Dalhousie University.
About Mobius Interactive Ltd.
Mobius Interactive Ltd. is an online esports entertainment and gaming company created to energize the spirit of digital fans with brands that range across regulated gaming, fantasy and digital media. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, and launched in 2020. Mobius Interactive is a multi-channel provider of sports betting and gaming technologies, powering sports and gaming entertainment with a variety of diverse demographic groups. In partnership with leading eSports and iGaming platform Ultra Play, Mobius Interactive fuels a network of high-net-worth gamers around the world. Mobius does this with loyalty and gamification programs aimed to enhance engagement by leveraging state of the art customer relationship management systems and joint ventures with more than 600 VIP and master gaming affiliates.
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As a team, we believe in the power of a winning combination of a highly skilled and experienced team and strong brands.
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Seamus has raised over C$100 million and driven market caps for public companies with over C$2 billion over the past 8 years. Seamus has had tremendous success and we welcome him onboard.
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