{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1956)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | honorific_prefix = | name = Eddie Joyce | honorific_suffix = MHA | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|10|19}} | birth_place = | office = Leader of the Opposition in Newfoundland & Labrador | term_start = July 18, 2013 | term_end = November 17, 2013 | predecessor = Dwight Ball | successor = Dwight Ball | office2 = Interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador | term_start2 = July 18, 2013 | term_end2 = November 17, 2013 | predecessor2 = Dwight Ball (interim) | successor2 = Dwight Ball | assembly3 = Newfoundland and Labrador House of | constituency_AM3 = Humber-Bay of Islands<br /><small>Bay of Islands<br />(1989, 1999–2007, 2011–2015)</small> | term_start3 = October 27, 2011 | term_end3 = | predecessor3 = Terry Loder | successor1 = Andrew Parsons | term_start4 = February 9, 1999 | term_end4 = October 9, 2007 | predecessor4 = Brian Tobin | successor4 = Terry Loder | term_start5 = April 20, 1989 | term_end5 = April 21, 1989 | predecessor5 = Ted Blanchard | successor5 = Clyde Wells | party = Independent (since 2018)<br />Liberal (1989–2018) | occupation = Political Assistant | office1 = Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Environment, Minister of Service NL, Minister Responsible for fire and Emergency services- NL, Minister Responsible for the Government Purchasing Agency, Minister Responsible for the Multi-Materials Stewardship Board, Minister Responsible for the office of climate change, Minister Responsible for Workplace NL, And Registrar General | term_start1 = December 14, 2015 | term_end1 = April 26, 2018 | predecessor1 = Kevin O'Brien }}
'''Eddie Joyce''' (born October 19, 1956) is a Canadian politician who represents the district of Humber-Bay of Islands in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly. Originally a member of the Liberal Party, he served as the party's interim leader and the leader of the official opposition in the House of Assembly from July until November 2013.<ref name="Joyceleader">{{cite web|title=Long-serving MHA Eddie Joyce named Opposition leader|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/long-serving-mha-eddie-joyce-named-opposition-leader-1.1362061|access-date=29 April 2018|publisher=CBC News|date=19 July 2013}}</ref> He served as a cabinet minister in the Ball government from 2015 to 2018.
He was born in Curling and was educated in Corner Brook's Memorial University campus, and at Acadia University. He won a bronze medal in boxing at the 1975 Canada Winter Games. Joyce served as chair of the Canadian Paraplegic Association.<ref name=parlgd>{{cite book |title=Canadian Parliamentary Guide |year=2001 |last=O'Handley |first=Kathryn |ISBN=0-7876-3561-8 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/canadianparliame0000unse }}</ref> In 2000, he was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Hall of Fame.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nlsa.ca/page.php?page_id=73063 |title=Hall of Fame |publisher=Newfoundland and Labrador Soccer Association |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416205111/http://nlsa.ca/page.php?page_id=73063 |archive-date=16 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Politics== Joyce was first elected in the 1989 election — however, as party leader Clyde Wells had been defeated by Lynn Verge in his own riding despite leading the Liberal Party to victory, Joyce stepped aside to allow Wells to contest the seat in a by-election. He worked in the executive offices of Wells and his successor as Premier, Brian Tobin, until the 1999 election, when he ran for office again in Bay of Islands. He won the seat and served until the 2007 election, when he was defeated by Terry Loder.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/heartbreak-for-liberals-as-grit-vote-collapses-1.679544 "Heartbreak for Liberals as Grit vote collapses"]. CBC News, October 9, 2007.</ref><ref name="Joyceleader" /> In October 2010, Joyce announced that he would re-seek the Liberal nomination, and in the 2011 provincial election he defeated Loder to reclaim his old seat.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101030024529/http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2010-10-27/article-1891357/Loder-accepts-Joyce%26rsquo%3Bs-challenge,-not-his-criticism/1 Loder accepts Joyce's challenge, not his criticism]. ''The Western Star'', October 27, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Plenty of new faces heading to Confederation Building|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/plenty-of-new-faces-heading-to-confederation-building-1.997878|accessdate=26 May 2018|newspaper=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|date=12 October 2011}}</ref>
On July 18, 2013 Joyce was named Leader of the Opposition and interim Liberal leader, replacing Dwight Ball who resigned to run for the provincial leadership permanently in the party's 2013 convention.<ref name="Joyceleader" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Eddie Joyce named Opposition Leader|url=http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2013-07-18/article-3320367/Eddie-Joyce-named-Opposition-Leader/1|access-date=19 July 2013|publisher=The Western Star|date=18 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130719234711/http://www.thewesternstar.com/News/Local/2013-07-18/article-3320367/Eddie-Joyce-named-Opposition-Leader/1|archive-date=19 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Following the Liberals forming government in the 2015 election, Joyce was named to provincial cabinet.<ref>[http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/election-2015-liberal-wins-margin-1.3344687 "Knockout wins for Parsons, Crocker, Joyce"]. CBC News, December 1, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/cabinet-swearing-in-live-stream-1.3363654|title=Dwight Ball, new Liberal cabinet sworn in at Government House|publisher=CBC News|date=14 December 2015|accessdate=9 June 2017}}</ref> On April 25, 2018, Joyce was formally accused of harassment by another Liberal MHA. He was subsequently removed from cabinet and caucus pending the outcome of an investigation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/joyce-cabinet-harassment-review-1.4636126|title=Eddie Joyce removed from Liberal caucus following complaints of harassment, bullying|publisher=CBC News|date=26 April 2018|access-date=29 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-booted-from-cabinet-caucus-1.4641563|title=Dale Kirby removed from cabinet and caucus after complaints|publisher=CBC News|date=April 30, 2018|accessdate=April 30, 2018}}</ref>
On August 27, 2018, CBC released a copy of the Commissioner for Legislative Standards report regarding allegations made by fellow Liberal MHA Colin Holloway which cleared Joyce and Dale Kirby of any wrongdoing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dale-kirby-eddie-joyce-colin-holloway-harassment-1.4801117|title=Kirby cleared of being Twitter troll, Joyce cleared of bullying MHA Colin Holloway|publisher=CBC News|date=Aug 27, 2018 |first=Ryan|last=Cooke|access-date=Oct 17, 2020 }}</ref> On October 21, 2018, the Commissioner's report regarding the complaints made by Sherry Gambin-Walsh was leaked to the public. The report found that Joyce had broken the code of conduct for elected officials when he lobbied Minister Gambin-Walsh to hire a friend of his for a government job; Joyce was cleared on all other allegations.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/eddie-joyce-harassment-report-1.4874918|title=Eddie Joyce crossed line by lobbying to get friend a government job, report finds|first=Stephanie|last=Tobin|date=Oct 23, 2018 |publisher=CBC News|access-date=Oct 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/harassment-allegations-commissioner-reports-1.4873784|title=Fiery exchanges, pointed questions, but debate on harassment reports pushed to Wednesday|publisher=CBC News|date=Oct 23, 2018 |access-date=Oct 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Harassment scandal sparks proposed changes in N.L. legislature|url=https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/canada-news-pmn/harassment-scandal-sparks-proposed-changes-in-n-l-legislature|access-date=2021-04-12|website=nationalpost|language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/premier-dwight-ball-cabinet-shuffle-1.4897463|title=Dwight Ball recruits new blood for cabinet to replace Kirby, Joyce|publisher=CBC News|date=November 8, 2018|accessdate=2019-05-25}}</ref> On November 16, 2018 Joyce confirmed that he had been denied re-entry into the Liberal caucus.
Joyce contested the 2019 provincial election as an independent candidate in Humber-Bay of Islands. He was re-elected as an independent.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/eddie-joyce-wins-seat-1.5139625|title='Dwight Ball, you can dismiss me, but you can't defeat me': Eddie Joyce nabs seat once again|date=May 17, 2019 |publisher=CBC News|access-date=Oct 17, 2020}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/defeated-incumbents-1.5139759 "Cabinet ministers Letto and Hawkins among 9 defeated Liberals"]. CBC News Newfoundland and Labrador, May 17, 2019.</ref> In the 2021 provincial election, Joyce was again re-elected.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mullin |first1=Malone |title=Liberals claim slim majority in Newfoundland and Labrador, as voters tap Furey to lead |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-election-results-2021-1.5966912 |access-date = 27 March 2021 |agency=CBC News |date=27 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Here are all the MHAs elected in the Newfoundland and Labrador election |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-election-list-of-winners-1.5965873 |publisher=CBC News |date=March 27, 2021}}</ref> Joyce was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Newfoundland and Labrador 2025 live results |url=https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/newfoundland-labrador/2025/results |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=CBC News |language=en}}</ref>
Following the retirement of MHA Tom Osborne in 2024, Joyce became the province's longest serving MHA. Joyce has been in the House of Assembly since 2011; he also previously served between 1999 and 2007.
==Electoral record== {{2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election/Humber-Bay of Islands}} {{Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election, 2021/Humber-Bay of Islands}}
{{Canadian election result/top|NL|2019|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NL|Independent|Eddie Joyce |4,172|67.2%|–}} {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Brian Dicks |1,068|17.2%|-67.3}} {{CANelec|NL|PC|Michael Patrick Holden|659|10.6%|+0.3}} {{CANelec|NL|NDP|Shawn Hodder|310|5.0%|-0.2}} {{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|NL|2015|percent=yes|change=yes}} {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Eddie Joyce |4,622|84.5%|+33.28}} {{CANelec|NL|PC|Ronald Jesseau|564|10.3%|-27.5}} {{CANelec|NL|NDP|Conor Curtis|282|5.2%|-6.4}} {{end}}
{{Election box begin | title=2011 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Eddie Joyce|2,760|51.22|+5.62}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Terry Loder |2,003 |37.18 |-15.25}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Tony Adey |align="right"|625 |align="right"|11.6 |align="right"|+9.63 |}
{{Election box begin | title=2007 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Terry Loder |2854 |52.43 |+3.00}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Eddie Joyce|2482|45.6|-1.33}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Charles Murphy |align="right"|107 |align="right"|1.97 |align="right"|-1.67
|}
{{Election box begin | title=2003 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Eddie Joyce|2907|49.43|-8.13}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Mike Monaghan |2760 |46.93 |+15.77}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Dave (Bud) Quigley |align="right"|214 |align="right"|3.64 |align="right"|-7.64 |}
{{Election box begin | title=1999 Newfoundland and Labrador general election}} |- {{CANelec|NL|Liberal|Eddie Joyce|3164|57.56|-8.11}} |- {{CANelec |NL |PC |Paul Hunt |1713 |31.16 |+3.69}} |- {{Canadian party colour|NL|NDP|row}} |NDP |Israel Hann |align="right"|620 |align="right"|11.28 |align="right"|+4.43 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joyce, Eddie}} Category:Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador MHAs Category:Living people Category:Members of the Executive Council of Newfoundland and Labrador Category:Independent MHAs in Newfoundland and Labrador Category:21st-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Category:20th-century members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly Category:1956 births