Ralph Wiseman

Ralph Wiseman is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal Party member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 1996 to 2003, representing the electoral district of Topsail.[1]

Ralph Wiseman
Mayor of Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador
In office
2005–2013
Preceded byFred Brown
Succeeded byDan Bobbett
MHA for Topsail
In office
1996–2003
Preceded byfirst member
Succeeded byElizabeth Marshall
Personal details
Political partyLiberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador
ResidenceParadise, Newfoundland and Labrador

Wiseman was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in 1996 and was reelected in 1999. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Environment and as Minister of Human Resources and Employment. He was defeated by Elizabeth Marshall when he ran for reelection in 2003.[2]

In the 2005 municipal elections, he was elected mayor of the town of Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador. In the subsequent 2009 municipal elections, he was re-elected to a second term as mayor in a draw, after a series of recounts confirmed that he and 19-year-old challenger Kurtis Coombs had finished in an exact tie.[3]

Wiseman elected not to run in the municipal election held in September 2013.[4] He was succeeded as mayor by Dan Bobbett, a former town councillor.

References
  1. "Accountability target in Topsail". CBC News, October 2, 2003.
  2. "Topsail". Newfoundland and Labrador Votes 2003. CBC News.
  3. "Paradise, N.L., chooses mayor by draw". CBC News, October 2, 2009.
  4. "Ralph Wiseman stepping down as Paradise mayor". CBC News, August 16, 2013.


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