Dolores (Dody) Crane
Leader of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island
Interim
In office
1989–1991
Preceded byJim Mayne
Succeeded byLarry Duchesne
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Professionlawyer

Dolores (Dody) Crane is a Canadian politician, who was interim leader of the Prince Edward Island New Democratic Party from 1989 to 1991.[1] She originally ran as the party's candidate in Hillsborough in the 1988 federal election, finishing with what was at the time the best federal result for an NDP candidate in the province's history.[1] Due to organizational upheaval in the provincial party following the resignation of Jim Mayne, she subsequently served as the party's spokesperson and acting leader until Larry Duchesne was selected as the party's new permanent leader in 1991.[1]

She continued to be a New Democratic Party candidate in federal elections, running in Hillsborough again in the 1993, 1997 and 2000 elections, and in the successor riding of Charlottetown in the 2004 election.

She is the sister of Olive Crane, a former MLA and leader of the Prince Edward Island Progressive Conservative Party.[2]

Electoral record

2004 Canadian federal election: Charlottetown
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalShawn Murphy9,17549.36+6.80$59,677.46
ConservativeDarren Peters5,12127.55-7.80$60,605.56
New DemocraticDody Crane3,42818.44-2.91$13,197.84
GreenWill McFadden7604.09–$1,647.47
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1050.56–$2,837.13
Total valid votes/expense limit 18,589 100.0  –$61,440
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots 1330.71
Turnout 18,72267.30
Eligible voters 27,820
Liberal notional hold Swing +7.30
Changes from 2000 are based on redistributed results. Change for the Conservatives is based on the combined total of the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance.
2000 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalShawn Murphy8,27741.81
Progressive ConservativeDarren Peters6,03930.50
New DemocraticDody Crane4,32821.86
AllianceGerry Stewart1,0055.08
Natural LawPeter Cameron920.46
IndependentBaird Judson580.29
Turnout 19,89567.2
1997 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Proud7,63040.87
New DemocraticDody Crane5,75130.80
Progressive ConservativeMitchell Tweel4,59424.61
ReformBlaine Jensen4762.55
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1450.78
Natural LawPaula Price740.40
Turnout 18,84771.2%
1993 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Proud11,97660.57
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan5,26926.65
New DemocraticDody Crane1,1435.78
ReformFreeman T. Whitty7443.76
NationalDave Patterson3501.77
Christian HeritageBaird Judson1670.84
Natural LawPeter Cameron1230.62
1988 Canadian federal election: Hillsborough
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalGeorge Proud8,89743.68
Progressive ConservativeThomas McMillan8,63842.41
New DemocraticDody Crane1,9845.78
IndependentDavid Weale5692.79
Christian HeritageBaird Judson2811.38

References

  1. 1 2 3 Leo Heaps, Our Canada: The Story of the New Democratic Party Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Lorimer, 1991. ISBN 1550283537.
  2. ↑ "Battlegrounds Canada: Liberals seem safe in P.E.I., but momentum could shift". National Post, August 4, 2011.


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