Ern Condon

Ernest J. "Ern" Condon is a politician and retired guidance counsellor in Labrador, Canada.

Condon ran unsuccessfully as a New Democratic Party candidate for the Canadian House of Commons in the 1980 and 1984 elections in the riding of Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador.

In the 1988 election, he placed last as an independent in a field of four candidates in the new riding of Labrador, winning 286 votes (2.15% of the total).

In 2003, he refounded the Labrador Party, a political party in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador that advocates Labrador "getting its fair share". Condon became its leader. He ran in the Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003 in the riding of Labrador West, and finished third with 12.7% of the vote.

In the 2004 federal election, he ran as an independent in Labrador riding representing the Labrador Party. He won 919 votes (10.35% of the total), and placed ahead of the NDP candidate.

In 2005, he ran again as an independent in Labrador in the May 24th by-election, and won 598 votes (5.66% of the total), placing fourth in a field of five candidates.

Electoral history

Labrador

By-election on 24 May 2005 On the death of Lawrence O'Brien, 16 December 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Todd Russell	5438	51.48	-10.75
	Conservative	Graham Letto	3415	32.33	+16.56
	New Democratic	Frances Fry	1045	9.89	+0.25
	Independent	Ern Condon	598	5.66	-4.69
	Green	Jason Crummey	68	0.64	-1.37
Majority			2023	19.1

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Lawrence O'Brien	5524	62.23	-6.76
	Conservative	Merrill Strachan	1400	15.77	-2.85
	Independent	Ern Condon	919	10.35	Ø
	New Democratic	Shawn Crann	856	9.64	-2.74
	Green	Lori-Ann Martino	178	2.01	Ø

Canadian federal election, 1988
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Bill Rompkey	7,126	53.50%	+8.37%
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Goudie	4,400	33.03%	-9.23%
	New Democratic	Evelyn Riggs	1,508	11.32%	-1.29%
	Independent	Ern Condon	286	2.15%
Total valid votes			13,320	100.00%

Labrador West - 2003

Newfoundland and Labrador general election, 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NDP	Randy Collins (Inc.)	2,762
	Progressive Conservative	Graham Letto	1,142
	Labrador Party	Ern Condon	631
	Liberal	Doris Sacrey	423

Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador

Canadian federal election, 1984
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Bill Rompkey	12 938	45.13	-7.54
	Progressive Conservative	Peter J. Walsh	12 114	42.26	+17.25
	New Democratic	Ern Condon	3616	12.61	-9.71
Total valid votes			28 668

Canadian federal election, 1980
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp
	Liberal	Bill Rompkey	15 530	52.67	+6.58
	Progressive Conservative	Ray Hawco	7375	25.01	+13.46
	New Democratic	Ern Condon	6582	22.32	-20.05
Total valid votes			29 487