predecessor birth_place party office birth_date term_start residence article_title name occupation
bob ridgley st. lawrence , newfoundland and labrador new liberal -lrb- 2014-present -rrb- democrat -lrb- 1999-2013 -rrb- independent -lrb- 2013-2014 -rrb- member for st. john 's north of the newfoundland and labrador house of assembly 19 may 1971 november 9 , 2011 st. john 's , newfoundland and labrador dale kirby
 dale kirby university professor
dale kirby

dale kirby mha -lrb- born may 19 , 1971 -rrb- is a canadian politician and university professor , who was elected to the newfoundland and labrador house of assembly in the 2011 provincial election .
kirby represents the provincial district of st. john 's north .
he was president of the new democratic party of newfoundland and labrador from 2010 to 2011 .
kirby is a liberal member of the house of assembly , having left the ndp caucus after a high-profile , public dispute with ndp leader lorraine michael .
