The next premier of Newfoundland and Labrador will be announced on Monday, as two candidates are vying to replace provincial Liberal Party leader Dwight Ball.
The party is hosting a leadership convention in St. John's where the results of the vote that began last week online and by phone will be revealed.Neither Furey, a physician and charity founder, nor Abbott, a former civil servant and CEO of the provincial branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association, has held elected office before.
Only 50 people will be allowed inside the venue due to restrictions aimed at preventing the potential spread of COVID-19.The Liberals said last week that despite the challenges of running an election during a pandemic, thousands more people had signed up to vote compared to the last leadership contest in 2013.
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