Not so long ago the province’s chief electoral officer was a career public servant usually of deputy minister rank.
Then Danny Williams decided he preferred partisans in what is supposed to be a non-partisan job.
With the unfortunate death of former Conservative Party president Paul Reynolds, Premier Kathy Dunderdale had a vacancy to fill.
The current assistant chief electoral officer and director of election finance at the provincial elections office.
No sign of any change to current sorry state of the electoral office, but all the same, let’s wish Victor Powers well in his new job.
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