The Sir Robert Bond Papers

All daily media in the province reported polls released by polling firms during the 2011 general election .  They reported the polls as th...

The story of the night is the loss of two cabinet ministers and the Premier’s parliamentary assistant in gains by the New Democrats in St....

In the west end of St. John’s, one house shows the drama of the struggle between the forces of Blue and the forces of Orange for control of ...

“Complacency is your greatest enemy in an election,” Progressive Conservative Leader Kathy Dunderdale said Sunday. “When it's har...

There's letters seal'd, and my two schoolfellows, Whom I will trust as I will adders fang'd— They bear the mandate...

The whole race for second place media meme  - bullshit that it always was - masked a very serious battle that’s been going on since the elec...

If you want to get a good sense of what the advance poll turnout from Tuesday likely means in campaign terms, wander over to labradore . ...

Kathy Dunderdale told reporters on Wednesday she plans to seek re-election in 2015. Interesting that Dunderdale felt the need to voluntee...

In the first of a two parter, John Sides (via The Monkey Cage ) tosses out some observations on the impact of election advertising. This ...

The second independent poll of the provincial campaign – this time by Environics for the Canadian Press   -  turns up some interesting numbe...

Tory boss Kathy Dunderdale and Grit boss Kevin Aylward both think that the provincial government should investigate search and rescue respo...

Next Tuesday, the face of the province’s House of Assembly likely won’t change very much at all. The new premier will take office followin...

Despite a massive marketing effort by the provincial Conservatives and the provincial government’s energy corporation, Nalcor, a new poll by...

NTV and Telelink released the only independent poll of the campaign on Monday and with a week to go in the 2011 general election, things are...

Town and Toronto start with a “T”. Some Townies can be like some Torontonians sometimes. Yes, yes. Settle down. Hold it down with th...

The Telegram wonders why it is taking so long to install court security equipment at the province’s courthouses. The signs have been u...

The results of this poll by the pollster for the provincial government’s energy corporation show numbers well within the margin of error fo...

Some people were surprised the other night when Danny Dumaresque told the very small audience at a Board of Trade economic forum that: ...

Tory candidate Keith Russell must be in a desperate battle to win his seat. He’s trotted out the old patronage card in a bid to boost his ...

Snappy comments help get news coverage. Some people call them sound bites. Like this one from the leader’s debate, highlighted by CBC : ...