Premier Andrew Furey is leaving politics, citing it was a family decision

    Tuesday, 25 February 2025 14:53

    By Tonya Organ

    Credit to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador

    He says he started his leadership campaign nearly five years ago with the admission that he is not a career politician.

    Signing off his resignation letter with “God Guard thee NL”, Premier Andrew Furey has announced he is stepping down after 4 ½ years in politics. He says he started his leadership campaign nearly five years ago with the admission that he is not a career politician. Furey says “from the dark days of the pandemic to the brighter future confirmed by signing the MOU that redefined Churchill Falls, it has been a wild and unexpected journey to bring us here today…the finish.” He says the job has been like one five-year-long shift and that often alone with the weight of the hardest calls, you go to bed with it on your mind and it’s your wake-up call every morning. When he started as Premier, none of his children were even in high school and now one is finishing first year university. As a family, he says they have decided that as exciting as it is for another election, they could not commit to another term. 

     

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