The Next Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election will be held on a yet to be announced date to select a successor to Paul Davis who announced on October 11, 2016, that he planned to step down as leader once his replacement was elected.
On October 11, 2016, Progressive Conservative Party leader Paul Davis announced that he had written party president Mark Whiffen and asked for a leadership convention to be called. Davis, who had been facing a leadership review at the party's upcoming convention, stated he would remain party leader until his successor was chosen.
Potential candidates
David Brazil - MHA for Conception Bay East-Bell Island (2010-present), former Minister of Service NL (2014) and Minister of Transportation and Works (2014-2015).
Ches Crosbie - Prominent St. John's lawyer and son of former provincial and federal cabinet minister John Crosbie.
Keith Hutchings - MHA for Ferryland (2007-present), former Minister of Innovation, Business and Rural Development (2011-2013), Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture (2013-2014), Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs(2014-2015)
Steve Kent - MHA for Mount Pearl North )2007-present), former Minister of Municipal and Intergovernmental Affairs (2013-2014), Deputy Premier and Minister of Health (2014-2015), and leadership candidate in the 2014 race, placing third.
Sandy Collins - Former MHA for Terra Nova (2009-2015), former Minister of Tourism, Culture and Recreation (2014-2015)
John Ottenheimer - Former MHA for St. John's East (1996-2007), former Minister of Education (2003-2004), Minister of Health and Community Services (2004-2006), and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs (2006-2007), CEO of the Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (2015-2016), and runner-up in the 2014 leadership race.
Ryan Cleary - NDP MP for St. John's South—Mount Pearl (2011-2015), 2015 PC candidate in Windsor Lake
