leader. Davis was sworn in as the 12th Premier on September 26, 2014. Timeline 2011 October 11, 2011: Election held for members of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 47th General Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador. October 26, 2011: Liberal Leader Kevin Aylward announces his resignation after failing to win the district of St. George's-Stephenville East in the election. December 15, 2011: The Liberal Party announces that Humber Valley MHA Dwight Ball will become Leader of the Opposition and interim Liberal leader effective January 3, 2012. 2012 January 3, 2012: Dwight Ball becomes interim leader of the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador. September 13, 2012: Progressive Conservative MHA Tom Osborne announces that he has left the party and will sit as an independent. 2013 April 8, 2013: Yvonne Jones (Liberal) resigns her Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair seat to run in a federal by-election in Labrador. June 25, 2013: Lisa Dempster (Liberal) is elected MHA for Cartwright-L'Anse au Clair, following the resignation of Yvonne Jones. July 18, 2013: Bay of Islands MHA Eddie Joyce is named Leader of the Opposition and Interim Liberal Leader replacing Dwight Ball who resigned to run for the leadership permanently in the party's 2013 leadership election. August 29, 2013: Independent MHA Tom Osborne (former PC) joins the Liberal caucus. October 2, 2013: Jerome Kennedy (PC) resigns his Carbonear-Harbour Grace seat. October 21, 2013: The media reports that NDP Leader Lorraine Michael received a letter signed by all four members of her caucus over the previous weekend calling for a leadership election to be held in 2014. Michael subsequently asks the party to hold a leadership review in 2014 in which her leadership would be voted on, but not a full party convention. October 29, 2013: NDP MHAs Dale Kirby and Christopher Mitchelmore announce that they have left the NDP caucus and will sit as independents. November 17, 2013: Dwight Ball is elected as leader of the Liberal Party. November 26, 2013: Liberal Sam Slade is elected MHA for Carbonear-Harbour Grace. 2014 January 20, 2014: PC MHA Paul Lane for Mount Pearl South crosses the floor to the Liberal Party. January 24, 2014: Kathy Dunderdale resigns as Premier. Finance Minister Tom Marshall is sworn in as premier until Dunderdale's successor is chosen. January 27, 2014: Dale Kirby and Christopher Mitchelmore resign their NDP memberships and are now full Independents. February 4, 2014: Dale Kirby