Dr. Peter Boswell

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  Affaires universitaires - Annonces de postes - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 2/8/2006    Last Visited: 8/27/2006  

  Applications should be forwarded to: Dr. Peter Boswell, Head, Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John,s, NL, Canada, A1B 3X9; Fax: (709) 737-4000; E-mail: polisci@mun.ca.
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  Applications should be forwarded to: Dr. Peter Boswell, Head, Department of Political Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John,s, NL, Canada, A1B 3X9; Fax: (709) 737-4000; E-mail: polisci@mun.ca.

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  CBC - Newfoundland & Labrador - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/27/2002    Last Visited: 3/3/2003  

  To talk about this shuffle and the events leading up to it, Jeff Gilhooly welcomed political scientist Peter Boswell to the studio.

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  CBC News Indepth: Federal Election 2004 - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 6/28/2004    Last Visited: 6/30/2004  

  It was definitely a factor in Atlantic Canada, according to Peter Boswell, a political scientist at Memorial University in St. John's.
  
  "Certainly the new Conservative party is much more right wing than the old Progressive Conservative party was, and this has alienated some people -- the so-called Red Tories," Boswell says.
  
  Voters were worried that had the Conservatives won, Boswell suggests, they would have moved to drop regional economic development programs such as the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.

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  CBC News: Liberals gain in Newfoundland - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/10/2008    Last Visited: 6/29/2004  

  Peter Boswell, a political scientist at Memorial University told CBC News the decline in Conservative support in the province may reflect concerns that the party will drop economic development programs such as the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency.
  
  "Certainly the new Conservative party is much more right wing than the old Progressive Conservative party was, and this of course has alienated some people, the so-called Red Tories," Boswell said.

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  CJAD 800 : News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/3/2005    Last Visited: 1/4/2005  

  Peter Boswell, a political science professor at Memorial University in St. John's, said it would be a mistake to assume everyone in the province supports Williams' provocative tactics.
  
  "There's a loyalty to Newfoundland and to support the premier, but Newfoundlanders are also very proud Canadians," he said."It's pulling people in two directions."
  
  Boswell said the divide also appears to be crossing traditional party lines, noting that in his mixed Conservative and Liberal neighbourhood in St. John's, most flags have been taken down.
  
  For many in the province, the flag is a symbol of Ottawa's perceived mistreatment of Newfoundland, said Boswell, and delays negotiating a deal on offshore oil revenues may have been the straw that broke the camel's back for the premier.
  
  "I think he just reached the absolute level of frustration," he said.
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  "I don't think there's the slightest chance he's going back down," said Boswell.

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  CNEWS Politics - Nfld Grits lash out at Ottawa - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 10/20/2002    Last Visited: 10/20/2002  

  Lashing out at the federal government is a time-honoured tradition among provincial leaders seeking a boost in the polls, said Peter Boswell, a professor of political science at Memorial University in St. John's.But it's a tactic that can backfire.
  
  "People are a lot more sophisticated now than they were in Joey Smallwood's day," Boswell said, referring to the province's first premier."I don't think this tactic is going to work anymore."
  
  More importantly, Grimes has to be careful not to offend Ottawa because funds from the federal government account for about half of the province's total budget.
  
  "Cutting your own throat is not a very sophisticated thing to do, especially if you belong to the same party," said Boswell.
  
  Still, it's not the first time Grimes has taken aim at Ottawa.Earlier this year, the premier made it clear he was fed up with Prime Minister Jean Chretien when he set up a provincial royal commission to assess the province's place in Confederation.
  
  "I'm very disappointed in them," Grimes said in April."I'm not the biggest fan of the Liberal government in Canada, even though I'm a sitting Liberal premier."
  
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  Boswell said the problem is the provincial government and Inco signed a statement of principles rather than a detailed, legally binding commercial document.That document won't be released for public scrutiny until later this month.
  
  "There's been enough skepticism raised around the province with regard to the Voisey's Bay deal," said Boswell."We still haven't seen the details of Voisey's Bay.So are we going to have the same deal with Lower Churchill?"
  
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  That's why a provincial election probably won't be called until the spring, Boswell said.
  
  Indeed, Grimes has repeatedly said he won't call an election until 2003.On Tuesday, he said he would likely wait until his second anniversary in the premier's chair -- Feb. 3, 2003 -- before dropping the writ.
  
  "We're getting closer to 2003 and we're getting ready," he said.
  
  The standings in the 48-seat House of Assembly are: 27 Liberals, 18 Conservatives, two New Democrats and one vacancy.
  
  CNEWS Poll

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  Equal Voice - What's New - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/28/2001    Last Visited: 7/2/2003  

  "She was always available," said Dr. Peter Boswell, a political scientist at Memorial University.

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  Faculty of Arts | Departments - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 9/13/2008    Last Visited: 9/13/2008  

  Dr. Peter Boswell, Interim Head 737- 8179 pboswell@mun.ca

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  Institute of Urban Studies | CJUR | Editorial Staff - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 1/26/2005    Last Visited: 1/26/2005  

  Memorial University of Newfoundland | Peter G. Boswell, Department of Political Science

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  Memorial Today - News - [Cached Version]
  Published on: 11/1/2005    Last Visited: 11/26/2005  

  Dr. Peter Boswell, interim head with the Department of Political Science, said he doesn't think there will be a huge number of voters casting ballots mainly because the mayor's seat is largely uncontested.
  
  ,Studies that we have done here and studies that have been done in other parts of Canada on municipal elections, indicate that if there's a tight mayor's race there is a larger voter turn out,, said Dr. Boswell, who teaches a course in municipal politics at Memorial. ,But that's not the case this year.,
  
  Earlier this month, Mayor Andy Wells shut down his re-election campaign because he said he was confident he will be returned as mayor.
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  Judging by the number of placards and signs city council candidates have put up around the city - including dozens near Memorial's campus - Dr. Boswell said there seems to be a lot of interest in this year's municipal campaign.But he said ,outrageous antics, by some candidates will likely turn off voters.Some signs have been defaced, torn down and destroyed in the past number of weeks.Dr. Boswell said municipal elections are generally not a dirty race in Newfoundland and Labrador but this year - especially in the City of St. John's - things have gotten worse. ,You always expect that there is going to be political exchange especially when you get somebody as forthright as Andy Wells.
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  Dr. Boswell isn't convinced either that mail-in ballots are the best method for voters to cast their ballots.Of the approximately 39,000 votes cast during the 2001, about 32,000 - or 82 per cent - were received through the mail.
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  That task has become easier in recent years, though, thanks to a book Dr. Boswell wrote which has become the bible for new members of council.

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