Ralph Wiseman is a Canadian

Canada

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 politician. He was a Liberal Party

Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador

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 member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly

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 from 1996 to 2003, representing the electoral district of Topsail

Topsail (electoral district)

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In the 2005 municipal elections

Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections, 2005

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, he was elected mayor

Mayor

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 of the town of Paradise

Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador

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, Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

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. In the subsequent 2009 municipal elections

Newfoundland and Labrador municipal elections, 2009

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, he was re-elected to a second term as mayor in a draw, after a series of recounts confirmed that he and challenger Kurtis Coombs had finished in an exact tie.