15 Facts About Gerry Rogers

Gerry Rogers was born on 1956 and is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and politician.

Gerry Rogers was leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party from 2018 until 2019.

Gerry Rogers served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as NDP MHA for the electoral district of St John's Centre from 2011 to 2019.

Gerry Rogers became the party's leader after winning the April 2018 leadership election.

Gerry Rogers resigned as party leader prior to the 2019 provincial election and did not seek re-election.

Gerry Rogers worked at the St John's Women's Centre, where she helped establish the first transition house for battered women.

Openly lesbian, Gerry Rogers is the partner of social worker and businessperson Peg Norman.

Gerry Rogers became a marriage commissioner in 2005 in response to the many marriage commissioners who resigned after being told that they must perform same-sex marriages or resign from their positions.

Gerry Rogers was elected to the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly in the 2011 provincial election, representing the district of St John's Centre as a member of the New Democratic Party.

Gerry Rogers was the first openly gay politician ever elected to the provincial legislature.

In 2017, Gerry Rogers announced her intentions to run for leader of the provincial NDP, following the resignation of Earle McCurdy.

At the leadership convention on April 8,2018, Gerry Rogers was elected leader with two-thirds of the vote.

Gerry Rogers is the first openly LGBT person to lead a political party in Newfoundland and Labrador.

On February 12,2019, Gerry Rogers announced she would be stepping down as leader and not seeking re-election in Newfoundland's upcoming election.

Gerry Rogers retired from the House of Assembly at its dissolution for the 2019 provincial election, which was held on May 16.