The Bermuda Democratic Alliance will pick its leader from two candidates who don’t sit in the House of Assembly — Craig Cannonier and Myron Piper.

BDA announced today that the two businessmen will go head to head for the top job at the Alliance’s first party conference on Saturday.

Katherine Michelmore will be Deputy Leader by way of acclamation, according to a statement released this afternoon.

Founding member Michael Fahy, the former United Bermuda Party chairman, will stand against Granville Gibbons for the chairmanship.

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