Premier Michael Dunkley will next month face potential challenges to his leadership at the OBA’s party conference.

Mr Dunkley — who has been Premier since Craig Cannonier stepped down nearly three months ago and acting OBA leader — said: “I have no idea if I’ll be challenged — but I look forward to a contest and the party removing the ‘Acting’ from my name.”

A total of three top jobs are up for grabs — party leader, deputy leader and party chairman, to be elected by a vote by party members.

“The vast majority of the time when you have positions open for election, you do have people coming forward,” Mr Dunkley said.

Mr Dunkley took over as OBA leader and Premier after Craig Cannonier quit in the wake of the Jetgate row.

“There could be a number of contests in any position — but I hope my colleagues would feel that in the two-and-a-half months I have jumped right into the position. That was unexpected, but I jumped right in,” he said.

“Right now, we need a period of stability — my colleagues supported me with the unexpected change and I don’t see why the support wouldn’t be there.”

But he said he was prepared to face challenges to his leadership: “If so, so be it and I will deal with that accordingly.”

Mr Cannonier resigned as Premier in May in the wake of the Jetgate row and party chairman Thad Hollis quit in July after he released his report into a $350,000 donation by US tycoon Nathan Landow and business associates to an OBA-linked grassroots campaign.

OBA MP Susan Jackson, who was one of the two deputy chairmen of the party, took over as acting chairman, with party activist Karen Magnum continuing in her deputy role.