NDP leader Alison Coffin has lost her seat in the district of St. John’s East Quidi Vidi, but she doesn’t plan on resigning as leader just yet.
Coffin lost the nod to Liberal candidate John Abbott by 53 votes. She could not say if the party would contest the result and demand a recount.
As for the future of the leadership of the party, Coffin says she’ll be consulting with party officials over the coming days.
She says a decision will be made soon enough, but in the meantime, she will stay on as party leader as long as the party needs her to lead them.
In terms of party leadership, Coffin says she will stay on as long as the party needs her, noting that there are lots of discussions that need to be had in the coming days @VOCMNEWS pic.twitter.com/3GWx4aD5CE
— Richard Duggan (@RDugganVOCM) March 27, 2021
Meanwhile, there’s one party member who can be counted out of any potential leadership race: Jim Dinn.
Dinn was re-elected in the district of St. John’s Centre – one of two seats the NDP secured.
When asked about a potential leadership run, Dinn said he “had that opportunity the first time around,” and has enjoyed the constituency work advocating on issues such as poverty and aquaculture.
He believes there are others out there who are more so the future of the party than he is and says leading the NDP is not an ambition of his.
The president of the province’s New Democratic Party is praising their two representatives in the House of Assembly.
Jim Dinn and Jordan Brown who has been re-elected for Labrador West.
Kyle Rees is congratulating the two candidates, saying they exemplify the values that the party stands for.
“They are dyed in the wool in Democrats,” says Rees, who claims Dinn and Brown are eager to question the Premier on the election when the house reopens.