The St. John s East-Quidi Vidi candidate lost her seat by 53 votes on Saturday.
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Posted: Apr 01, 2021 6:21 PM NT | Last Updated: April 1
NDP Leader Alison Coffin announced her court challenge of the election results in her former district on Thursday afternoon.(Alison Coffin/Twitter)
NDP Leader Alison Coffin has filed for a vote recount in her former district, according to a tweet from Coffin s account Thursday afternoon. I was at the courthouse today to file papers for an official recount of the results for St. John s East - Quidi Vidi, the tweet reads.
Coffin, who lost her seat to Liberal John Abbott by 53 votes on Saturday, had foreshadowed the legal challenge in her post-election speech over the weekend.