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Judge dismisses Coffin s bid for recount in St. John s East-Quidi Vidi
NDP Leader Alison Coffin, who lost to Liberal John Abbott by 53 votes in March, has lost a subsequent bid to have those results overturned.
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NDP Leader Alison Coffin and lawyer Kyle Rees seen outside Supreme Court in St. John s Wednesday had argued unsuccessfully for a recount in the district of St. John s East-Quidi Vidi. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
There will be no vote recount for the district of St. John s-Quidi Vidi, as a judge has put an obstacle in NDP Leader Alison Coffin s bid to stay in the House of Assembly.
Jim Lester lost the district of Mount Pearl North to Liberal Lucy Stoyles by 109 votes.
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Jim Lester lost the district of Mount Pearl North by 109 votes to Liberal Lucy Stoyles in the 2021 provincial election. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada)
After losing his seat by 109 votes in last month s provincial election, PC candidate Jim Lester is turning to the courts in the hopes of having the results voided and a new election called in his former district, but he also wants a ruling on whether the vote adhered to Newfoundland and Labrador legislation. It s very important to have faith in the outcome of elections, Lester told reporters on Wednesday.
ST. JOHN S, N.L. The leader of Newfoundland and Labrador s NDP has requested a recount in her district after losing her seat in last Saturday s election by 53 votes. Alison Coffin tweeted pictures of herself Thursday filing the necessary paperwork at the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador in St. John s. Coffin lost her seat to Liberal John Abbott in the St. John s East-Quidi Vidi district, which has long been an NDP stronghold. Party president Kyle Rees says the recount request isn t necessarily about getting the seat back. Whether or not it makes a difference in terms of the result, it s important for the sake of democracy that we verify the result, he said in a statement to The Canadian Press on Thursday.
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.