US EditionVote recount reaffirms Progressive Conservative majority in Newfoundland and Labrador
A judicial recount increased Paul Dinn's margin to 106 votes, confirming the Progressive Conservatives' slim majority in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial assembly.
- On Nov. 21, 2025, Elections Newfoundland and Labrador announced a judicial recount determined Paul Dinn beat Dan Bobbett by 106 votes with 3,029 votes total.
- The Liberal Party requested a recount, and Justice Alphonsus Faour agreed, noting possible errors as the court-ordered count ran from Tuesday into Friday in Topsail-Paradise.
- Officials worked through more than 6,300 ballots as Elections Newfoundland and Labrador officials, lawyers for the candidates and party representatives spent over two days counting 3,200 ballots for the district.
- The result keeps the Topsail-Paradise seat with the Progressive Conservative Party and Paul Dinn will return to the House of Assembly, maintaining their slim majority from last month's election.
- The Oct. 14 election-night tally showed a 102-vote margin, and Justice Alphonsus Faour granted this recount while rejecting two other requests, referencing a 2019 Labrador West precedent.
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Vote recount reaffirms Progressive Conservative majority in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN’S — A recount in an electoral district near St. John’s, N.L., has reaffirmed the Progressive Conservatives’ slim majority win in last month’s provincial election. Newfoundland and Labrador’s elections authority says a judicial recount has determined that Tory Paul Dinn beat Liberal Dan Bobbett by 106 votes in the Topsail–Paradise riding. The vote tally […]
Topsail-Paradise district stays blue after recount
After a recount that started early Tuesday morning and continued into Friday, Elections Newfoundland and Labrador says the district of Topsail-Paradise will remain in the hands of the Progressive Conservatives, represented by Paul Dinn.
A recount in an electoral district near Saint John, Newfoundland and Labrador, confirmed the small majority won by the Progressive Conservatives in last month's provincial election.
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