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2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: St. John's East-Quidi Vidi

Alison Coffin MHA
Coffin in 2020
Leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party
In office March 5, 2019 –October 19, 2021
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Abbott	2,447	42.95	+9.57
	New Democratic	Alison Coffin	2,394	42.02	−1.46
	Progressive Conservative	Vaughn Hammond	856	15.03	−8.11
Total valid votes			5,697
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		−5.52
Source(s) "Officially Nominated Candidates General Election 2021" (PDF). Elections Newfoundland and Labrador . Retrieved 3 March 2021. "NL Election 2021 (Unofficial Results)" . Retrieved 27 March 2021.

2019 Newfoundland and Labrador general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Alison Coffin	2,699	43.48	-8.17
	Liberal	George Murphy	2,072	33.38	-6.83
	Progressive Conservative	David Porter	1,436	23.14	+15.01
Total valid votes			6,207	99.12
Total rejected ballots			55	0.88	-0.13
Turnout			6,262	58.03	+1.23
Eligible voters			10,791
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-0.67
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [21]

2015 Newfoundland and Labrador general election : Waterford Valley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Tom Osborne	3,588	65.93	–
	New Democratic	Alison Coffin	1,062	19.52	–
	Progressive Conservative	Alison Stoodley	792	14.55	–
Total valid votes			5,442	99.51	–
Total rejected ballots			27	0.49	–
Turnout			5,469	55.20	–
Eligible voters			9,907
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		–
Source: Elections Newfoundland and Labrador [22]

2018 New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election

		First Ballot
	Candidate	Votes	Perc.
	Gerry Rogers	971	67.0%
	Alison Coffin	479	33.0%
	Spoiled Ballots	0	0.0%
	Totals	1450	100%

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