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2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Topsail-Paradise
Paul Dinn
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly
for Topsail-Paradise
Assumed office
February 19, 2019
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Paul Dinn 3,03650.59-10.39
Liberal Ken Carter2,52542.08+13.13
New Democratic Kathleen Burt4407.33
Total valid votes 6,001
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters
Progressive Conservative hold Swing -11.76
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Paul Dinn3,47661.0
Liberal Patricia Hynes-Coates1,65028.9
NL Alliance Lori Best-Moore57410.1
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters

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By-election - January 24, 2019
On the resignation of Paul Davis, November 2, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Conservative Paul Dinn [6] 2,20461.17+2.87
Liberal Patricia Hynes-Coates [7] 1,21233.64-3.21
New Democratic Kathleen Burt [8] 1875.19+0.34
Total valid votes3,603100.00
Progressive Conservative hold Swing +3.04
2017 municipal election
CandidateVote %
Allan English2,76511.20
Elizabeth Laurie (X)2,55410.34
Paul Dinn (X)2,4179.79
Deborah Quilty (X)2,1288.62
Patrick Martin (X)1,8427.46
Sterling Willis (X)1,8077.32
Coreen Bennett1,7617.13
Kimberley Street1,5686.35
Scott Dawe1,5336.21
Sheldon Antle1,5176.14
Glen Carew1,2385.01
Neil Farrell1,1624.71
Reggie Lawrence9563.87
Jamie Thornhill5912.40
Tony Kelly5602.27
Anthony Pittman2921.18

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