Still 'room for growth' after 72% vote of confidence, says Sask. NDP leader
CBC
Provincial NDP leader Ryan Meili will remain at the helm of the Official Opposition after facing a leadership review Saturday, but says he still has work to do as a party leader.
In total, 446 delegates voted to determine a leadership review during the provincial NDP's annual convention. The vote is part of the party's convention protocol.
About 72 per cent (320) voted in favour of extending Meili's tenure while nearly 28 per cent (124) voted to hold a leadership contest. Two people abstained from voting.
Had the minority succeeded, the party would have launched a campaign to replace Meili as the party leader.
"A vote of confidence, but not overconfidence. There's room for growth, and that's what I'm working on," Meili told CBC News as the convention wrapped up in Saskatoon on Sunday.
"We head into the session here in a couple of weeks … you're going to see us in that legislative session prosecute [Scott Moe's pandemic] record."
When asked if there was a percentage of non-support that would have caused Meili to concede his leadership role, he said he was waiting for the decision from delegates "and they made a pretty clear decision."
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