Paul Dinn

Paul C. Dinn is a Canadian politician. He represents the electoral district of Topsail-Paradise in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly, for the Progressive Conservative Party.^[1][2] He was first elected in a by-election in 2019.

Paul Dinn
Dinn in 2024
Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Topsail-Paradise
Incumbent
Assumed office February 19, 2019
Preceded by	Paul Davis
Personal details
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Spouse	Jennifer Dinn
Relations	Jim Dinn (brother)
Residence(s)	Paradise, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Occupation	Public Servant

Dinn was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 provincial elections.^[3][4] His brother Jim ran as the New Democratic Party candidate in St. John's Centre and was also elected.^[5] Dinn supported Eugene Manning in the 2023 provincial PC party leadership race.

As of September 22, 2024, Dinn serves as the Official Opposition critic for Education and for Children and Youth Services.

Before entering provincial politics Dinn was a director within the Department of Advanced Education, Skills and Labour. He was also a town councillor in Paradise.

Electoral record

v t e 2021 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Topsail-Paradise
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dinn	3,036	50.59	-10.39
	Liberal	Ken Carter	2,525	42.08	+13.13
	New Democratic	Kathleen Burt	440	7.33
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
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dinn	3,476	61.0
	Liberal	Patricia Hynes-Coates	1,650	28.9
	NL Alliance	Lori Best-Moore	574	10.1
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive Conservative	Paul Dinn[6]	2,204	61.17	+2.87
	Liberal	Patricia Hynes-Coates[7]	1,212	33.64	-3.21
	New Democratic	Kathleen Burt[8]	187	5.19	+0.34
Total valid votes			3,603	100.00
	Progressive Conservative hold		Swing		+3.04

2017 municipal election
Candidate	Vote	%
Allan English	2,765	11.20
Elizabeth Laurie (X)	2,554	10.34
Paul Dinn (X)	2,417	9.79
Deborah Quilty (X)	2,128	8.62
Patrick Martin (X)	1,842	7.46
Sterling Willis (X)	1,807	7.32
Coreen Bennett	1,761	7.13
Kimberley Street	1,568	6.35
Scott Dawe	1,533	6.21
Sheldon Antle	1,517	6.14
Glen Carew	1,238	5.01
Neil Farrell	1,162	4.71
Reggie Lawrence	956	3.87
Jamie Thornhill	591	2.40
Tony Kelly	560	2.27
Anthony Pittman	292	1.18