Paul Davis will be stepping down as leader of the opposition.Davis announced today that he has requested a leadership convention to elect a new PC Party Leader. Davis has offered to serve as the Party Leader until a new leader is elected.
Davis today wrote to PC Party President Mark Whiffen and the Party’s Executive, formally requesting that a leadership convention is held.
Davis said, “Having spoken with people throughout our Party in recent weeks, I am confident that I would have had the Party’s support in the leadership motion that was to come at the annual general meeting on October 22.
“However, I also believe that there are some who would not have allowed the leadership issue to rest, regardless of the outcome of the vote, and that would have ensured it remained a significant distraction for all of us at a time when our Party needs to be focusing squarely on preparing to give the people of our province the alternative they are crying out for. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians are deeply dissatisfied with the current government, and we have the obligation to make the people’s need for a new government our number one priority and focus.
He will continue as MHA for Topsail.