Paul Dinn
Canadian politician
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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 | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly for Topsail-Paradise | |
| Assumed office February 19, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Davis |
| Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Davis |
| Minister of Advance Education and skills | |
| Assumed office October 29, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Gerry Byrne |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Spouse | Jennifer Dinn |
| Relations | Jim Dinn (brother) |
| Occupation | Public Servant |
Dinn was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 provincial elections.[3][4] His brother, Jim, is the leader of the New Democratic Party and MHA for St. John's Centre.[5] Dinn supported Eugene Manning in the 2023 provincial PC party leadership race.
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.
Dinn was re-elected in the 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election.[6]
On October 29, 2025, Dinn was appointed Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development and Minister of Advance Education and Skills.[7]
Electoral record
| 2025 Newfoundland and Labrador general election: Topsail-Paradise | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dinn | 3,031 | 48.0% | |||||
| Liberal | Dan Bobbett | 2,929 | 46.4% | |||||
| New Democratic | Tyler Bourne | 353 | 5.6% | |||||
| Total valid votes | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Progressive Conservative hold | Swing | - | ||||||
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| 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 | 98.33 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 102 | 1.67 | ||||||
| Turnout | 6,103 | 55.60 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 6,103 | |||||||
| 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 Report" (PDF). Retrieved 5 October 2025. | ||||||||
| 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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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive Conservative | Paul Dinn[9] | 2,204 | 61.17 | +2.87 | |
| Liberal | Patricia Hynes-Coates[10] | 1,212 | 33.64 | -3.21 | |
| New Democratic | Kathleen Burt[11] | 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 |
