Outgoing NDP leader Tom Mulcair says he expects to be replaced as head of the third party in the House of Commons within a year. Mulcair said that while he is leader of the NDP he will continue fundraising for the party. After the vote Mulcair indicated that he would stay on until his successor could be chosen. Going into the convention, then NDP president Rebecca Blaikie said the vote would have to be in the 70 per cent range in favour of keeping Mulcair to avoid a leadership contest. A bleak pictureYet recently released figures from Elections Canada paint a bleak picture of the party's fundraising efforts in the first quarter of 2016, when it collected just $1.3 million.

Source: CBC News May 11, 2016 18:30 UTC