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Dix, the high-profile Vancouver-Kingsway MLA, won the NDP leadership Sunday after three rounds of voting.

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Dix also beat out Dana Larsen and Port Coquitlam MLA Mike Farnworth, a more moderate candidate who was believed from polls to be the front-runner. Farnworth had 48 per cent of the vote in the final round.

Marijuana activist Dana Larsen was dropped from the ballot after the first round with 531 supporters.

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