Opposition Leader
Dexter was Opposition Leader to both Conservative Premier John Hamm and Rodney MacDonald. He credited is ability to work with Hamm to get things done as the reason for the NDP increase in seats in the 2006 election.
Within a few months of the 2006 election, the NDP took a lead in the opinion polls, and has held it consistently since.
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