WINNIPEG -- Manitoba Liberal Leader Rana Bokhari is not stepping down in the wake of this week's provincial election.
Bokhari met with the party's board of directors Thursday night, and president Paul Hesse says no one raised concerns about Bokhari staying on.
Hesse says the meeting was a positive one, and people are pleased that the party doubled its vote from the last election and jumped from one legislature seat to three.
The Liberals were hoping for more, based on opinion polls last fall and the victory of the federal Liberals last year, but a series of campaign missteps saw their support drop sharply before election day.
Bokhari did not win a legislature seat herself, and has been drawing a salary from the party ever since she became leader in 2013.
The party has faced financial challenges, and took out a line of credit to help fund its election campaign effort.
"I'm not really interested in talking about financial matters in the party at this time," Hesse said after the meeting.
"It was a really positive meeting. We celebrated the newly elected MLAs (legislature members) that were all in attendance."
Finishing with three seats means the Liberals are still one seat short of official party status in the legislature, which would bring more funding and a higher profile in question period and on committees.
The Liberals will face another financial hurdle if the new Progressive Conservative government fulfills a promise to eliminate a per-vote subsidy to political parties set up by the previous NDP government.
The subsidy makes up almost one-third of the Liberals' revenues each year.
