BREAKING: Marit Stiles set to become Ontario’s NDP leader
Stiles will be the next leader of the provincial New Democrats after she was theThe NDP’s 1 a.m. Tuesday deadline passed with no other entrants signing up — more than two months after the Davenport MPP joined the race to replace Andrea Horwath, who resigned on June 2.’s two-term Progressive Conservatives will effectively be acclaimed.
“Together with Marit, we will work to build a party and a 2026 election campaign with space for working people and labour, progressives, racialized and equity-deserving Ontarians, and young people,” said Brady. An NDP news release said Canadian political parties have “a long tradition of unopposed leadership candidates going on to win the premier’s office in the next election,” including John Horgan, Dave Barrett, and Mike Harcourt in British Columbia.
Stiles is a former president of the federal NDP and a Toronto public school board trustee. The married mother of two was first elected as an MPP in 2018 after defeating Liberal incumbent Cristina Martins.“We need to be ready to win in 2026, and I feel like we can do that,” she told the Star recently.Party members, who had a Jan. 3 cutoff date to join the NDP, were supposed to elect the new leader on March 4.and was elected mayor of Hamilton in October.
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