The Liberal party has fallen short of becoming the Official Opposition, with that title being retained by Marit Stiles and the Ontario New Democratic Party, Global News projects.
Mississauga East—Cooksville, it has fallen short of becoming the Official Opposition, with that title being retained by Marit Stiles and the Ontario New Democratic Party, Global News projects.
Official party status comes with additional funding and debate rights within the legislature. The party lost such status after the 2018 election when they were decimated after 15 years in government.Stiles’ electoral victory – both in the Toronto riding of Davenport and for the NDP – maintains a somewhat status quo in the legislature with Doug Ford’sAs of 10 p.m., the NDP were leading or elected in 25 seats. Before dissolution last month, the NDP had 28 seats in the legislature.
Crombie, the former mayor of Mississauga, announced in January she was running in Mississauga East—Cooksville for the snap election — a riding held by Kaleed Rasheed, a former Progressive-Conservative minister who left the party in 2023 over a Greenbelt-adjacent scandal.Crombie has been without a seat in Queen’s Park since her successful leadership bid for the Liberal Party in December 2023.
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