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7 Possible NDP Leadership Candidates

We've got 2 sittings MPs, 3 former MPs, the mayor of a major city, and an activist journalist.

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Jeremy Appel
May 06, 2025
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Clockwise from top-left: Heather McPherson, Jenny Kwan, Valérie Plante, Charlie Angus, Avi Lewis, Matthew Green and Ruth Ellen Brosseau.

With the announcement of Vancouver Kingsway MP Don Davies as the interim federal NDP leader last night, you’ll likely see candidates declare their intention to run for the permanent job in the coming weeks.

Whoever the next leader of Canada’s historically social democratic party is, they’re going to have their work cut out for them.

The NDP faced its wo…

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