Former MP Mike Morrice the only candidate left in Green Party leadership race
Nira Dookeran withdrew for personal and family reasons, leaving former MP Mike Morrice as the only candidate in the five-month contest, the party said.
- On Tuesday, former MP Mike Morrice became the Green Party's sole leadership candidate after Nira Dookeran of Ottawa withdrew from the contest.
- The Green Party officially launched its five-month leadership race on June 11 to replace Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, with Morrice and Dookeran emerging as the only two candidates from the nomination period.
- Dookeran withdrew for "personal and family reasons" after much "soul-searching," while Morrice, the former representative for Kitchener Centre, lost his seat in the April 2025 federal election to Conservative Kelly DeRidder by 358 votes.
- In a statement Tuesday, Morrice thanked Dookeran for her commitment, while the Green Party said further information "will be shared as it becomes available" with voting scheduled for November 2 to 13.
- Morrice said his campaign continues "to grow the party, and in doing so, help build the movement needed to take on the billionaire class and fight for regular Canadians in the face of a worsening climate crisis.
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Nira Dookeran withdrew from Elizabeth May's succession race, leaving the field open.
Former MP Mike Morrice is now the only remaining candidate to become the next leader of the Green Party of Canada.
Former MP Mike Morrice the only candidate left in Green Party leadership race
OTTAWA - Former MP Mike Morrice is the only candidate left in the race to become the next leader of the federal Green Party.
Former MP Mike Morrice now lone candidate seeking federal Green Party leadership
There is just one candidate in the race to be the next leader of the Green Party of Canada after Ottawa's Nira Dookeran announced she's withdrawing from the race. Former MP Mike Morrice of Kitchener, Ont., is the only one running.
Mike Morrice is now the only candidate to become leader of the Green Party of Canada after the withdrawal of the only other candidate in the race, Nira Dookeran.
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