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NDP convention begins in Winnipeg as members prepare to pick new leader
Five candidates vie to rebuild the NDP after its worst election result since 1961; party membership rose to about 100,000, up from 60,000 last September, Angus Reid said.
- New Democrats are gathering in Winnipeg for the New Democratic Party convention, where members will select a new federal leader by Sunday.
- The leadership contest follows the NDP's worst election result since its 1961 founding, which reduced the party to seven seats and prompted leader Jagmeet Singh's resignation.
- Five candidates—union leader Rob Ashton, social worker Tanille Johnston, filmmaker Avi Lewis, Alberta MP Heather McPherson, and farmer Tony McQuail—are vying for the top job with platforms emphasizing housing, climate action, and electoral reform.
- Recent Angus Reid Institute polling suggests the NDP struggles with relevance; 44 per cent of past NDP voters do not recognize the names of the current candidates.
- Voting in the six-month race closes tomorrow, with the new leader announced Sunday, tasked with the "hard slogging" of reintroducing the party to voters, Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, said.
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NDP convention begins in Winnipeg as members prepare to pick new leader
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Leaning Left18Leaning Right0Center7Last UpdatedBias Distribution72% Left
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- 72% of the sources lean Left
72% Left
L 72%
C 28%
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