The New Democratic Party of Ontario is one of three major political parties in Ontario, Canada. It governed the province from 1990 to 1995, and is currently the third-largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
The NDP led at the time by Howard Hampton ran a full state of 103 candidates in the 2003 Ontario provincial election, seven of whom were elected. Three more candidates were elected in by-elections held in 2004, March 2006 and February 2007. Several NDP candidates have their own biography pages. Information about other candidates may be found here.
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford | John Thomson | 5,641 | 9.26 | 3rd | |||
Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | Mitchel Healey | 3,148 | 6.10 | 4th | |||
Durham | Teresa Williams | 6,274 | 12.41 | 3rd | |||
Haliburton—Victoria—Brock | Earl Manners | 7,884 | 15.39 | 3rd | |||
Northumberland | Murray Weppler | Member of Plainville Town Council (1997–2000) | 5,210 | 11.51 | 3rd | ||
Peterborough | Dave Nickle | ONDP candidate for Peterborough in the 1999 provincial election | 9,796 | 17.80 | 3rd | ||
Simcoe—Grey | Leo Losereit | Member of Adjala-Tosorontio Town Council (2000–2003) | Adjala-Tosorontio | Agricultural professional | 5,032 | 9.92 | 3rd |
Simcoe North | John Niddery | 5,515 | 10.87 | 3rd |
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Guy Belle-Isle | 2,544 | 5.80 | 3rd | |||
Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Ross Sutherland | Nurse [1] | 4,286 | 10.32 | 3rd | ||
Kingston and the Islands | Janet Collins | 5,514 | 11.51 | 3rd | |||
Lanark—Carleton | Jim Ronson | 3,554 | 5.87 | 3rd | |||
Leeds—Grenville | Steve Armstrong | President of Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union Local 28-O | Brockville | Chemical worker [2] | 2,469 | 5.61 | 3rd |
Nepean—Carleton | Liam McCarthy | 3,828 | 6.54 | 3rd | |||
Ottawa Centre | Jeff Atkinson | Ottawa | Union official (CLC) [3] | 11,362 | 22.98 | 2nd | |
Ottawa—Orléans | Ric Dagenais | Union official (Canadian Union of Public Employees) [4] | 2,778 | 5.53 | 3rd | ||
Ottawa South | James MacLaren | 4,306 | 9.03 | 3rd | |||
Ottawa Vanier | Joseph Zabrowski | 6,507 | 15.70 | 3rd | |||
Ottawa West—Nepean | Marlene Rivier | President of Ontario Public Service Employees Union Local 479 | Britannia, Ottawa | Psychologist / Union leader | 4,099 | 8.34 | 3rd |
Prince Edward—Hastings | Jodie Jenkins | 3,377 | 8.45 | 3rd | |||
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Felicite Stairs | 5,092 | 11.66 | 3rd | |||
Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh | Matt Sumegi | 1,639 | 4.29 | 4th |
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Beaches—East York | Michael Prue | Member of Provincial Parliament for Beaches—East York (2001–2014) Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 32 Beaches—East York (1998–2001) Mayor of East York (1993–1997) | Civil servant | 21,239 | 50.90 | 1st | |
Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale | Cesar Martello | Brampton | Student (York University) [5] | 4,931 | 11.65 | 3rd | |
Brampton Centre | Kathy Pounder | Urban planner [6] | 4,827 | 12.60 | 3rd | ||
Brampton West—Mississauga | Chris Moise | ONDP candidate for Oak Ridges in the 1999 provincial election | 5,103 | 8.15 | 3rd | ||
Burlington | David Laird | Burlington | Child protection worker [7] | 3,832 | 8.22 | 3rd | |
Davenport | Jordan Berger | Husband of Marit Stiles | Toronto | Manager | 7,243 | 27.33 | 2nd |
Don Valley East | Murphy Browne | 3,058 | 8.14 | 3rd | |||
Don Valley West | Ali Naqvi | Toronto | Consultant | 2,540 | 5.69 | 3rd | |
Eglinton—Lawrence | Robin Alter | 4,351 | 10.43 | 3rd | |||
Etobicoke Centre | Margaret Anne McHugh | Healthcare manager [8] | 3,400 | 7.61 | 3rd | ||
Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Irene Jones | Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore (2000–2003) Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 2 Lakeshore Queensway (1998–2000) Member of Etobicoke City Council for Ward 1 (1988–1997) | Mimico | 8,952 | 20.09 | 3rd | |
Etobicoke North | Kuldip Singh Sodhi | 3,516 | 11.35 | 3rd | |||
Halton | Jay Jackson | ONDP candidate for Halton in the 1999 provincial election | 5,587 | 8.01 | 3rd | ||
Markham | Janice Hagan | NDP candidate for Markham in the 2000 federal election ONDP candidate for Markham in the 1999 provincial election | Teacher [9] | 2,679 | 5.08 | 3rd | |
Mississauga Centre | Michael Miller | 3,237 | 8.32 | 3rd | |||
Mississauga East | Michael Hancock | 2,479 | 7.23 | 3rd | |||
Mississauga South | Ken Cole | 3,606 | 9.18 | 3rd | |||
Mississauga West | Arif Raza | 4,196 | 7.64 | 3rd | |||
Oak Ridges | Pamela Courtot | Stouffville | Small business owner [10] | 4,464 | 6.46 | 3rd | |
Oakville | Anwar Naqvi | Oakville [11] | Lawyer [12] | 2,858 | 6.35 | 3rd | |
Oshawa | Sid Ryan | President of CUPE Ontario (1992–2009) | Whitby | Union leader | 13,547 | 34.71 | 2nd |
Parkdale—High Park | Margo Duncan | 6,275 | 15.77 | 3rd | |||
Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge | Vern Edwards | 3,690 | 6.76 | 3rd | |||
St. Paul's | Julian Heller | Toronto | Lawyer | 6,740 | 14.83 | 3rd | |
Scarborough—Agincourt | Stacy Douglas | 2,209 | 5.86 | 3rd | |||
Scarborough Centre | Michael Laxer | NDP candidate for Scarborough—Agincourt in the 2000 federal election | Small business owner | 3,653 | 8.77 | 3rd | |
Scarborough East | Gary Dale | Toronto | Consultant [13] | 5,250 | 12.40 | 3rd | |
Scarborough—Rouge River | Jean-Paul Yovanoff | Marketing professional | 2,246 | 5.98 | 3rd | ||
Scarborough Southwest | Barbara Warner | Daughter of David William Warner | 6,688 | 17.94 | 3rd | ||
Thornhill | Laurie Orrett | Executive assistant [14] | 2,616 | 5.73 | 3rd | ||
Toronto Centre—Rosedale | Gene Lara | St. James Town, Toronto [15] | Social service agency director [16] | 9,112 | 20.14 | 3rd | |
Toronto—Danforth | Marilyn Churley | Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto—Danforth (1999–2005) Member of Provincial Parliament for Riverdale (1990–1999) Member of Toronto City Council (1988–1990) | Toronto | 18,253 | 47.14 | 1st | |
Trinity—Spadina | Rosario Marchese | Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity—Spadina (1999–2014) Member of Provincial Parliament for Fort York (1990–1999) | Toronto | Teacher | 19,268 | 47.51 | 1st |
Vaughan—King—Aurora | Michael Seaward | ONDP candidate for Vaughan—King—Aurora in the 1999 provincial election | 4,697 | 7.14 | 3rd | ||
Whitby—Ajax | Dan Edwards | 5,155 | 9.1 | 3rd | |||
Willowdale | Yvonne Bob | NDP candidate for Willowdale in the 2000 federal election | Civil servant [17] | 3,084 | 6.64 | 3rd | |
York Centre | Matthew Norrish | 3,494 | 11.04 | 3rd | |||
York North | Sylvia Gerl | Keswick | Women's shelter worker [18] | 4,029 | 7.76 | 3rd | |
York South—Weston | Brian Donlevy | 6,247 | 19.29 | 2nd | |||
York West | Garth Bobb | 3,954 | 17.02 | 2nd |
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot | Kelly Hayes | 5,666 | 11.70 | 3rd | |||
Brant | David Noonan | 5,262 | 11.84 | 3rd | |||
Erie—Lincoln | Julius Antal | 3,950 | 9.41 | 3rd | |||
Hamilton East | Bob Sutton | 9,035 | 29.42 | 2nd | |||
Hamilton Mountain | Chris Charlton | Candidate for Ward 7 in the 2000 Hamilton municipal election ONDP candidate for Hamilton Mountain in the 1999 provincial election NDP candidate for Hamilton Mountain in the 1997 federal election | Hamilton | 12,017 | 26.46 | 2nd | |
Hamilton West | Roy Adams | Hamilton | Professor at McMaster University | 13,468 | 34.50 | 2nd | |
Niagara Centre | Peter Kormos | Member of Provincial Parliament for Niagara Centre (1999–2007) Member of Provincial Parliament for Welland—Thorold (1988–1999) | Welland | Lawyer | 23,289 | 49.64 | 1st |
Niagara Falls | Claude Sonier | 4,962 | 12.30 | 3rd | |||
St. Catharines | John Bacher | 3,944 | 8.95 | 3rd | |||
Stoney Creek | Lorrie McKibbon | 5,419 | 10.71 | 3rd |
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound | Colleen Purdon | NDP candidate for Bruce—Grey in the 1997 federal election | 4,159 | 9.28 | 3rd | ||
Cambridge | Pam Wolf | Cambridge | Teacher [22] | 8,513 | 18.09 | 3rd | |
Chatham-Kent—Essex | Derry McKeever | 2,893 | 7.45 | 3rd | |||
Elgin—Middlesex—London | Bryan Bakker | Filmmaker [23] | 4,063 | 9.35 | 3rd | ||
Essex | Pat Hayes | Mayor of Lakeshore (1997–2003) Member of Provincial Parliament for Essex—Kent (1990–1995) Member of Provincial Parliament for Essex North (1985–1987) | Lakeshore | Occupational health and safety professional | 12,614 | 27.78 | 2nd |
Guelph—Wellington | James Valcke | 6,745 | 12.06 | 3rd | |||
Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant | Prue Steiner | 4,720 | 10.82 | 3rd | |||
Huron—Bruce | Grant Robertson | Paisley | Ontario director of the National Farmers Union [24] | 4,973 | 11.46 | 3rd | |
Kitchener Centre | Ted Martin | 6,781 | 15.80 | 3rd | |||
Kitchener—Waterloo | Dan Lajoie | 6,084 | 10.94 | 3rd | |||
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Joyce Jolliffe | Strathroy | 4,523 | 11.01 | 3rd | ||
London—Fanshawe | Irene Mathyssen | Member of Provincial Parliament for Middlesex (1990–1995) | Teacher | 12,051 | 31.05 | 2nd | |
London North Centre | Rebecca Coulter | 11,414 | 24.53 | 3rd | |||
London West | Patti Dalton | 7,403 | 14.89 | 3rd | |||
Oxford | Shawn Rouse | 5,318 | 12.56 | 3rd | |||
Perth—Middlesex | Jack Verhulst | 4,703 | 11.81 | 3rd | |||
Sarnia—Lambton | Glenn Sonier | 6,482 | 16.95 | 3rd | |||
Waterloo—Wellington | Richard Walsh-Bowers | NDP candidate for Kitchener—Waterloo in the 2000 federal election ONDP candidate for Waterloo—Wellington in the 1999 provincial election | Professor at Wilfrid Laurier University [25] | 3,970 | 8.62 | 3rd | |
Windsor—St. Clair | Madeleine Crnec | 10,433 | 29.10 | 2nd | |||
Windsor West | Yvette Blackburn | 7,383 | 20.98 | 2nd |
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Burlington | Cory Judson | ||||||
Markham | Janice Hagan | ||||||
Nepean—Carleton | Laurel Gibbons | ||||||
Toronto—Danforth | Peter Tabuns | ||||||
Whitby—Ajax | Julie Gladman | ||||||
York South—Weston | Paul Ferreira |