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“I fully hope there is a strong call for us to pass a vote to a member, as the Federal Party did,” said a Liberal informant from Ontario.
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June 4, 2022 • 5 hours ago • 2 minutes of reading • 28 comments Ontario Liberal leader Steven Del Duca leaves the post after leaving the post of party leader on election night in Vaughan, Ontario , June 2, 2022. Photo by Chris Young / The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA – Ontario’s two main opposition parties suddenly need to find new leaders, but before they do, they will have to decide whether to change the leadership selection process that put Andrea Horwath at the helm of the NDP and Steven Del Duca at the head of the NPD. provincial liberals. There are probably months or a year left for leadership races; decisions that decide how to choose their leaders will be made in the coming weeks.
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Horwath announced his plans to resign Thursday night after his fourth election campaign left the NPD with fewer seats than in 2018, but enough to maintain official opposition status. Del Duca also announced his resignation after having barely improved on the Liberals’ disastrous performance in 2018, winning eight seats compared to seven in 2018 and failing to even win a seat for himself. Del Duca had said earlier this week that he would remain the leader regardless of the outcome, but that changed when his sad results came on Thursday night.
Del Duca gained liberal leadership in 2020 through a delegate leadership process, where horse associations elect representatives who will vote as leaders at the party convention.
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Ashley Csanady, a senior consultant for the McMillan Vantage Policy Group and a staff member of former Liberal Minister Kathleen Wynne, said she believes that after the election, the party is forced to consider changing the process.
“I totally hope there is a strong call for us to pass a vote to a member, as the federal party did,” he said.
He also hopes that the Liberals will consider offering free membership (as did the federal party), which he believes will help create volunteers and donors for the next election.
“Our total share of votes (of the Liberals) was really higher than that of the NPD (on Thursday), but it did not translate into more seats, so this indicates that we have a problem on the ground,” he said. Csanady. “We really need to rebuild the foundations of our party. It’s clear we didn’t have enough boots on the ground. “
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The NDP operated under a one-member majority system and one vote for its last leadership race in 2009, which Horwath won, although there are also weighted votes given to unions and other affiliated groups. An NDP official said he hoped the party would not want to change the process.
No one has yet stated their intention to run for Horwath, but Toronto MP Marit Stiles has already said she is considering it.
“I’m going to step back for a minute and talk to my family, friends and colleagues,” he told CBC radio on Friday. “I would definitely consider it, if there is a call.”
Ottawa MP Joel Harden said Thursday night that he had not ruled out a race, but said he did not have it in his head yet.
No Liberal MP has yet come forward to replace Del Duca. The only candidate running in the 2020 leadership race who currently has a seat in the Ontario legislature is Scarborough MP Mitzie Hunter. He has not yet commented on whether he has any interest in leading the party.
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