Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 2018 Ontario provincial election

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This is a list of candidates for the Ontario New Democratic Party in the 2018 Ontario general election. The ONDP nominated candidates in all of Ontario's 124 ridings, 40 of whom were elected. Following the election, the ONDP was the second largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and formed the Official Opposition.

Central Ontario

Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Barrie—Innisfil Pekka Reinio Barrie[1] Teacher[2] 12,661 28.60 2nd
Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte Dan Janssen
Union leader (IAMAW
) 		12,891 28.21 2nd
Dufferin—Caledon Andrea Mullarkey Work safety professional[3] 11,381 20.34 2nd
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Zac Miller Kawartha Lakes University student[4] 15,142 26.50 2nd
Northumberland—Peterborough South Jana Papuckoski Port Hope
Union leader (United Steelworkers)/Security guard[5]
 14,804 24.50 2nd
Peterborough—Kawartha Sean Conway Musician/Artist[6] 20,518 33.75 2nd
Simcoe North Elizabeth Van Houtte Candidate for Orillia City Council in the 2014 Orillia municipal election[7] Orillia[8]
Social worker[9]
 15,078 28.03 2nd
Simcoe–Grey David Matthews ONDP candidate for Simcoe–Grey in the 2014 and 2011 provincial elections 13,444 22.05 2nd

Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Bay of Quinte Joanne Bélanger Hastings & Prince Edward Roman Catholic School Board Trustee for Sidney Township and Frankford (1994–1997) Quinte West Christian chaplain[10] 16,063 31.84 2nd
Carleton Courtney Potter 11,308 22.50 2nd
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Bonnie Jean-Louis ONDP candidate for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the 2011 provincial election
Green Party candidate for Glengarry—Prescott—Russell in the 2006 federal election 		Hawkesbury 10,610 21.79 3rd
Hastings—Lennox and Addington Nate Smelle Bancroft Journalist/Small business owner[11] 14,441 32.44 2nd
Kanata—Carleton John Hansen 15,592 29.17 2nd
Kingston and the Islands Ian Arthur Kingston Chef 21,788 39.16 1st
Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston Ramsey Hart Perth Food bank director[12] 15,339 30.47 2nd
Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes Michelle Taylor University student[13] 9,688 19.78 2nd
Nepean Zaff Ansari 15,110 28.53 2nd
Orléans Barbara Zarboni 14,033 21.94 3rd
Ottawa Centre Joel Harden Old Ottawa South Researcher/Educator 29,675 46.08 1st
Ottawa South Eleanor Fast Ottawa Policy analyst[14] 14,250 27.19 3rd
Ottawa West—Nepean Chandra Pasma Qualicum-Graham Park, Ottawa Researcher/Policy analyst 16,415 32.48 2nd
Ottawa—Vanier Lyra Evans Ottawa 14,232 29.68 2nd
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Ethel Lavalley Mayor of South Algonquin (1998–present)
Mayor of Airy (1985–1998) 		Airy
OPSEU)[15]
 8,066 17.63 2nd
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Marc Benoit Cornwall[16] 9,416 21.63 2nd

Greater Toronto Area

Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Ajax Monique Hughes 15,130 30.97 2nd
Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill Katrina Sale Teacher[17] 8,116 18.04 3rd
Beaches—East York Rima Berns-McGown 24,064 48.21 1st
Brampton Centre Sara Singh
Non-profit
executive 		12,892 38.37 1st
Brampton East Gurratan Singh Brother of Jagmeet Singh Lawyer 18,062 46.92 1st
Brampton North Kevin Yarde Toronto Journalist 14,877 37.55 1st
Brampton South Paramjit Gill 12,919 33.85 2nd
Brampton West Jagroop Singh 14,461 38.09 2nd
Burlington Andrew Drummond 18,053 28.63 2nd
Davenport Marit Stiles President of the
New Democratic Party (2016–2018)
Toronto District School Board
Trustee for Ward 9 (Davenport) (2014–2018) 		Toronto Researcher/Policy analyst 27,613 60.27 1st
Don Valley East Khalid Ahmed ONDP candidate for Don Valley West in the 2014 and 2011 provincial elections 9,937 27.44 3rd
Don Valley North Akil Sadikali 8,476 20.87 3rd
Don Valley West Amara Possian 8,620 18.83 3rd
Durham Joel Usher 19,253 31.66 2nd
Eglinton—Lawrence Robyn Vilde 8,985 18.14 3rd
Etobicoke Centre Erica Kelly 10,311 18.15 3rd
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Phil Trotter 19,401 32.89 2nd
Etobicoke North Mahamud Amin 9,210 25.37 2nd
Humber River—Black Creek Tom Rakocevic ONDP candidate for York West in the 2014 and 2011 provincial elections Executive assistant 11,573 37.41 1st
King—Vaughan Andrea Beal 7,921 15.39 3rd
Markham—Stouffville Kingsley Kwok Respiratory therapist 10,997 20.42 3rd
Markham—Thornhill Cindy Hackelberg ONDP candidate for Thornhill in the 2014 and 2011 provincial elections 8,010 21.33 3rd
Markham—Unionville Sylvie David 7,778 16.57 3rd
Milton Brendan Smyth 9,740 22.24 3rd
Mississauga Centre Laura Kaminker 12,046 27.56 2nd
Mississauga East—Cooksville Tom Takacs 9,871 22.74 3rd
Mississauga—Erin Mills Farina Hassan 13,021 27.60 2nd
Mississauga—Lakeshore Boris Rosolak ONDP candidate for Mississauga—Lakeshore in the 2014 provincial election 9,735 18.30 3rd
Mississauga—Malton Nikki Clarke 12,351 32.84 2nd
Mississauga—Streetsville Jacqueline Gujarati 12,393 25.84 2nd
Newmarket—Aurora Melissa Williams 12,405 23.85 2nd
Oakville Lesley Sprague ONDP candidate for Oakville in the 2011 provincial election 9,424 16.57 3rd
Oakville North—Burlington Saima Zaidi 13,496 24.38 2nd
Oshawa Jennifer French
Member of Provincial Parliament for Oshawa
(2014–present) 		Oshawa Teacher 24,301 44.88 1st
Parkdale—High Park Bhutila Karpoche 32,407 59.41 1st
Pickering—Uxbridge Nerissa Cariño 17,033 32.02 2nd
Richmond Hill Marco Coletta 7,490 17.27 3rd
Scarborough—Agincourt Tasleem Riaz 6,434 17.45 3rd
Scarborough Centre Zeyd Bismilla 13,247 33.36 2nd
Scarborough—Guildwood Tom Packwood Financial advisor 9,917 27.62 3rd
Scarborough North Dwayne Morgan 8,320 24.39 2nd
Scarborough—Rouge Park Felicia Samuel 15,261 36.32 2nd
Scarborough Southwest Doly Begum Scarborough Researcher/policy analyst 19,835 45.66 1st
Thornhill Ezra Tanen 9,134 19.33 2nd
Toronto Centre Suze Morrison 23,688 53.66 1st
Toronto—Danforth Peter Tabuns
Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto—Danforth (2006–present)
Member of Toronto City Council
(1990–1997) 		Toronto Former executive director of Greenpeace Canada 32,938 64.25 1st
Toronto—St. Paul’s Jill Andrew 18,843 35.96 1st
University—Rosedale Jessica Bell 24,537 49.66 1st
Vaughan—Woodbridge Sandra Lozano 6,254 14.56 3rd
Whitby Niki Lundquist 21,158 36.61 2nd
Willowdale Saman Tabasinejad 10,481 25.79 3rd
York Centre Andrea Vásquez Jiménez 8,617 23.44 2nd
York—Simcoe Dave Szollosy 10,655 23.42 2nd
York South—Weston Faisal Hassan Broadcaster/Author 13,455 36.07 1st

Hamilton/Niagara

Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Flamborough—Glanbrook Melissa McGlashan 17,630 34.17 2nd
Hamilton Centre Andrea Horwath Leader of the
Hamilton City Council
for Ward 2 (1997–2004) 		Hamilton 23,866 65.25 1st
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Paul Miller 22,518 51.15 1st
Hamilton Mountain Monique Taylor
Member of Provincial Parliament for Hamilton Mountain
(2011–2025) 		Hamilton 24,406 54.58 1st
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Sandy Shaw Hamilton Former Director of the Hamilton Port Authority 23,921 43.19 1st
Niagara Centre Jeff Burch Member of St. Catharines City Council (2006–2014) Thorold
Union leader/Instructor at Brock University
 21,618 44.23 1st
Niagara Falls Wayne Gates
Member of Provincial Parliament for Niagara Falls (2014–present)
Member of Niagara Falls
City Council (2010–2014) 		Niagara Falls
Union
leader 		30,161 50.79 1st
Niagara West Curtis Fric 13,769 29.81 2nd
St. Catharines Jennie Stevens Member of St. Catharines City Council (2003–2018) St. Catharines
Non-profit
executive 		18,911 36.61 1st

Northern Ontario

Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Algoma—Manitoulin Michael Mantha
Member of Provincial Parliament for Algoma—Manitoulin
(2011–2025) 		Elliot Lake Executive assistant 17,105 58.56 1st
Kenora—Rainy River Glen Archer Kenora Corrections officer[18] 7,493 37.33 2nd
Kiiwetinoong Sol Mamakwa Sioux Lookout Healthcare advisor 3,232 49.90 1st
Mushkegowuk—James Bay Guy Bourgouin Kapuskasing
Union
leader 		4,827 51.77 1st
Nickel Belt France Gélinas
Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt
(2007–present)
Naughton
 Physiotherapist 23,157 63.50 1st
Nipissing Henri Giroux ONDP candidate for Nipissing in the 2014, 2011, and 2007 provincial elections Chef[19] 12,994 36.87 2nd
Parry Sound—Muskoka Erin Horvath Huntsville Small business owner[20] 10,385 22.03 2nd
Sault Ste. Marie Michele McCleave-Kennedy Sault Ste. Marie 13,084 40.74 2nd
Sudbury Jamie West Sudbury 17,386 48.07 1st
Thunder Bay—Atikokan Judith Monteith-Farrell Thunder Bay
Union official[21]
 11,793 36.26 1st
Thunder Bay—Superior North Lise Vaugeois Thunder Bay Professor at Lakehead University/Musician 11,160 37.16 2nd
Timiskaming—Cochrane John Vanthof
Member of Provincial Parliament for Timiskaming—Cochrane
(2011–present) 		Earlton Farmer 16,806 61.20 1st
Timmins Gilles Bisson
Member of Provincial Parliament for Cochrane South
(1990–1999) 		Timmins
Union
leader 		8,978 57.43 1st

Southwestern Ontario

Riding
 Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Brantford—Brant Alex Felsky ONDP candidate for Brant in the 2014 provincial election 23,802 40.91 2nd
Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound Karen Gventer ONDP candidate for
NDP candidate for Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound in the 2011 federal election
 Hepworth[22] Public health official[23] 11,837 24.09 2nd
Cambridge Marjorie Knight Cambridge
Social worker[24]
 15,639 32.49 2nd
Chatham-Kent—Leamington Jordan McGrail
Chatham
 Robotics technician[25] 16,558 35.71 2nd
Elgin—Middlesex—London Amanda Stratton London Small business owner[26] 16,923 32.07 2nd
Essex Taras Natyshak
Member of Provincial Parliament for Essex
(2011–2022) 		Belle River
Union
official 		26,134 47.95 1st
Guelph Agnieszka Mlynarz 13,929 21.57 3rd
Haldimand—Norfolk Danielle Du Sablon President of
OPSEU
Local 221
Brant County
 Probation officer[27] 13,609 26.90 2nd
Huron—Bruce Jan Johnstone ONDP candidate for Huron—Bruce in the 2014 provincial election 15,326 29.03 2nd
Kitchener Centre Laura Mae Lindo 20,512 43.38 1st
Kitchener—Conestoga Kelly Dick Kitchener[28]
Union official (UFCW
) 		16,319 37.97 2nd
Kitchener South—Hespeler Fitz Vanderpool Kitchener Boxer[29] 15,741 37.05 2nd
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex Todd Case Mayor of Warwick (2001–present) Warwick 16,800 33.32 2nd
London—Fanshawe Teresa Armstrong
Member of Provincial Parliament for London—Fanshawe
(2011–present) 		London Insurance professional 25,272 55.68 1st
London North Centre Terence Kernaghan London Teacher 25,757 47.60 1st
London West Peggy Sattler
Member of Provincial Parliament for London West
(2013–present) 		London Policy analyst 32,644 55.33 1st
Oxford Tara King 15,917 30.43 2nd
Perth—Wellington Michael O'Brien Stratford Aerospace eingineer[30] 14,385 30.71 2nd
Sarnia—Lambton Kathy Alexander 18,995 37.37 2nd
Waterloo Catherine Fife
Member of Provincial Parliament for Waterloo
(2012–present) 		Waterloo Researcher 27,315 50.54 1st
Wellington—Halton Hills Diane Ballantyne Fergus Teacher[31] 14,087 24.03 2nd
Windsor—Tecumseh Percy Hatfield
Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor—Tecumseh
(2013–2022) 		Windsor Journalist 25,221 58.40 1st
Windsor West Lisa Gretzky
Member of Provincial Parliament for Windsor West (2014–present)
Greater Essex County District School Board
Trustee (2008–2014) 		Windsor Event planner 20,276 52.12 1st

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