The Ontario NDP in Sudbury has chosen local Labour Council President Jamie West as the party’s candidate for the 2018 provincial election. West was up against local film-maker Beth Mairs and former newspaper reporter Carol Mulligan. West says he’s very excited, and really happy that they had such a great race with three strong candidates.
Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas was on hand for the nomination, and believes West will be a fantastic candidate. Gelinas says they had three good people putting their names forward. She says Carol Mulligan had her support, Beth Mairs came forward with a new group of people who started to look at the NDP. Gelinas says all three did a ton of work getting new voters engaged and gaining the support of existing members.
The NDP is looking to re-gain a riding it held back in the 2014 provincial election when Joe Cimino captured the seat.