This is a list of nominated candidates for the New Democratic Party in the upcoming 2025 Canadian federal election.

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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Airdrie—Cochrane Sarah Zagoda NDP candidate for Banff—Airdrie in the 2021 federal election Airdrie IT professional
Calgary Centre Beau Shaw Calgary Technology professional
Calgary Confederation Keira Gunn NDP candidate for Calgary Forest Lawn in the 2021 federal election Calgary University lecturer
Calgary McKnight Arlington Antonio Santiago Vice-president of the University of Calgary Students' Union (2023–2024) Calgary Business consultant
Calgary Midnapore Austin Mullins Calgary
Calgary Shepard Tory Tomblin ABNDP candidate for Calgary-Hays in the 2019 Alberta general election Calgary Union official (United Nurses of Alberta)
Edmonton Centre Trisha Estabrooks Edmonton Public Schools Trustee for Ward D (2017–2025)[1] Edmonton Journalist
Edmonton Griesbach Blake Desjarlais Member of Parliament for Edmonton Griesbach (2021–present) Edmonton
Edmonton Manning Lesley Thompson Edmonton
Edmonton Riverbend Susan Cake 2021 candidate for president of the Alberta Federation of Labour[2] Edmonton Professor at Athabasca University
Edmonton Strathcona Heather McPherson Member of Parliament for Edmonton Strathcona (2019–present) Edmonton
Sherwood Park—Fort Saskatchewan Chris Jones Sherwood Park Pipefitter[3]
St. Albert—Sturgeon River Dot Anderson St. Albert
Yellowhead Avni Soma Canmore
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Abbotsford—South Langley Dharmasena Yakandawela NDP candidate for Abbotsford in the 2021 federal election Lawyer[4]
Cloverdale—Langley City Vanessa Sharma NDP candidate for the 2024 Cloverdale—Langley City federal by-election Union official (CLC)
Courtenay—Alberni Gord Johns Member of Parliament for Courtenay—Alberni (2015–present) Port Alberni Small business owner
Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam Laura Dupont NDP candidate for Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam in the 2021 federal election
Member of Port Coquitlam City Council (2014–2022)[5]
Port Coquitlam
Cowichan—Malahat—Langford Alistair MacGregor Member of Parliament for Cowichan—Malahat—Langford (2015–present) Duncan Executive assistant
Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke Maja Tait Mayor of Sooke (2014–present)
Member of Sooke District Council (2008–2014)
Sooke
Mission—Matsqui—Abbotsford Jules Côté Abbotsford University student
Nanaimo—Ladysmith Lisa Marie Barron Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith (2021–present)
Nanaimo Ladysmith Public Schools District Trustee (2018–2021)
Social worker[6]
New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville Peter Julian Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Burnaby (2004–present) New Westminster
North Island—Powell River Tanille Johnston Member of Campbell River City Council (2022–present) Campbell River Social worker
North Vancouver—Capilano Tammy Bentz North Vancouver Filmmaker/actor[7][8]
Port Moody—Coquitlam Bonita Zarrillo Member of Parliament for Port Moody—Coquitlam (2021–present)
Member of Coquitlam City Council (2013–2021)
Coquitlam Computer programmer/data analyst
Saanich—Gulf Islands Colin Plant Member of Saanich District Council (2014–present) Saanich
Skeena—Bulkley Valley Taylor Bachrach Member of Parliament for Skeena—Bulkley Valley (2019–present)
Mayor of Smithers (2011–2019)
Smithers Small business owner
Vancouver Centre Avi Lewis NDP candidate for West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country in the 2021 federal election Documentary filmmaker/broadcaster
Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby Manoj Bhangu Vancouver Small business owner[9]
Vancouver Kingsway Don Davies Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway (2008–present) Vancouver Lawyer
Victoria Laurel Collins Member of Parliament for Victoria (2019–present)
Member of Victoria City Council (2018–2019)
Victoria Professor at the University of Victoria
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Churchill—Keewatinook Aski Niki Ashton Member of Parliament for Churchill—Keewatinook Aski (2008–present) Thompson Researcher/instructor at the University College of the North
Elmwood—Transcona Leila Dance Member of Parliament for Elmwood—Transcona (2024–present) Winnipeg Charitable organization executive
Kildonan—St. Paul Emily Clark NDP candidate for Kildonan—St. Paul in the 2021 federal election Winnipeg Sales manager
Portage—Lisgar Lisa Tessier-Burch Portage la Prairie[10] Teacher
St. Boniface—St. Vital Thomas Linner Winnipeg Communications professional
Winnipeg Centre Leah Gazan Member of Parliament for Winnipeg Centre (2019–present) Winnipeg Lecturer at the University of Winnipeg
Winnipeg South Joanne Bjornson Winnipeg Sales manager
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Acadie—Bathurst Ty Boulay NBNDP candidate for Belle-Baie-Belledune in the 2024 New Brunswick general election Dalhousie
Moncton—Dieppe Serge Landry NDP candidate for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in the 2021 federal election Moncton Union official (CLC)[11]
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
St. John's East Mary Shortall President of the New Democratic Party (2023–present)
President of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour (2013–2022)
NDP candidate for St. John's East in the 2021 federal election
NDP candidate for Gander—Grand Falls in the 1997 federal election
St. John's
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Halifax Lisa Roberts Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Halifax Needham (2016–2021) Halifax
Halifax West Rae Tench
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Peterborough Heather Ray Douro-Dummer Farmer[12]
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Kingston and the Islands Daria Juüdi-Hope Kingston Nurse
Orléans Oulai Bertrand Goué NDP candidate for Montcalm in the 2021 federal election Ottawa Teacher
Ottawa Centre Joel Harden[13] Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Ottawa Centre (2018–2025) Ottawa Researcher/educator
Ottawa—Vanier—Gloucester Tristan Oliff Ottawa
Ottawa West—Nepean Josh Bizjak Ottawa Executive Director of the Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Davenport Sandra Sousa
Humber River—Black Creek Matias de Dovitiis Toronto District School Board Trustee for Ward 4 (Humber River–Black Creek) (2022–present)
Mississauga East—Cooksville Khawar Hussain Candidate for Ward 3 in the 2018 Mississauga municipal election Mississauga Public health inspector[14]
Mississauga—Erin Mills Ehab Mustapha Fintech professional
Mississauga—Lakeshore Julia Kole NDP candidate for the 2022 Mississauga—Lakeshore federal by-election
ONDP candidate for Mississauga—Lakeshore in the 2022 Ontario general election
Mississauga
Mississauga—Malton Inderjeetsingh Ailsinghani Mississauga Business analyst
Oakville East Hailey Ford Oakville University student
Scarborough—Guildwood—Rouge Park Kingsley Kwok Ontario NDP candidate for Markham—Stouffville in the 2022 and 2018 provincial elections Respiratory therapist
Spadina—Harbourfront Norm Di Pasquale Candidate for Ward 11 University—Rosedale in the 2022 Toronto municipal election
NDP candidate for Spadina—Fort York in the 2021 federal election
Toronto Catholic District School Board Trustee for Ward 9 (2018–2022)
Toronto IT professional
Taiaiako'n—Parkdale—High Park Bhutila Karpoche Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Parkdale—High Park (2018–2025) Toronto
Toronto Centre Clare Hacksel NDP candidate for Toronto—Danforth in the 2021 federal election Toronto Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University
Toronto—Danforth Samantha Green Physician/Professor at the University of Toronto
Vaughan—Woodbridge Ali Bahman
Whitby Kevin Goswell Whitby Correctional officer
York Centre Sinan Ulukanligil Translator
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Hamilton Centre Matthew Green Member of Parliament for Hamilton Centre (2019–present)
Member of Hamilton City Council (2014–2018)
Hamilton Mountain Monique Taylor Member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario for Hamilton Mountain (2011–2025) Hamilton
Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas Roberto Henriquez NDP candidate for Hamilton West—Ancaster—Dundas in the 2021 federal election Hamilton Lawyer
Niagara South Chantal McCollum Welland Lawyer
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Kapuskasing—Timmins—Mushkegowuk Nicole Fortier Levesque Mayor of Moonbeam (2018–2024)[15] Teacher
Sudbury Nadia Verrelli NDP candidate for Sudbury in the 2021 federal election Sudbury Professor at Laurentian University
Sudbury East—Manitoulin—Nickel Belt Andréane Chénier Conseil scolaire de district du Grand Nord de l'Ontario Trustee for Area 10 (2022–present)
NDP candidate for Nickel Belt in the 2021 federal election
Hanmer Union official (CUPE)
Thunder Bay—Rainy River Yuk-Sem Won Candidate for Neebing in the 2022 Thunder Bay municipal election
NDP candidate for Thunder Bay—Rainy River in the 2021 and 2019 federal election
Thunder Bay Instructor at Confederation College/Artist
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Cambridge José De Lima Cambridge Social worker
Dufferin—Caledon Viktor Karklins Orangeville Professor at Conestoga College/Business consultant
Guelph Janice Folk-Dawson Vice-president of the Ontario Federation of Labour (2019–2023) Guelph
Kitchener South—Hespeler Lorne Bruce NDP candidate for Cambridge in the 2021 federal election and Kitchener South—Hespeler in the 2015 federal election Kitchener Retail manager[16]
London—Fanshawe Lindsay Mathyssen Member of Parliament for London—Fanshawe (2019–present)
London West Shinade Allder President of Unifor Local 6005[17] London Union leader (Unifor)
Oxford Matthew Chambers NDP candidate for Oxford in the 2021 and 2019 federal election Ingersoll Custodian[18]
Sarnia—Lambton—Bkejwanong Lo-Anne Chan Sarnia Small business owner[19]
Windsor West Brian Masse Member of Parliament for Windsor West (2002–present)
Member of Windsor City Council (1997–2002)
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Cardigan Lynne Thiele NDP candidate for Cardigan in the 2021 and 2019 federal election Stratford Teacher[20]
Egmont Carol Rybinski Tyne Valley Small business owner
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Beauport—Limoilou Raymond Côté[21] Member of Parliament for Beauport—Limoilou (2011–2015)
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Raphaël Émond Laterrière University student
Hochelaga—Rosemont-Est Julie Girard-Lemay Montreal Lawyer
Hull—Aylmer Pascale Matecki Gatineau Lecturer at the University of Ottawa
Jonquière Lisa Garon Lamarche
Laurier—Sainte-Marie Nimâ Machouf NDP candidate for Laurier—Sainte-Marie in the 2021 and 2019 federal election
Projet Montréal candidate in the 2009 and 2005 Montreal municipal election
Montreal Epidemiologist
Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne Yu-Ti Eva Huang NDP candidate for Louis-Saint-Laurent in the 2021 federal election Teacher
Mirabel Albert Batten Mirabel Union leader (International Longshoremen's Association)
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Malcolm Lewis-Richmond Union official (IAMAW)
Pontiac—Kitigan Zibi Gilbert Whiteduck Chief of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg (2008–2015) Maniwaki Educator
Québec Centre Tommy Bureau NDP candidate for Québec in the 2021 federal election Quebec City Union official (CSQ)
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Alexandre Boulerice[22] Member of Parliament for Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (2011–present)
Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party (2019–present)
Montreal Journalist
Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Marwan El-Attar Montreal Lawyer
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Battlefords—Lloydminster—Meadow Lake William Petryk North Battleford Accountant
Carlton Trail—Eagle Creek Cheryl Loadman Vanscoy Professor at the University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon South Jacob Gadzella Saskatoon Communications professional
Saskatoon West Rachel Loewen Walker Saskatoon Professor at the University of Saskatchewan
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Candidate's Name Notes Residence Occupation Votes % Rank
Northwest Territories Kelvin Kotchilea[23] NDP candidate for the Northwest Territories in the 2021 federal election
Independent candidate for the 2021 Monfwi territorial by-election
Yellowknife
Nunavut Lori Idlout Member of Parliament for Nunavut (2021–present) Igloolik Lawyer/Non-profit executive

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