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Stiles Keeps Ontario NDP Leadership With 68% Vote, Ousts Top Aides in Rapid Reset

A modest convention endorsement spurred a senior-staff overhaul that included appointing an interim chief of staff.

Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles speaks to media at Queen’s Park in Toronto on April 3, 2025.
NDP Leader and MPP Marit Stiles speaks during Question Period at Queen's Park in Toronto on Tuesday, May 13, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Overview

  • Delegates at the Niagara Falls convention backed Marit Stiles with 68 percent in a leadership review, allowing her to remain leader.
  • Global News reports the low result triggered an emergency caucus meeting intended to signal demands for change.
  • Stiles said chief of staff Greg Denton and principal secretary Stephanie Nakitsas are stepping aside, with Broadbent Institute executive director Jen Hassum serving as interim chief of staff for four weeks.
  • Party sources tied the shake-up to February’s snap election, when the NDP fell below one million votes and dropped from 31 seats to 27.
  • Stiles announced a new leadership-training program at the convention and emphasized grassroots organizing focused on economic anxiety and housing ahead of the next campaign.