With the Ontario Legislature dissolving yesterday, it’s official provincial election season in Ontario between now and voters hitting up polling stations on June 2.
That is, in addition to the 10 days of advance voting that have been allowed this election season.
Keep an eye on Sudbury.com’s election page, where you will find articles and resources to help you make your decision in June.
As the provincial leaders begin hitting the streets to wade into election season, so too are local candidates in the local Sudbury and Nickel Belt constituencies.
Although candidates have until 2 p.m. on May 12 to file their nomination paperwork, the following are Greater Sudbury’s candidates as of today. Both NDP candidates are running as incumbents.
Nickel Belt
- Progressive Conservative Randy Hazlett
- NDP France Gélinas
- Liberal Gilles Proulx
- Green Glenys Babcock
- New Blue Melanie Savoie
- None of the Above Party Bailey Burch-Belanger
- Ontario Party Willy Schneider
Sudbury
- Progressive Conservative Marc Despatie
- NDP Jamie West
- Liberal David Farrow
- Green David Robinson
- New Blue Sheldon Pressey
- None of the Above Party David Sylvestre
- Ontario Libertarian Party Adrien Berthier
- Ontario Party Jason LaFace
There are 23 registered political parties in Ontario, of which eight are represented in Greater Sudbury.
Among the lesser-known parties represented locally are:
- The New Blue Party of Ontario, whose website notes that they will fight to end all COVID-19 mandates and offer “restitution for those harmed by emergency measures applied by the governments of Justin Trudeau or Doug Ford.” They lament that the “left-wing ideologies” that lead the Progressive Conservatives “are determined to leave Ontario ‘woke’ and broke, just like their predecessors.”
- The None of the Above Party, which pledges to “give voters control of politicians and parties” by putting in place a direct democracy where voters determine all of the major decisions rather than politicians.
- The Ontario Party’s slogan is “Freedom, Family and Faith.” They oppose vaccine mandates and support people’s rights to “exercise their freedom of expression to its fullest extent as allowed by law,” particularly those with conservative worldviews.
- The Ontario Libertarian Party follows the libertarian mindset of independence from government and “challenges the right of government to restrict trade in any way, or to force citizens to support through taxes projects they will not willingly support on the free market,” according to their website.