# Ontario New Democratic Party candidates in the 2003 Ontario provincial election

The New Democratic Party of Ontario is one of three major political parties in Ontario, Canada. It governed the province from 1990 to 1995, and is currently the third-largest party in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
The NDP led at the time by Howard Hampton ran a full state of 103 candidates in the 2003 Ontario provincial election, seven of whom were elected. Three more candidates were elected in by-elections held in 2004, March 2006 and February 2007. Several NDP candidates have their own biography pages. Information about other candidates may be found here.

## Central Ontario

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Votes | % | Rank |
| Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford | John Thomson | 5,641 | 9.26 | 3rd |
| Dufferin—Peel—Wellington—Grey | Mitchel Healey | 3,148 | 6.10 | 4th |
| Durham | Teresa Williams | 6,274 | 12.41 | 3rd |
| Haliburton—Victoria—Brock | Earl Manners | 7,884 | 15.39 | 3rd |
| Northumberland | Murray Weppler | 5,210 | 11.51 | 3rd |
| Peterborough | Dave Nickle | 9,796 | 17.80 | 3rd |
| Simcoe—Grey | Leo Losereit | 5,032 | 9.92 | 3rd |
| Simcoe North | John Niddery | 5,515 | 10.87 | 3rd |

## Eastern Ontario/Ottawa

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Votes | % | Rank |
| Glengarry—Prescott—Russell | Guy Belle-Isle | 2,544 | 5.80 | 3rd |
| Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington | Ross Sutherland | 4,286 | 10.32 | 3rd |
| Kingston and the Islands | Janet Collins | 5,514 | 11.51 | 3rd |
| Lanark—Carleton | Jim Ronson | 3,554 | 5.87 | 3rd |
| Leeds—Grenville | Steve Armstrong | 2,469 | 5.61 | 3rd |
| Nepean—Carleton | Liam McCarthy | 3,828 | 6.54 | 3rd |
| Ottawa Centre | Jeff Atkinson | 11,362 | 22.98 | 2nd |
| Ottawa—Orléans | Ric Dagenais | 2,778 | 5.53 | 3rd |
| Ottawa South | James MacLaren | 4,306 | 9.03 | 3rd |
| Ottawa Vanier | Joseph Zabrowski | 6,507 | 15.70 | 3rd |
| Ottawa West—Nepean | Marlene Rivier | 4,099 | 8.34 | 3rd |
| Prince Edward—Hastings | Jodie Jenkins | 3,377 | 8.45 | 3rd |
| Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke | Felicite Stairs | 5,092 | 11.66 | 3rd |
| Stormont—Dundas—Charlottenburgh | Matt Sumegi | 1,639 | 4.29 | 4th |

## Greater Toronto Area

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Beaches—East York | Michael Prue | Member of Provincial Parliament for Beaches—East York (2001–2014) Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 32 Beaches—East York (1998–2001) Mayor of East York (1993–1997) | | Civil servant | 21,239 | 50.90 | 1st |
| Bramalea—Gore—Malton—Springdale | Cesar Martello | | | | 4,931 | 11.65 | 3rd |
| Brampton Centre | Kathy Pounder | | | | 4,827 | 12.60 | 3rd |
| Brampton West—Mississauga | Chris Moise | | | | 5,103 | 8.15 | 3rd |
| Burlington | David Laird | | | | 3,832 | 8.22 | 3rd |
| Davenport | Jordan Berger | | | | 7,243 | 27.33 | 2nd |
| Don Valley East | Murphy Browne | | | | 3,058 | 8.14 | 3rd |
| Don Valley West | Ali Naqvi | | | | 2,540 | 5.69 | 3rd |
| Eglinton—Lawrence | Robin Alter | | | | 4,351 | 10.43 | 3rd |
| Etobicoke Centre | Margaret Anne McHugh | | | | 3,400 | 7.61 | 3rd |
| Etobicoke—Lakeshore | Irene Jones | Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 6 Etobicoke-Lakeshore (2000–2003) Member of Toronto City Council for Ward 2 Lakeshore Queensway (1998–2000) Member of Etobicoke City Council for Ward 1 (1988–1997) | Mimico | | 8,952 | 20.09 | 3rd |
| Etobicoke North | Kuldip Singh Sodhi | | | | 3,516 | 11.35 | 3rd |
| Halton | Jay Jackson | ONDP candidate for Halton in the 1999 provincial election | | | 5,587 | 8.01 | 3rd |
| Markham | Janice Hagan | ONDP candidate for Markham in the 1999 provincial election | | | 2,679 | 5.08 | 3rd |
| Mississauga Centre | Michael Miller | | | | 3,237 | 8.32 | 3rd |
| Mississauga East | Michael Hancock | | | | 2,479 | 7.23 | 3rd |
| Mississauga South | Ken Cole | | | | 3,606 | 9.18 | 3rd |
| Mississauga West | Arif Raza | | | | 4,196 | 7.64 | 3rd |
| Oak Ridges | Pamela Courtot | | | | 4,464 | 6.46 | 3rd |
| Oakville | Anwar Naqvi | | | | 2,858 | 6.35 | 3rd |
| Oshawa | Sid Ryan | President of CUPE Ontario (1992–2009) | | Union leader | 13,547 | 34.71 | 2nd |
| Parkdale—High Park | Margo Duncan | | | | 6,275 | 15.77 | 3rd |
| Pickering—Ajax—Uxbridge | Vern Edwards | | | | 3,690 | 6.76 | 3rd |
| St. Paul's | Julian Heller | | | | 6,740 | 14.83 | 3rd |
| Scarborough—Agincourt | Stacy Douglas | | | | 2,209 | 5.86 | 3rd |
| Scarborough Centre | Michael Laxer | NDP candidate for Scarborough—Agincourt in the 2000 federal election | | Small business owner | 3,653 | 8.77 | 3rd |
| Scarborough East | Gary Dale | | | | 5,250 | 12.40 | 3rd |
| Scarborough—Rouge River | Jean-Paul Yovanoff | | | | 2,246 | 5.98 | 3rd |
| Scarborough Southwest | Barbara Warner | | | | 6,688 | 17.94 | 3rd |
| Thornhill | Laurie Orrett | | | | 2,616 | 5.73 | 3rd |
| Toronto Centre—Rosedale | Gene Lara | | | | 9,112 | 20.14 | 3rd |
| Toronto—Danforth | Marilyn Churley | Member of Provincial Parliament for Toronto—Danforth (1999–2005) Member of Provincial Parliament for Riverdale (1990–1999) | | | 18,253 | 47.14 | 1st |
| Trinity—Spadina | Rosario Marchese | Member of Provincial Parliament for Trinity—Spadina (1999–2014) Member of Provincial Parliament for Fort York (1990–1999) | Toronto | Teacher | 19,268 | 47.51 | 1st |
| Vaughan—King—Aurora | Michael Seaward | ONDP candidate for Vaughan—King—Aurora in the 1999 provincial election | | | 4,697 | 7.14 | 3rd |
| Whitby—Ajax | Dan Edwards | | | | 5,155 | 9.1 | 3rd |
| Willowdale | Yvonne Bob | | | | 3,084 | 6.64 | 3rd |
| York Centre | Matthew Norrish | | | | 3,494 | 11.04 | 3rd |
| York North | Sylvia Gerl | | | | 4,029 | 7.76 | 3rd |
| York South—Weston | Brian Donlevy | | | | 6,247 | 19.29 | 2nd |
| York West | Garth Bobb | | | | 3,954 | 17.02 | 2nd |

## Hamilton/Niagara

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Aldershot | Kelly Hayes | | | 5,666 | 11.70 | 3rd |
| Brant | David Noonan | | | 5,262 | 11.84 | 3rd |
| Erie—Lincoln | Julius Antal | | | 3,950 | 9.41 | 3rd |
| Hamilton East | Bob Sutton | | | 9,035 | 29.42 | 2nd |
| Hamilton Mountain | Chris Charlton | Hamilton | | 12,017 | 26.46 | 2nd |
| Hamilton West | Roy Adams | Hamilton | Professor at McMaster University | 13,468 | 34.50 | 2nd |
| Niagara Centre | Peter Kormos | Welland | Lawyer | 23,289 | 49.64 | 1st |
| Niagara Falls | Claude Sonier | | | 4,962 | 12.30 | 3rd |
| St. Catharines | John Bacher | | | 3,944 | 8.95 | 3rd |
| Stoney Creek | Lorrie McKibbon | | | 5,419 | 10.71 | 3rd |

## Northern Ontario

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Algoma—Manitoulin | Peter Denley | | | | 9,459 | 31.71 | 2nd |
| Kenora—Rainy River | Howard Hampton | Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (1996–2009) Member of Provincial Parliament for Kenora—Rainy River (1999–2011) Member of Provincial Parliament for Rainy River (1987–1999) | | Lawyer | 15,666 | 60.12 | 1st |
| Nickel Belt | Shelley Martel | Member of Provincial Parliament for Nickel Belt (1999–2007) Member of Provincial Parliament for Sudbury East (1987–1999) | | Insurance professional | 16,567 | 46.52 | 1st |
| Nipissing | Terry O'Connor | | | | 2,613 | 7.23 | 3rd |
| Parry Sound—Muskoka | Jo-Anne Boulding | | | | 3,838 | 9.92 | 3rd |
| Sault Ste. Marie | Tony Martin | Member of Provincial Parliament for Sault Ste. Marie (1990–2003) | Sault Ste. Marie | | 11,379 | 32.37 | 2nd |
| Sudbury | Harvey Wyers | | | | 4,999 | 14.00 | 3rd |
| Thunder Bay—Atikokan | John Rafferty | | Thunder Bay | Small business owner | 6,582 | 21.62 | 2nd |
| Thunder Bay—Superior North | Bonnie Satten | | | | 4,548 | 15.02 | 2nd |
| Timiskaming—Cochrane | Ben Lefebvre | | | | 5,741 | 18.48 | 3rd |
| Timmins—James Bay | Gilles Bisson | Member of Provincial Parliament for Timmins—James Bay (1999–2018) Member of Provincial Parliament for Cochrane South (1990–1999) | | Union organizer | 14,941 | 49.70 | 1st |

## Southwestern Ontario

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Votes | % | Rank |
| Bruce—Grey | Colleen Purdon | | 4,159 | 9.28 | 3rd |
| Cambridge | Pam Wolf | | 8,513 | 18.09 | 3rd |
| Chatham-Kent—Essex | Derry McKeever | | 2,893 | 7.45 | 3rd |
| Elgin—Middlesex—London | Bryan Bakker | | 4,063 | 9.35 | 3rd |
| Essex | Pat Hayes | | 12,614 | 27.78 | 2nd |
| Guelph—Wellington | James Valcke | | 6,745 | 12.06 | 3rd |
| Haldimand—Norfolk—Brant | Prue Steiner | | 4,720 | 10.82 | 3rd |
| Huron—Bruce | Grant Robertson | | 4,973 | 11.46 | 3rd |
| Kitchener Centre | Ted Martin | | 6,781 | 15.80 | 3rd |
| Kitchener—Waterloo | Dan Lajoie | | 6,084 | 10.94 | 3rd |
| Lambton—Kent—Middlesex | Joyce Jolliffe | | 4,523 | 11.01 | 3rd |
| London—Fanshawe | Irene Mathyssen | | 12,051 | 31.05 | 2nd |
| London North Centre | Rebecca Coulter | | 11,414 | 24.53 | 3rd |
| London West | Patti Dalton | | 7,403 | 14.89 | 3rd |
| Oxford | Shawn Rouse | | 5,318 | 12.56 | 3rd |
| Perth—Middlesex | Jack Verhulst | | 4,703 | 11.81 | 3rd |
| Sarnia—Lambton | Glenn Sonier | | 6,482 | 16.95 | 3rd |
| Waterloo—Wellington | Richard Walsh-Bowers | ONDP candidate for Waterloo—Wellington in the 1999 provincial election | 3,970 | 8.62 | 3rd |
| Windsor—St. Clair | Madeleine Crnec | | 10,433 | 29.10 | 2nd |
| Windsor West | Yvette Blackburn | | 7,383 | 20.98 | 2nd |

## By-elections

| Riding | Candidate's Name |
| Burlington | Cory Judson |
| Markham | Janice Hagan |
| Nepean—Carleton | Laurel Gibbons |
| Toronto—Danforth | Peter Tabuns |
| Whitby—Ajax | Julie Gladman |
| York South—Weston | Paul Ferreira |