page_title: Andrea Horwath
section_title: 2014 election
hierarchical_section_title: Andrea Horwath / Provincial politics / 2014 election
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Rassemblement local du Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario à Sudbury en vue de la 41e élection générale du 12 juin. Sur la photo, de gauche à droite, Celia Ross, candidate de Sault Ste. Marie, Andrea Horwath, chef du NPD, Joe Cimino, candidat de Sudbury et France Gélinas, députée et candidate de Nickel Belt.English: Ontario New Democratic party gathering in Sudbury before Ontario's 41st general election. In the picture, from left to right, Celia Ross, candidate for Sault Ste. Marie, Andrea Horwath, leader of the NDP, Joe Cimino, candidate for Sudbury and France Gélinas, MPP and candidate for Nickel Belt.
context_page_description: Andrea Horwath, MPP is a Canadian politician and community development coordinator who is the Leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party. She is a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, representing the riding of Hamilton Centre, and was chosen as the party's leader at its 2009 leadership convention.
  She is the first woman to lead the Ontario New Democratic Party, and one of only three women to serve as leader of a political party with representation in the Ontario provincial legislature. At the 2018 provincial election, Horwath led the Ontario NDP to official opposition status after almost a quarter-century in the political wilderness.
context_section_description: In the 2014 provincial election, the NDP was able to maintain its seat count of 21 at dissolution despite the loss of three seats in Toronto, but lost the balance of power when the Liberals took a majority win in the election. Horwath has faced criticism from some party members and progressives for running a populist campaign which they described as right-wing. Despite criticism of her leadership from some quarters, Horwath received a slightly increased level of support, 77%, at the party's post-election convention held on November 15.
caption: Horwath during the 2014 provincial election campaign
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