Former Ottawa city councillor and mayoral prospect Catherine McKenney has actually been chosen as the Ontario NDP’s prospect for Ottawa Centre in the following rural political election.
The information comes a little bit greater than a month after McKenney announced they would be seeking the nomination
McKenney functioned as city councillor for Somerset Ward from 2014 to 2022.
In 2022, they competed mayor in what was among Ottawa’s tightest races in years. McKenney finished second with approximately 38 percent of the ballot, behind Mark Sutcliffe that wound up with simply over 51 percent.
In January 2023, McKenney co-founded CitySHAPES, a charitable company concentrated on the wide problem of enhancing cities.
Ottawa Centre has actually been held provincially by the NDP given that 2018, however present MPP Joel Harden has submitted papers to run for the federal NDP in the next election.
