Ontario’s NDP is Your NDP
Everyone has a different story about how they came to become a member of the Ontario NDP.
For myself, growing up in a working class home, I have many memories of my dad canvassing for the NDP in federal and provincial elections. But it really wasn’t until I was at university that I became personally interested in the NDP.
I was a student in the Labour Studies program at McMasterUniversitywhen I decided to join the NDP. The party’s goals and platform spoke to the issues that I felt were important and it expressed a vision for Ontariothat struck a chord for me.
Along with some classmates who had become good friends I got involved in a local riding association. I eventually became part of the riding executive, first in Hamilton Centre and then in Hamilton West. After attending an NDP campaign school in the mid 80’s I worked as a full-time volunteer for the first time on Brian Charlton’s 1987 HamiltonMountainre-election campaign.
By then I was a committed NDP activist and the rest, I guess, is history
Andrea Horwath
Leader, OntarioNDP
MPP HamiltonCentre
Tell us your story. Why did you join the NDP?
Let the world know why you decided to join the NDP. Send us your picture and a brief description (150 words) of why and how you decided to become a member of the Ontario NDP. We will select the best stories and post them under Your NDP.
Send your photo (72 dpi please) and your story to us at campaigndesk@on.ndp.ca.
