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Former MP Mike Morrice the only candidate left in Green Party leadership race
Nira Dookeran withdrew for personal and family reasons, leaving former MP Mike Morrice as the only candidate in the five-month contest, the party said.
On Tuesday, former MP Mike Morrice became the Green Party's sole leadership candidate after Nira Dookeran of Ottawa withdrew from the contest.
The Green Party officially launched its five-month leadership race on June 11 to replace Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, with Morrice and Dookeran emerging as the only two candidates from the nomination period.
Dookeran withdrew for "personal and family reasons" after much "soul-searching," while Morrice, the former representative for Kitchener Centre, lost his seat in the April 2025 federal election to Conservative Kelly DeRidder by 358 votes.
In a statement Tuesday, Morrice thanked Dookeran for her commitment, while the Green Party said further information "will be shared as it becomes available" with voting scheduled for November 2 to 13.
Morrice said his campaign continues "to grow the party, and in doing so, help build the movement needed to take on the billionaire class and fight for regular Canadians in the face of a worsening climate crisis.
Mike Morrice is now the only candidate to become leader of the Green Party of Canada after the withdrawal of the only other candidate in the race, Nira Dookeran.