Avi Lewis Rules Out Seeking Seat From NDP Caucus

Avi Lewis rules out seeking seat from NDP caucus

Leader tells journalists rebuilding the New Democratic Party will be his top priority

Avi Lewis’s Victory Is A Chance For Labour To Revitalize

On March 29, NDP members elected Avi Lewis as their new federal leader at the party’s convention in Winnipeg. Lewis won the election on the first ballot, securing 39,734 votes (56 per cent). The second place candidate, Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson, secured 20,899 votes (29 per cent). The NDP uses a ranked voting system, but with Lewis’s first ballot victory, no subsequent round of vote counting was necessary. Lewis emerged victorious…

Avi Lewis won the NDP leadership. Now what?

The ninth leader of the federal NDP won a decisive mandate from party members for his vision of a left-wing populist shift. Can he convince voters?

NDP looks to Avi Lewis to lead the party’s renewal

After a month-long leadership race, the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) has selected a new leader: Avi Lewis.  A journalist, documentarian and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, Lewis previously ran as the NDP candidate for West Vancouver-Sunshine Coast-Sea to Sky Country in 2021 and Vancouver Centre in 2025.  Lewis takes leadership of the party following a difficult period for the federal NDP. After the April 2025 fed…