Andrea Horwath (; born October 24, 1962) is a Canadian politician who has been the 58th
mayor of Hamilton since 2022. Horwath previously served as the
member of Provincial Parliament
Member of Provincial Parliament is the title given to provincial legislators in two legislatures:
* Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada)
* Member of Provincial Parliament (Western Cape)
In the Western Cape province of South Africa, Member of P ...
(MPP) for
Hamilton Centre
Hamilton Centre (french: Hamilton-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004.
History
It was created in 2003 from parts of Hamilton East, Ham ...
from 2004 to 2022, as leader of the
Ontario New Democratic Party
The Ontario New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario; abbr. ONDP or NDP) is a social democracy, social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The party currently forms the Leader of the Opposition ( ...
(NDP) from 2009 to 2022 and as the
leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario from 2018 to 2022.
She was the first woman to lead the Ontario New Democratic Party, and the third woman (after
Lyn McLeod and
Kathleen Wynne
Kathleen O'Day Wynne ( ; born May 21, 1953) is a Canadian former politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 2003 and sat as the me ...
) to serve as leader of a political party with representation in the Ontario provincial legislature, being elected as leader at the
2009 Ontario NDP leadership convention.
During the
2018 provincial election, Horwath led the Ontario NDP to
official opposition status after 23 years without government or official opposition status.
The results of the
2022 provincial election, after which the Ontario NDP remained the official opposition, led to Horwath announcing her intention to resign as the leader of the Ontario NDP on the night of June 2, 2022. Her resignation took effect on June 28, 2022.
On July 26, 2022, Horwath announced her candidacy for mayor of Hamilton, and resigned her seat in the provincial legislature