At least 22 former MPs running to win back seats in the 2021 election

'We have a responsibility to try and make Canada better, make our ridings better, and quite frankly, make the world better. We need to embrace that, even though it is a very difficult time,' says NDP candidate Wayne Stetski.

Almost two dozen former MPs are running again this election. From top left: Liberal candidates Randy Boissonault and John Aldag; NDP candidates Ruth Ellen Brosseau, Tracey Ramsey, and Wayne Stetski; Liberal candidate Doug Eyolfson, and Conservative candidates Costas Menegakis and Alupa Clarke.The Hill Times photographs by Sam Garcia, Andrew Meade, Jake Wright; courtesy of Twitter, Facebook

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BY ZAINAB AL-MEHDAR

September 2, 2021

Facing tough losses and tight races in past elections, at least 22 former MPs are running to win back their seats during this snap election. Liberals, with nine, make up the most former politicians mounting a return effort (though one was a former NDP MP), followed by eight NDP candidates, three Con...

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