Current, former NDP MPs reflect on ‘heartbreaking’ and ‘numbing’ loss, but say party is ‘laser focused’ on rebuilding

As the sole NDP MP left representing the party's historic stronghold in Vancouver Island, Gord Johns says the ‘devastating’ election results highlight the impact of strategic voting.
NDP MPs Leah Gazan, left, and MP Gord Johns, and former MP Alistair MacGregor. The caucus shrunk from 25 in 2021 to just seven, and the party was competitive in far fewer contests: 12 won by 15 percentage points or less, compared to 30 in 2021.

With the federal election having left the NDP with the smallest caucus in the party’s history, NDP MP Gord Johns says he’s focused on rebuilding in light of the "bittersweet victories” for the seven remaining New Democrats returning to Ottawa. 

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