‘Absolutely, we have a shot’: NDP Leader Avi Lewis eyes upcoming Montreal-area byelections

The NDP Leader was in Montreal for three days, campaigning with local candidates in an attempt to hold the New Democrats’ last seat east of Manitoba and to drum up support in former minister Steven Guilbeault’s riding.

NDP Leader Avi Lewis, centre, pictured alongside NDP MPs Don Davies, left, Gord Johns, and Leah Gazan, said that the two upcoming byelections in Quebec are in 'very progressive ridings,' giving his party a shot. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY ELEANOR WAND

October 20, 2026

NDP Leader Avi Lewis says he thinks his party has a chance at nabbing seats in two yet-to-be-called Quebec byelections whose provincial ridings elected progressive Québec Solidaire candidates in the province's recent election, with one seat having been held by a former NDP ...

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