CPNewsAlert: Avi Lewis is the new NDP leader in first ballot victory

By Canadian Press on March 29, 2026.

WINNIPEG — Filmmaker Avi Lewis has been elected as the NDP’s new leader defeating his four rivals on the first ballot with nearly 40,000 votes.

This victory signals a shift toward the party pushing big, unabashedly left-wing policies like government owned and operated grocery stores as grassroots pushed for change after a devastating election result last year.

More coming.

David Baxter, The Canadian Press