THUNDER BAY — A familiar name will be on the ballot for the Green Party in the city’s north side-area riding.
The Green Party of Canada has confirmed that John Northey will run for them in Thunder Bay-Superior North in the upcoming federal election. Northey was on the ballot for the Green Party of Ontario back in February, also in Thunder Bay-Superior North.
In that election, Northey received just under 1.6 per cent of the vote.
He has also run for the Greens provincially in campaigns in 2018 and 2014.
Northey will not be speaking to media during this campaign, according to federal Green Party press secretary Fabrice Lachance.
"Some of our candidates run small campaigns, giving voters the opportunity to vote for the Green Party, but they don't have a media communications strategy,” Lachance said in an email to Dougall Media.
In previous campaigns, Northey has cited healthcare and education as priorities.
The Thunder Bay-Superior North riding has had some of its boundaries redrawn for this election — primarily in the far north part of the riding, following the federal riding redistribution process, which was competed in 2023.
The Greens have been represented in the Thunder Bay-Superior North seat once when Bruce Hyer joined the party mid-term after being elected in 2011 as a New Democrat. Hyer finished fourth running as a Green in 2015, garnering 13.8 per cent of the vote.
So far, Northey is running against Liberal incumbent Patty Hajdu, as well as challengers Bob Herman for the Conservatives, Joy Wakefield of the NDP, and the People’s Party’s Amos Bradley.
