A Niagara At Large New Brief
New Democratic members in the Welland Riding will be deciding who will replace retiring MPP Peter Kormos at a nomination meeting on Sunday, August 7.
Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath to speak at Welland nomination meeting
The meeting, featuring Ontario NDP leader Andrea Horwath as guest speaker will begin at 6 p.m. on that date at the CAW Local 523 on 16 Steel St. in Welland.
The only candidate to vying to fill the shoes of Kormos so far is Cindy Forster, a Niagara regional councillor for Welland and former mayor of that city.
Kormos announced his intentions this spring to leave provincial politics and move on to something else after serving more than two decades as an MPP for a riding that has been an NDP stronghold going back to the late Mel Swart first winning it for the party in the 1970s. Kormos said he plans to continue serving the community but has not yet said in what capacity.
All members of the NDP in good standing and living within ghe provincial electoral boundaries of a Welland Riding stretching from south St. Catharines, through Thorold, Welland, Port Colborne and part of Wainfleet are eligible to vote in the upcoming nomination meeting.
Niagara At Large 
I hope that you can nominate a strong contender to replace Peter. He is and was a very dedicated NDP and government representative.
I am all for women in politics, but I do not think that this candidate (Cindy Forster) will fill one of Peter’s shoes, let alone two.
Sorry, but you really need someone who is known throughout the Region as a standup fighter for the people.
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I feel strongly about this. If we don’t, we’ll end up with one of the traditional parties who have not done much good for Welland riding in the past.
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