NDP faithful picks Muclair as new leader of the party
By Contributor
The Huffington Post
Montreal MP Thomas Mulcair has been chosen to succeed Jack Layton as leader of the New Democrat Party.
Mulcair claimed 57.2 per cent of the vote in a fourth-ballot victory over chief rival Brian Topp, who claimed 42.8 per cent.
The two front-runners were the last men standing after a day-long voting marathon that was plagued by online delays, the result of an attempted cyber-attack on the party’s website.
Long-shot candidate Nathan Cullen persisted until the third ballot, outlasting rivals Peggy Nash, Paul Dewar, Niki Ashton and Martin Singh.
