Four Major Federal Party Candidates Have Been Selected And They Are All Women

For the first time ever all four major federal party candidates in the Peterborough-Kawartha riding are women.

NDP Joy Lachica, Green Chanté White , Conservative Michelle Ferreri, Liberal incumbant Maryam Monsef. Photo courtesy of PTBO Canada

As Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to call a federal election sometime in the coming weeks, federal political parties have been nominating candidates for local ridings.

The Green, Conservative, NDP and Liberal Party in the Peterborough Kawartha riding have officially named their candidates and for the first time in history they are all women.

Chanté White will represent the Green party. According to the Peterborough-Kawartha Green Party website White is a recent graduate from Trent University Peterborough with an honours degree in Environmental Studies and a minor in Political Studies.

Michelle Ferreri was chosen as the Conservative candidate in Peterborough-Kawartha. Ferreri owns and operates an independent media company focusing on content creation, marketing consulting and public speaking.

The NDP chose Joy Lachica to represent their party in the Peterborough-Kawartha riding. Lachica moved to Canada with her family as a child from the Philippines. She has been an elementary school teacher for over 25 years.

These three candidates will be challenging Liberal incumbent Maryam Monsef, who will be seeking her third term as Peterborough-Kawartha MP. Monsef graduated from Trent University with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. She is Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development.

A federal election must be held by October 16, 2023 though it is expected that an election will be called in late August an a vote will be held in late September.

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