Incoming Green MP Mike Morrice says it's time federal parties work together to benefit Canadians
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In the hours after his historic win in Kitchener Centre, Green candidate Mike Morrice was both exhausted and exhilarated.
"It's a bit surreal," Morrice told CBC Kitchener-Waterloo just before 2 a.m. Tuesday.
Morrice is the first Green Party of Canada candidate to win an election in Ontario. He was one of two seats the party saw elected Monday night into early Tuesday morning, the other being former party leader Elizabeth May in her riding of Saanich-Gulf Isand in British Columbia.
Morrice laid the groundwork for this win when he ran for the Greens in 2019, taking it from a fourth place finish in 2015 to second place behind Liberal incumbent Raj Saini.
This year, Saini ended his campaign for re-election on Labour Day weekend following allegations of unwanted sexual advances and inappropriate comments — allegations Saini has called "unequivocally false."
Morrice credited the work on the ground in 2019 and in the two years since with helping him win the riding this time around.
"There's months and months of hundreds of people putting in so much into something that you know, we all care a lot about," Morrice said in an interview with CBC Kitchener-Waterloo's The Morning Edition after he said he got about two hours of sleep.
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