NDP candidate Sarah Jama won last Thursday’s byelection in Hamilton Centre, capturing 54.3 per cent of the vote – more than 6,000 ballots.

The incoming MPP, a disability rights advocate and co-founder of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario, was involved in major social issues in recent years.

A McMaster University graduate, Jama won a John C. Holland Award for political action in 2017 and a YWCA Women of Distinction Award in 2022.

Former Ontario NDP leader Andrea Howarth represented Hamilton Centre since it was formed in a redistribution in 2007.

She stepped down to become mayor of Hamilton.

Jama was one of ten candidates who contested last Thursday’s byelection.

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