Editing Andrea Horwath (section)

{{Short description|Mayor of Hamilton and Canadian politician (born 1962)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=July 2022}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix    = [[Worship (style)|Her Worship]]
| name                = Andrea Horwath
| honorific_suffix    = 
| image               = Andrea Horwath September 2022 portrait (cropped).jpg
| alt                 = 
| caption             = Horwath in 2022
| office              = 58th [[Mayor of Hamilton, Ontario|Mayor of Hamilton]]
| term_start          = November 15, 2022
| term_end            = 
| predecessor         = [[Fred Eisenberger]]
| successor           = 
| office1             = [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Ontario)|Leader of the Official Opposition]]
| term_start1         = June 29, 2018
| term_end1           = June 28, 2022
| predecessor1        = [[Vic Fedeli]]
| successor1          = [[Peter Tabuns]]
| office2             = [[Ontario New Democratic Party#Party Leaders|Leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party]]
| term_start2         = March 7, 2009
| term_end2           = June 28, 2022
| deputy2             = {{plainlist|
* [[Jagmeet Singh]]
* [[Sara Singh]]
* [[John Vanthof]]
}}
| predecessor2        = [[Howard Hampton]]
| successor2          = [[Peter Tabuns]] (interim)
| parliament4         = Ontario Provincial
| term_start4         = May 13, 2004
| term_end4           = August 15, 2022
| predecessor4        = [[Dominic Agostino]]
| successor4          = [[Sarah Jama]]
| constituency_MP4    = [[Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]]<br />{{small|([[Hamilton East (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton East]]; 2004–2007)}}
| office5             = [[Hamilton City Council (Ontario)|Hamilton City Councillor]]
| term_start5         = December 1, 1997
| term_end5           = June 16, 2004
| alongside5          = Ron Corsini (1997–2000)
| predecessor5        = Vince Agro<br />Bill McCulloch
| successor5          = [[Bob Bratina]]
| constituency5       = Ward Two
| birth_name          = Andrea Lynn Horwath
| birth_date          = {{Birth date and age|1962|10|24}}
| birth_place         = [[Stoney Creek, Ontario]], Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Independent politician|Independent]]{{efn|Municipal politicians in Ontario are elected on a non-partisan basis.}}
| otherparty          = [[Ontario New Democratic Party|Ontario New Democratic]] (until 2022)
| spouse              = 
| partner             = Ben Leonetti ({{circa}} 1985–2010)
| children            = 1
| parents             = 
| residence           = 
| alma_mater          = [[McMaster University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|community development worker}}
| signature           = Andrea-signature.png
| signature_alt       = 
| website             = 
}}

'''Andrea Lynn Horwath''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Andreahorwath.ogg|ˈ|h|ɔːr|v|æ|θ}}; born October 24, 1962) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 58th [[List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario|mayor of Hamilton]] since 2022. Horwath served as the leader of the [[Ontario New Democratic Party]] (NDP) from 2009 to 2022 and as the [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Ontario)|leader of the Official Opposition]] from 2018 to 2022.

Horwath was first elected in 1997, when she won a seat on [[Hamilton City Council (Ontario)|Hamilton City Council]]. In 2004, she was elected as the [[Member of Provincial Parliament (Canada)|member of Provincial Parliament]] (MPP) for [[Hamilton Centre (provincial electoral district)|Hamilton Centre]], a seat she would hold until 2022. Horwath was elected as the leader Ontario NDP at the party's [[2009 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election|2009 leadership convention]], and led the party through four provincial elections, before resigning in 2022. She was the first woman to lead the NDP, and the third woman (after [[Lyn McLeod]] and [[Kathleen Wynne]]) to serve as leader of a party with [[official party status]] in Ontario.

During the [[2018 Ontario general election|2018 provincial election]], Horwath led the Ontario NDP to [[official opposition]] status after 23 years without government or official opposition status. The results of the [[2022 Ontario general election|2022 provincial election]], after which the Ontario NDP remained the official opposition, led to Horwath announcing her intention to resign as the leader of the Ontario NDP on the night of June 2, 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-02 |title=Andrea Horwath resigns as Ontario NDP leader |language=en-CA |work=The Toronto Star |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/ontario-election/2022/06/02/andrea-horwath-resigns-as-ontario-ndp-leader.html |access-date=2022-06-03 |issn=0319-0781}}</ref> Her resignation took effect on June 28, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McKenzie-Sutter |first=Holly |date=2022-06-28 |title=Ontario NDP names Toronto caucus member Peter Tabuns as interim leader |url=https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-ndp-names-toronto-caucus-member-peter-tabuns-as-interim-leader-1.5965918?cache=%2F5-things-to-know-for-frday-october-4-20-19-1.4623786%3FclipId%3D104070 |access-date=2022-06-29 |website=CP24 |language=en}}</ref>

On July 26, 2022, Horwath announced her candidacy for mayor of Hamilton,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rosas |first=Aura |date=July 26, 2022 |title=Here's who is running so far in the 2022 municipal election in Hamilton |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/mayor-council-hamilton-election-1.6531204 |access-date=July 26, 2022}}</ref> and resigned her seat in the provincial legislature on August 15, 2022.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/andrea-horwath | title=Andrea Horwath &#124; Legislative Assembly of Ontario | date=May 13, 2004 }}</ref> She was elected mayor on [[2022 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election|October 24, 2022]], and was sworn in on November 15.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2022 Candidates' Guide - Ontario municipal council and school board elections |url=http://www.ontario.ca/document/2022-candidates-guide-ontario-municipal-council-and-school-board-elections |access-date=2022-11-01 |website=ontario.ca |language=en}}</ref>