Nicholls joins Ontario Party

PROVINCIAL – Rick Nicholls, MPP for Chatham-Kent-Leamington, has formally announced that he has joined the Ontario Party, becoming the party’s first sitting member in the Ontario Legislature.

Nicholls announced his support of Derek Sloan when the Ontario Party announced that Sloan had become its leader.

Nicholls, who became an Independent after being ejected from Doug Ford’s PC caucus in August for refusing the Covid vaccine, has now made his membership into the Ontario Party official.

“I am very pleased to announce that I am joining thousands of Ontarians who have also decided to join the Ontario Party”, Nicholls said in a statement.

Nicholls continues to represent his riding as he has since 2011.

The Ontario Party, which has existed since 2018, intends to recruit and run a slate of candidates in the Ontario general election in June 2022.