Eric DePoe chosen to be the NDP candidate in Hastings—Lennox and Addington

NAPANEE — New Democrats in Hastings—Lennox and Addington have selected Eric DePoe to be their NDP candidate in the 2022 provincial election. DePoe is a paralegal, an entrepreneur, a local union leader, and a champion for community organizations.

Quotes

Ottawa Centre MPP Joel Harden
“Eric is exactly the kind of community builder that families need right now. He’s focused on fighting for the rights of workers, on helping build up local small business, and making investments in schools, hiring more health care workers, and making life more affordable for working people. We need Eric on our NDP team to help fix our services left broken after 15 years of Liberal government and four years of Doug Ford’s cuts.”

Eric DePoe, NDP candidate for Hastings—Lennox and Addington
“I love my community and I am committed to helping families by making life more affordable and helping them access the services they depend on like health care. We need to protect the rights of workers and small businesses that have been hit hard by this pandemic. That means investing in our health care, our schools, and seniors care. We need to make sure our small businesses get the support they need for a full recovery. With Andrea Horwath and the NDP, you know you have a team on your side for a change.”

Bio

• DePoe worked as a mail sorter at Canada Post for 28 years where he defended the rights of his fellow CUPW workers.
• DePoe founded and successfully ran The Waterfall Café in Yarker for 17 years. It was declared “Business of the Year” in 2013.
• DePoe became a paralegal, licensed by the Law Society of Ontario, and continues his practice representing both union and non-union workers with their claims at the WSIB.
• DePoe was a founding member of the Yarker and Colebrook Community Association. He took on a leadership role in the fight to save the Yarker Family School, and plays a continuing role on the board of the Yarker Farmers Market.
• DePoe is a member of the citizens’ committee that took on and won a fight against Waste Management’s efforts to expand the Richmond dump.
• DePoe volunteered as a cook at the Morningstar Mission in Napanee. He also volunteered at the Napanee Community Health Centre where he taught people with diabetes how to cook healthy low cost meals.
• DePoe and his wife Barb now live in Napanee, where Eric still maintains his paralegal practice. They are the proud parents of a blended family of three wonderful adults, and the grandparents of a sweet six-year-old grandson.