Jagmeet Singh said he was stepping down as NDP leader on Monday night after suffering a resounding defeat on election night, losing his own seat and seeing his party reduced to a single digit seat count.
When an emotional Singh took the stage to speak to a crowd of supporters in Burnaby, B.C. he was in third place in his riding, trailing both the Conservative and Liberal candidate.
Singh’s NDP looked likely to lose its party status on Monday after leading in only seven seats across the country by the time Singh took the stage at 9:30 p.m. local time.