Retired professional boxer and business owner, Fitz Vanderpool, was nominated as the NDP candidate for Kitchener South-Hespeler in a contested vote Sunday morning.

Vanderpool is well known in his hometown of Kitchener, having won several international boxing titles and as owner of a boxing academy. Vanderpool noted that he supports NDP leader Andrea Horwath's plan to establish Canada's first universal pharmacare given he see many families coming into his gym who struggle with the costs of medicine. He is also supportive of the NDP's plan to bring Hydro One back into public hands.