Dylan Marando

He holds three University of Toronto degrees, including a PhD in political science, and worked for premiers Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne and as deputy director of policy in Justin Trudeau's Prime Minister's Office. He later led strategy and government affairs at Siemens Healthineers. He is a candidate in the Ontario Liberal Party leadership election, with voting from 9 to 20 November 2026.

Career

Marando grew up in Richmond Hill and earned three degrees at the University of Toronto, the last a PhD in political science. He ran for the Green Party in Richmond Hill in the 2008 federal election, taking about 7.5% of the vote, then moved to the Liberals. He worked on policy in Dalton McGuinty's office and then under Kathleen Wynne, and later was deputy director of policy in Justin Trudeau's Prime Minister's Office. He then became head of strategy and government affairs at Siemens Healthineers, and teaches a public policy course to engineers at the University of Toronto. He launched his leadership bid on 21 April 2026, the first registered candidate.

Positions

Marando says the party needs pragmatic renewal and a record of delivering, and wants the race and next election to focus on a plan and optimism rather than on attacks. He names education, health care, infrastructure and affordability as priorities, including expanded OHIP coverage and restored needs-based OSAP grants according to Wikipedia. He has said he would twin northern highways before expanding GTA highways and keep wealth generated in the north in the region.

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