Canada summons its 'Inner Ninja' and elects the highest charting musician MP ever
OTTAWA — Canada just elected what could be the highest charting member of Parliament in history.
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The song Inner Ninja, by Classified features newly-elected New Brunswick MP David Myles. The song hit number five on Billboard Canadian Hot 100, after its release in 2013 and has racked up 5.4 million views on YouTube.
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Myles won the Fredericton—Oromocto riding as a Liberal candidate in Monday's federal election, becoming part of a new minority Liberal government. Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is a handful of seats short of a majority government and will have to rely on the support of an opposition party to pass legislation in the House of Commons.
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The Juno Award winner announced he would be running as a Liberal candidate in March 2025, two months after Fredericton's previous Liberal MP Jenica Atwinm said she wouldn't run again.
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The singer-songwriter also performed at a Liberal rally in Fredericton, N.B., in April, 2025.
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'Every single night when I'd get on stage, I'd start the show by saying 'Hi I'm David Myles, I'm from Fredericton New Brunswick,' and that made me so happy … and I'm thinking maybe someday … I'm gonna be able to stand in Parliament and say 'Hi I'm David Myles from Fredericton-Oromocto,'' he said before introducing Mark Carney to the podium.
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Myles isn't the first musician turned politician in the House of Commons. Charlie Angus and Andrew Cash were both NDP MPs. Angus and Cash performed in a punk rock band together in the 1980s, called L'Étranger.
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Angus was the MP for Timmins-James Bay, Ont. from 2004 to 2025. He announced his retirement in April 2024. Meanwhile, Cash represented the Davenport riding in Toronto, from 2011 to 2014. Cash won a Juno award in 1989 for Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year.
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