Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles dismissed her chief of staff and principal secretary, Global News has learned, after a chaotic party convention that delivered lukewarm support.

In the wake of a diminished electoral result during the snap campaign in February, Stiles faced caucus and party members during a three-day convention in Niagara Falls.

While Stiles was expected to receive fulsome endorsement of her leadership, the leader of the Official Opposition was backed by just 68 per cent of NDP voters at the event — high enough to claim two-thirds support, but low enough to be viewed as problematic for the leader.

Multiple sources told Global News the low result — which triggered an emergency caucus meeting on Saturday — was intended to be a message to Stiles that party members were exp

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