Ryan Hurley
Ryan started as a canvasser and worked his way up to managing some of the most competitive races in the country.
Ryan spent a decade on Parliament Hill, where he worked on the Canadian Dental Care Plan and the Pharmacare Act. He helped build the case for both, then helped shape and pass the legislation.
Most recently, he was a senior advisor to a Minister in the B.C. government, where he managed crises on some of the most sensitive government files.
On campaigns he goes looking for the hard races. In 2025 he managed the successful Vancouver Kingsway re-election, holding the seat against a national collapse. In 2024 he organized Vancouver and the North Shore for the BC NDP, where every target seat was held or won. In 2023 he flipped Kildonan-River East in Manitoba, a PC seat since 1986. In 2018 he managed the win in Scarborough Southwest, the only NDP seat in Scarborough. Much of his work has been in diverse suburban communities, from Scarborough to Vancouver Kingsway. Outside Canada he has worked for Bernie Sanders, the UK Labour Party and congressional campaigns.
At Common Ground he leads Strategy, Intelligence and Software, and he designs and builds the firm's platforms.
Ryan believes campaigns must adapt to new technology while keeping the practices that have always won them: organizing on the ground and connecting with people where they are.
