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2 unusual facts about New Democratic Party


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Then she was elected to the House of Commons for the Yukon as a member of the New Democratic Party in a by-election in 1987 and re-elected in the general elections of 1988 and 1993.

New Democratic Party

United New Democratic Party, a major centre-left political party in the Republic of Korea


Air quality law

The effectiveness of this act has been challenged by the opposition parties, with Jack Layton of the New Democratic Party stating that the act does little to prevent climate change and that more must be done.

Al Santing

Santing campaigned for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in the 1977 provincial election, and finished third against New Democratic Party candidate Dave Cooke in Windsor—Riverside.

Alan Riddell

In the ensuing election, he ran against two nationally known names: David McGuinty, the younger brother of Ontario Liberal Party Premier Dalton McGuinty, and Monia Mazigh, of the New Democratic Party (NDP), best known as the wife of wrongfully imprisoned Syrian-Canadian Maher Arar.

Alf Skowron

He was a member of the Winnipeg City Council from 1971 to 1989, originally a member of the New Democratic Party and later as an independent.

Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women

In 2002 she was awarded the J.S. Woodsworth Prize for anti-racism by the Canadian New Democratic Party.

Bill Gottselig

In the 1988 federal election, he campaigned in the riding which became Moose Jaw—Lake Centre, but lost to Rod Laporte of the New Democratic Party.

Bob Wong

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1987 provincial election, defeating Joe Pantalone of the New Democratic Party (NDP) by 137 votes in the downtown Toronto riding of Fort York.

Brent St. Denis

St. Denis was defeated by Carol Hughes of the New Democratic Party in the 2008 federal election.

British Columbia general election, 1986

Social Credit coincidentally won 12 additional seats, while the social democratic New Democratic Party, led by Bob Skelly, won the same number it had in the previous election.

Clif Evans

Evans supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to lead the federal New Democratic Party in 1995.

CODCO

Malone ran as a New Democratic Party candidate for Parliament in a Newfoundland byelection in 2000, losing narrowly to Loyola Hearn.

Communist Party of Canada candidates, 2000 Canadian federal election

The winner was Jean Friesen of the New Democratic Party.

Dennis Bevington

In the 2000 federal election he ran as the New Democratic Party candidate for the riding of Western Arctic, but lost by 18% to the incumbent Ethel Blondin-Andrew.

Donald MacInnis

MacInnis remained a Member of Parliament throughout the 1960s and early 1970s except for the 25th Parliament when he was defeated in the riding by Malcolm Vic MacInnis of the New Democratic Party in the 1962 election.

Fast Ferry Scandal

The provincial government at the time, led by New Democratic Party (NDP) premier Glen Clark, decided to use provincial Crown corporation BC Ferries to advance its economic goal of supporting British Columbia's shipbuilding industry by creating a fleet of custom-designed high-speed catamaran passenger/vehicle ferries for BC Ferries.

Forum Research

The firm conducted extensive polls during the 2010 Toronto mayoral election and the 2011 Canadian federal election, in which it was the first to predict through polling the defeat of the Liberal Party in Toronto and Montreal to the New Democratic Party.

George William Taylor

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Paul Wessenger by 5,434 votes in Simcoe Centre.

Gilles Pouliot

He supported Dave Barrett for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party in 1989.

Gordon Massie

Saskatchewan general election, 1982, Regina Centre, 66 votes, fifth out of five candidates (winner: Edward Shillington, New Democratic Party)

Greg Dewar

Dewar supported Lorne Nystrom's bid to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party in 1995.

Jack Reimer

He was defeated in the 2007 provincial election, losing to New Democratic Party challenger Erin Selby.

Jean-Yves Duthel

Like other UPA leaders, Duthel opposed the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement; he also criticized Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney for suggesting that the UPA was biased in favour of the opposition New Democratic Party.

John Brewin

He is a member of the New Democratic Party, as was his father Andrew Brewin.

John Bucklaschuk

In the Canadian federal election of 1972, he ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in the riding of Lisgar, but finished a distant third against incumbent Progressive Conservative Jack Murta, and former Lieutenant-Governor and Liberal candidate Richard Spink Bowles.

Kevin Lamoureux

He finished second to New Democratic Party (NDP) incumbent Pat Martin.

Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1968 Canadian federal election

His father, Ernest Winch, was a prominent member of the British Columbia Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and his brother Harold Winch led the same party in the 1940s and 1950s and was later a New Democratic Party parliamentarian in the Canadian House of Commons.

Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1974 Canadian federal election

The Globe and Mail described his 1974 campaign against New Democratic Party (NDP) incumbent John Rodriguez as one of the most bitter in Ontario.

Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba

The governing New Democratic Party (NDP) lost its thin majority in the legislature when one of its Members of the Legislative Aseembly, Jim Walding, moved to an opposition party and voted along with the rest of the opposition against the proposed budget, a matter of confidence and supply.

Lorne Calvert

Federal New Democratic Party spokesman Brad Lavigne later told reporters that the party had asked Calvert to consider standing as a candidate in the 2008 federal election.

Michael Valpy

In the 2000 federal election, Valpy ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in the Toronto riding of Trinity—Spadina, against Liberal Party of Canada incumbent Tony Ianno.

Mickey Hennessy

He was first elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1977 provincial election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate Iain Angus by 2,256 votes in Fort William.

Noel Duignan

Before running for office, Duignan was an executive assistant to federal New Democratic Party MPs Derek Blackburn and Lyle Kristiansen.

Ovide Mercredi

In April 2005, Mercredi announced he would challenge Bev Desjarlais for the New Democratic Party nomination in the riding of Churchill for the next federal election, but he later withdrew his candidacy.

Paper candidate

For example, in the 2011 federal election, a sudden increase in opinion-poll support, particularly in Quebec, for the New Democratic Party – which historically has had a minimal presence in that province – led to greater scrutiny of some of that party's lower-profile Quebec candidates — one of whom, Ruth Ellen Brosseau, won even though she had never been in her riding and spoke its dominant language poorly.

Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidates, 1980 Canadian federal election

Some local Progressive Conservatives later indicated that they deliberately ran a weak campaign in order to give Erola a victory over New Democratic Party incumbent John Rodriguez.

Raymond Parkinson

He represented Vancouver-Burrard in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1966 to 1969 as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.

Reginald Stackhouse

He campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1967 provincial election as a candidate of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario in Scarborough West, and finished second against future New Democratic Party leader Stephen Lewis.

Saskatchewan general election, 1982

The Progressive Conservative Party – led by Grant Devine – defeated the New Democratic Party government of Premier Allan Blakeney, which had governed the province since the 1971 election.

Saskatchewan general election, 1991

The Progressive Conservative government of Premier Grant Devine was defeated by the New Democratic Party, led by former provincial NDP Attorney General Roy Romanow.

Shirley Douglas

In the Canadian federal election, 2006, Douglas campaigned on behalf of the federal New Democratic Party.

Stan Graham

He was elected at the Kootenay East—Revelstoke electoral district in the 1979 federal election, but was defeated in the 1980 election by Sid Parker of the New Democratic Party.

Stan Struthers

In 1995, Struthers supported Lorne Nystrom's campaign for the leadership of the federal New Democratic Party.

Ted Bounsall

He remains politically active as part of the Windsor West New Democratic Party Riding Association and is a supporter of NDP Member of Parliament Brian Masse and Windsor Ward 2 City Councillor Ron Jones.

Ted W. Kulp

He campaigned for the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1971 election as a candidate of the New Democratic Party in York West and finished third against Progressive Conservative John MacBeth.

Terry Donahoe

That campaign was a three way race which saw New Democratic Party leader Alexa McDonough get elected, while Donahoe finished second, ahead of Liberal incumbent, Mary Clancy.

Terry Nylander

After serving his only term, the 31st Canadian Parliament, he was defeated in the 1980 federal election by Douglas Anguish of the New Democratic Party.

Thomas Leonard Wells

He was re-elected with a reduced majority in the 1967 election, defeating New Democratic Party candidate John Brewin by 1,527 votes.


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Errol Black

He won the New Democratic Party's Brandon—Souris nomination in 2000 over Wayne Langlois, and finished fourth against Tory candidate Rick Borotsik.

Gary Robichaud

He was replaced as New Democratic Party leader in 2006 by Dean Constable.

Gerald Caplan

From 1982 to 1984, Caplan was federal secretary of the New Democratic Party, and was national campaign manager for the 1984 general election.

Gillian Sandeman

She had previously run as the New Democratic Party candidate for Peterborough in the 1974 federal election, losing to incumbent MP Hugh Faulkner.

Jim Foulds

Foulds remains active with the New Democratic Party, and supported Bill Blaikie for the federal party's leadership in 2003.

Jim Maloway

Official results on election night showed a tie between Manitoba Liberal Party leader Izzy Asper and New Democratic Party candidate Murdoch MacKay.

John Edmund Parry

In 1987, Parry was one of three New Democratic Party Members of Parliament (MPs) to heckle American President Ronald Reagan during an address by the president to the Canadian House of Commons (Toronto Star, 6 June 2004).

Kim Trew

His grandmother, Beatrice Trew, was a founding member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the predecessor of the New Democratic Party.

Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1968 Canadian federal election

He received 12,897 votes (37.28%), finishing second against New Democratic Party leader Tommy Douglas.

Matthew Dubé

He was one of five current McGill University students, alongside fellow undergraduates Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Charmaine Borg, and graduate student Jamie Nicholls, elected to Parliament in the 2011 election following the New Democratic Party's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec.

New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island candidates, 1978 Prince Edward Island provincial election

He was a New Democratic Party candidate in the 1978 provincial election and finished third against future premier Pat Binns.

Nick Ternette

He campaigned for the leadership of the Manitoba New Democratic Party in 1979, but withdrew before the party's leadership convention and backed rival candidate Muriel Smith.

Patrick Hayes

Patrick Michael Hayes, (died 2011), Canadian politician, Ontario New Democratic Party

Progressive Conservative Party of Manitoba candidates, 1969 Manitoba provincial election

He received 2,925 votes (31.12%), finishing third in a close contest against successful New Democratic Party candidate Jim Walding and a Liberal candidate who also opposed amalgamation.

The B-Girlz

"B-Girlz Gone Wild", "Canada's Next Top Showgirl", "Degrassi B-Girlz High", "Ice Skate Canada", "The Elevator", "The Dress" as well as a musical video tribute "Toronto! Toronto!!" which screened at the opening gala of the 2004 Inside Out Festival in Toronto and features a cameo by Toronto celebrity politician Olivia Chow, wife of New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton.

Thomas Douglas

Tommy Douglas (1904–1986), premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada