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unusual facts about New Democratic Party of Canada



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.

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.

Canadian federal election results in Rural Manitoba

Once into northern Manitoba (home to only one riding - Churchill), the NDP had held it for many years under Bev Desjarlais, but she lost the nomination in 2006 and ran unsuccessfully as an independent; the Liberals were able to pick up Churchill with star candidate Tina Keeper.

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.

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.

Fred Eisenberger

In the 2004 federal election, Eisenberger ran for the Conservative Party in Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, finishing third behind Liberal Tony Valeri and New Democrat Tony DePaulo.

Gilles Pouliot

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

Greg Dewar

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

Jim Foulds

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

Jim Pankiw

He won a plurality of just 220 votes over Dennis Gruending of the New Democratic Party.

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.

Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 1988 Canadian federal election

He received 9,178 votes (23.57%), finishing second against New Democratic Party incumbent John Rodriguez.

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.

Nettie Wiebe

However, she did run, unsuccessfully, as the federal New Democratic Party candidate in the 2004 federal election in the riding of Saskatoon—Humboldt, against Conservative candidate Brad Trost, Liberal candidate Patrick Wolfe, and incumbent independent Jim Pankiw.

Noel Duignan

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

Northwestern Ontario

At the federal level, Northwestern Ontario is represented by Conservative Greg Rickford in the Kenora District, New Democrat John Rafferty and Independent Bruce Hyer in Thunder Bay—Rainy River and Thunder Bay—Superior North respectively.

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.

Private member's bill

NDP MP Lynn McDonald succeeded in getting her private member's bill, the "Non-smokers' Health Act" (aka Bill C-204), passed in 1986, (given Royal Assent on 28 June 1988) restricting smoking in federally regulated workplaces and on airplanes, trains and ships.

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.

Saul Laskin

In 1963 federal election, he ran unsuccessfully as a Liberal in the riding of Port Arthur, losing to the New Democratic Party candidate, Douglas Fisher.

Shelley Martel

In 2003, both Martel and Hampton supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to become leader of the federal New Democratic Party.

Stan Struthers

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

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.


see also

Thomas Douglas

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