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The New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique; NPD) is a federal political party in Canada.Widely described as social democratic, [5] the party sits at the centre-left [10] to left-wing [17] of the Canadian political spectrum, with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. [20]
This is a list of people who currently serve in one of the provincial or territorial legislative assemblies in Canada who are members of the New Democratic Party.. The NDP does not currently hold any seats in the Legislative Assemblies of Quebec, Prince Edward Island or New Brunswick.
This is a list of all the New Democratic Party members who have served in the Parliament of Canada. Members who are currently serving in the 44th Canadian Parliament are listed in bold. Contents:
The Social Credit Party and the CCF/NDP won the third and fourth most seats between them from the 1930s, until the Social Credit Party failed to win any seats in the 1980 election. Since 1980, the NDP has remained a presence in the Canadian parliament, but the situation amongst other non-government parties has been more complex.
Unlike other federal political systems, Canadian political parties at the federal level are often loosely or not at all connected to parties at the provincial level, despite having similar names and policy positions. [1] One exception is the New Democratic Party, which is organizationally integrated with most of its provincial counterparts.
The 2021 Canadian federal election was held on September 20, 2021, to elect members of the House of Commons to the 44th Canadian Parliament.The Liberal Party of Canada was returned once more with a minority of the seats, and the composition of the House saw very little change.
4 September – The New Democratic Party ends their confidence-and-supply agreement with the Liberals. 16 September – NDP MP Leila Dance is elected as the new member for Elmwood—Transcona, retaining the seat for her party, and Bloc Québécois MP Louis-Philippe Sauvé wins the riding of LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, in a pickup from the Liberals.
The New Democratic Party led by Jagmeet Singh won 25 seats, a net increase of one seat, but nonetheless fell short of expectations. [9] The Green Party maintained two seats but party leader Annamie Paul was defeated for the third [b] time in her riding of Toronto Centre. The party received 2.3 per cent of the popular vote, approximately a third ...