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The New Democratic Party's Statement of Principles was adopted in 1983 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, at the 12th Federal NDP Convention. It replaced the Winnipeg Declaration, which had in turn replaced the original Regina Manifesto of 1933 of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) (the predecessor to the NDP). The preamble reads as ...
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]
The New Democratic Party of British Columbia [a] (BC NDP) is a social democratic [4] political party in British Columbia, Canada.The party sits on the centre-left [5] [6] of the political spectrum and is one of the two major parties in British Columbia; since the 1990s, its rival was the centre-right BC United (formerly known as the BC Liberals) until the Conservative Party of British Columbia ...
The Ontario NDP would be soundly defeated in 1995, while the British Columbia NDP recovered and won reelection in 1996. The NDP was also indirectly hampered by the collapse of the Progressive Conservatives, who were cut down to only two seats. Exit polls showed that 17% to 27% of NDP supporters from 1988 voted Liberal in 1993.
Ray Martin was the third Alberta NDP MLA elected and was the leader of the party from 1984 to 1993 [10] The CCF merged with the Canadian Labour Congress in 1961, becoming the New Democratic Party of Canada. In Alberta, the NDP was founded in 1962 with a new leader, Neil Reimer, Canadian director of the Oil Workers International Union.
The NDP was the only party to see an increase in its share of the popular vote over the 2006 Yukon election. In the 2016 election , the NDP was reduced to two seats and third party status. In May 2019, Kate White the incumbent MLA for Takhini-Kopper King was acclaimed as the new party leader, replacing Hanson. [ 1 ]
Notes: Roland Morin became a member of the NDP in 1963. He was a NDP candidate in the federal elections of 1965 (in Maisonneuve-Rosemont), 1968 (in Maisonneuve), 1972 (in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce) and 1974 (in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce). He is listed as publicist, trade unionist and translator. [9] and a NDPQ candidate in the 1970 and 1985 provincial ...
In 1980, Haligonian Alexa McDonough became leader of the Nova Scotia NDP, [12] the first female leader of a major recognized party in Canada. She was the only NDP candidate elected in 1981. [13] During her 14-year leadership, the NDP never had more than three Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). Nonetheless, she raised the party's ...