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Huggins had previously run for the NDP in Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in the 2000 election. She was later president of the NDP's Quebec section from 2006 to 2008. [9] She served on the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council from 2009 to 2013; originally with Projet Montréal, she left the party in September 2013 to join the rival Coalition ...
As of 2006, Martin serves on the Manitoba Municipal Board. [18] In 2008, he retired as an engineering design co-ordinator. He is the NDP's candidate in the 2008 Canadian federal election in the riding of Provencher.
This is a list of nominated candidates for the New Democratic Party in the 2011 federal election. The party's list of candidates in 2011 included the largest number of women ever nominated by a major party in an election campaign, with 123 female candidates comprising 39.9 per cent of the party's total slate. [1]
Following that election, the NDP caucus rose to 30 members with the victory of NDP candidate Thomas Mulcair in a by-election in Outremont. This marked the second time ever (and first time in seventeen years) that the NDP won a riding in Quebec. The party won 37 seats in the 2008 federal election, the best performance since the 1988 total of 43.
[7] [8] [9] Votes obtained by individual PPC candidates were larger than the margin of victory in 21 ridings, where the Conservative candidate was in second place (12 in Ontario, five in BC, two in Alberta, one in Quebec and one in Newfoundland). Of those seats, 14 went to the Liberals, six to the NDP, and one to the Bloc.
2004 candidate in Wascana, 2013 Saskatchewan NDP candidate for leadership. One of two NDP candidates in this election with the name Erin Weir (the other running in Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner). [1] M Regina: Economist Regina—Qu'Appelle: Nial Kuyek: Former General Manager of the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan M Regina: Retired ...
Donald Sutherland - The Canadian actor and former son-in-law of the NDP founder and father of medicare, Tommy Douglas, slammed Stephen Harper's record and urged Canadians to elect the NDP. Sarah Silverman - The US actress praised NDP leader Tom Mulcair for standing up to Islamophobia and racism, and endorsed NDP candidate Mira Oreck [19]
Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the NDP candidate in Berthier—Maskinongé, won despite not running a campaign, barely speaking French at this time [104] and being on holiday in Las Vegas at the time of the election. [105] The NDP's rise in popularity was nicknamed "Orange Crush", an allusion to the soft drink with the same name and the party's colour. [106]