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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, [under discussion] with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. [20]
All of the other major Canadian parties – the Liberals, NDP, Bloc, and Green Party – oppose the elimination of the per-vote subsidy. [12] [5] [7] [8] [29] [30] The Conservative government first tried to eliminate the per-vote subsidy in November 2008, just after the federal election of October 14, 2008.
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 ...
The NDP led at the time by Howard Hampton ran a full state of 103 candidates in the 2003 Ontario provincial election, seven of whom were elected. Three more candidates were elected in by-elections held in 2004, March 2006 and February 2007. Several NDP candidates have their own biography pages. Information about other candidates may be found here.
Candidate Gender Residence Occupation Votes % Rank Biographical notes Avalon: Randy Wayne Dawe: M: Clark's Beach: Truck driver: 5,707: 17.4: 3rd: Dawe ran in the riding of Bonavista—Trinity—Conception in both the 1997 and 2000 federal elections. In 1997, he was the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada candidate and in 2000 he ran for ...
Between 2007 and 2011, polling for the NL NDP remained below 10%p in public opinion polls behind the Liberal Party and governing Progressive Conservatives. However, after the federal NDP's success in the 2011 federal election, where they formed the official opposition, support for Michael's New Democrats saw a surge in support. In a Corporate ...
The NDP campaign strategy put them at odds with Canadian Auto Workers, which had supported an NDP-backed Liberal minority government and which was only backing NDP candidates that had a chance of winning. After the campaign, the Ontario NDP expelled CAW leader Buzz Hargrove from the party (which has a common membership both federally and ...
The New Democratic Party of Canada ran a full slate of candidates in the 1993 federal election, and won nine seats out of 295. This brought the NDP below official party status in the House of Commons of Canada for the first, and, to date, only time in its history.