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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]
Canada's Young New Democrats (CYND) (French: Jeunes néo-démocrates du Canada (JNDC)), officially the New Democratic Youth of Canada, [1] are the youth wing of the New Democratic Party of Canada. [2] Any party member, aged 25 or under is automatically a member of the CYND and is eligible to attend and vote in the youth wing's convention. [3]
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 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).
Ray Martin was the third Alberta NDP MLA elected and was the leader of the party from 1984 to 1993 [9] 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.
Previous logo of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. The 2003 election resulted in a PC minority government while the NDP maintained Official Opposition status under new leader Darrell Dexter. In the election, the NDP won 15 seats and 31% of the vote, coming slightly behind the Liberals in the popular vote but winning three more seats than ...
Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal MP (/ dʒ ə ɡ ˈ m iː t s ɪ ŋ / jug-MEET SING; [3] born January 2, 1979) [4] [5] is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2017.
Articles relating to the association known as the New Democratic Party of Canada. According to the NDP's constitution, the provincial parties are sections of the federal party with a single membership. This means that, for instance, the Saskatchewan NDP is that province's section of the New Democratic Party.