New Democratic Party

{{Main|History of the New Democratic Party}}

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{{See also|1961 New Democratic Party leadership election}}

In 1956, after the birth of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) by a merger of two previous labour congresses, negotiations began between the CLC and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) to bring about an alliance between organized labour and the political left in Canada. In 1958 a joint CCF-CLC committee, the National Committee for the New Party (NCNP), was formed to create a new social democratic political party, with ten members from each group. The NCNP spent the next three years laying down the foundations of the New Party, the party's interim name pending a national convention. During this process, a large number of New Party Clubs were established to allow like-minded Canadians to join in its founding, and six representatives from New Party Clubs were added to the National Committee. In 1961, at the end of a five-day long founding convention which established its principles, policies and structures, the New Democratic Party was born, and Tommy Douglas, the long-time CCF Premier of Saskatchewan, was elected as its first leader.{{cite web|url=http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/roots/ccf2ndp.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205161148/http://www.mta.ca/faculty/arts/canadian_studies/english/about/study_guide/roots/ccf2ndp.html|url-status=dead|title=The evolution of CCF into NDP: 1961 and after|archive-date=February 5, 2009}}

At the 1971 leadership convention, an activist group called the Waffle tried to take control of the party but was defeated by David Lewis with the help of the union members. The following year, most of The Waffle split from the NDP and formed their own party. The NDP itself supported the minority government formed by the Pierre Trudeau–led Liberals from 1972 to 1974, although the two parties never entered into a coalition. Together, they succeeded in passing several socially progressive initiatives into law such as pension indexing and the creation of the crown corporation Petro-Canada.{{cite web|title=David Lewis – Federal NDP Leader 1971–75 – Biography of David Lewis|url=http://canadaonline.about.com/od/federalndp/p/davidlewis.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606111643/http://canadaonline.about.com/od/federalndp/p/davidlewis.htm|archive-date=June 6, 2011|access-date=February 21, 2022|publisher=Canadaonline.about.com}}

In 1974, the NDP worked with the Progressive Conservatives to pass a motion of non-confidence, forcing an election. However, it backfired as Trudeau's Liberals regained a majority government, mostly at the expense of the NDP, which lost half its seats. Lewis lost his own riding and resigned as leader the following year.

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Under Ed Broadbent (1975–1989) the NDP attempted to find a more populist image to contrast with the governing parties, focusing on more pocketbook issues than on ideological fervour. The party played a critical role during Joe Clark's minority government of 1979–1980, moving the non-confidence motion on John Crosbie's 1979 budget that brought down the Progressive Conservative government and forced the 1980 election that brought the Liberal Party back to power.

In the 1984 election, which saw the Progressive Conservatives under Brian Mulroney win the most seats in Canadian history, the NDP won 30 seats, while the governing Liberals fell to 40 seats.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The NDP set a then-record of 43 members of parliament (MPs) elected to the house in the election of 1988. The Liberals, however, had reaped most of the benefits of opposing the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement to emerge as the dominant alternative to the ruling PC government. In 1989, Broadbent stepped down after 14 years as federal leader of the NDP.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/broadbent/|title=CBC News Indepth: Ed Broadbent|publisher=CBC News|access-date=September 17, 2015}}

At the party's leadership convention in 1989, former BC Premier Dave Barrett and Yukon MP Audrey McLaughlin were the main contenders for the leadership. During the campaign, Barrett argued that the party should be concerned with western alienation, rather than focusing its attention on Quebec. The Quebec wing of the NDP strongly opposed Barrett's candidacy, with Phil Edmonston, the party's main spokesman in Quebec, threatening to resign from the party if Barrett won.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/david-barrett/|title=Dave Barrett|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|access-date=August 18, 2019}} McLaughlin ran on a more traditional approach, and became the first woman to lead a major federal political party in Canada.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Although enjoying strong support among organized labour and rural voters in the Prairies, McLaughlin tried to expand their support into Quebec without much success. Under McLaughlin, the party did manage to win an election in Quebec for the first time when Edmonston won the 1990 Chambly by-election.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

McLaughlin and the NDP were routed in the 1993 election, where the party won only nine seats, three seats short of official party status in the House of Commons. This was, until 2025, the NDP's lowest seat total in any election since the party's founding in 1961; the election also resulted in the lowest-ever total number of votes ever received by the NDP in a federal election. The loss was blamed on the unpopularity of NDP provincial governments under Bob Rae in Ontario and Mike Harcourt in British Columbia and the loss of a significant portion of the Western vote to the Reform Party, which promised a more decentralized and democratic federation along with right-wing economic reforms.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

McLaughlin resigned in 1995 and was succeeded by Alexa McDonough, the former leader of the Nova Scotia NDP. In contrast to traditional Canadian practice, where an MP for a safe seat stands down to allow a newly elected leader a chance to enter Parliament via a by-election, McDonough opted to wait until the next election to enter Parliament.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The party recovered somewhat in the 1997 election, electing 21 members. The NDP made a breakthrough in Atlantic Canada, a region where they had been practically nonexistent at the federal level. Before 1997, they had won only three seats in Atlantic Canada. However, in 1997 they won eight seats in that region. The party was able to harness the discontent of voters in Atlantic Canada, who were upset over cuts to employment insurance and other social programs implemented by Jean Chrétien's Liberal majority government.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In the November 2000 election, the NDP campaigned primarily on the issue of Medicare but lost significant support. The governing Liberals ran an effective campaign on their economic record and managed to recapture some of the Atlantic ridings lost to the NDP in the 1997 election. The initial high electoral prospects of the Canadian Alliance under new leader Stockwell Day also hurt the NDP as many supporters strategically voted Liberal to keep the Alliance from winning. The NDP finished with 13 MPs—just barely over the threshold for official party status.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} McDonough announced her resignation as party leader for family reasons in June 2002 (effective upon her successor's election).{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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A Toronto city councillor and recent President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, Jack Layton was elected at the party's leadership election in Toronto on January 25, 2003.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/ndp_leadership/ |title=New Democrats pick a new leader |website= |access-date=March 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231040331/http://www.cbc.ca/news/features/ndp_leadership/ |archive-date=December 31, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

The 2004 election produced mixed results for the NDP. It increased its total vote by more than a million votes; however, despite Layton's optimistic predictions of reaching 40 seats, the NDP only gained five seats in the election, for a total of 19. The party was disappointed to see its two Saskatchewan incumbents defeated in close races by the new Conservative Party (created by merger of the Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative parties), perhaps because of the unpopularity of the NDP provincial government.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The Liberals were re-elected, though this time as a minority government. Combined, the Liberals and NDP had 154 seats – one short of the total needed for the balance of power. As has been the case with Liberal minorities in the past, the NDP were in a position to make gains on the party's priorities, such as fighting health care privatization, fulfilling Canada's obligation to the Kyoto Protocol, and electoral reform. The party used Prime Minister Paul Martin's politically precarious position caused by the sponsorship scandal to force investment in multiple federal programs, agreeing not to help topple the government provided that some major concessions in the federal budget were ceded to.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

On November 9, 2005, after the findings of the Gomery Inquiry were released, Layton notified the Liberal government that continued NDP support would require a ban on private healthcare. When the Liberals refused, Layton announced that he would introduce a motion on November 24 that would ask Martin to call a federal election in February to allow for several pieces of legislation to be passed. The Liberals turned down this offer. On November 28, 2005, Conservative leader Stephen Harper's motion of no confidence was seconded by Layton and it was passed by all three opposition parties, forcing an election.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

During the election, the NDP won 29 seats, a significant increase of 10 seats from the 19 won in 2004. It was the fourth-best performance in party history, approaching the level of popular support enjoyed in the 1980s. The NDP kept all of the 18 seats it held at the dissolution of Parliament. While the party gained no seats in Atlantic Canada, Quebec, or the Prairie provinces, it gained five seats in British Columbia, five more in Ontario and the Western Arctic riding of the Northwest Territories.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

The Conservatives won a minority government in the 2006 election, and initially the NDP was the only party that would not be able to pass legislation with the Conservatives. However, following a series of floor crossings, the NDP also came to hold the balance of power. The NDP voted against the government in all four confidence votes in the 39th parliament, the only party to do so. However, it worked with the Conservatives on other issues, including in passing the Federal Accountability Act and pushing for changes to the Clean Air Act.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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. This included a breakthrough in the riding of Edmonton-Strathcona, only the second time the NDP had managed to win a seat in Alberta in the party's history.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In the 2011 federal election, the NDP won a record 103 seats, becoming the Official Opposition for the first time in the party's history. The party had a historic breakthrough in Quebec, where they won 59 out of 75 seats, dominating Montreal and sweeping Quebec City and the Outaouais. This meant that a majority of the party's MPs now came from a province where they had only ever had two candidates elected in the party's history. The NDP's success in Quebec was mirrored by the collapse of the Bloc Québécois, which lost all but four of its 47 seats, and the collapse of the Liberal Party nationally, which was cut down to just 34 seats, its worst-ever result. This also marked the first time in history where the Liberal Party was neither the government nor the Official Opposition, as the NDP had taken over the latter role. The NDP was now the second largest party in the House of Commons opposing a Conservative majority government.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In July 2011, Layton announced that he was suffering from a new cancer and would take a leave of absence, projected to last until the resumption of Parliament in September. He would retain his position of NDP Leader and Leader of the Opposition. The party confirmed his suggestion of Hull—Aylmer MP Nycole Turmel to carry out the functions of party leader in his absence. Layton died from his cancer on August 22, 2011.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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In his final letter, Layton called for a leadership election to be held in early 2012 to choose his successor,{{cite web|last=Layton|first=Jack|title=A letter to Canadians from the Honourable Jack Layton|url=https://www.ndp.ca/letter-to-canadians-from-jack-layton|publisher=New Democratic Party of Canada|access-date=October 5, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/227/20111105094032/http://www.ndp.ca/letter-to-canadians-from-jack-layton|archive-date=November 5, 2011}} which was held on March 24, 2012, and elected new leader Tom Mulcair.{{cite news|title=NDP leadership convention: Thomas Mulcair holds on for victory|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/Thomas+Mulcair+holds+victory/6354649/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328043347/http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Thomas+Mulcair+holds+victory/6354649/story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 28, 2012|access-date=March 24, 2012|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|date=March 24, 2012}}

Despite early campaign polls which showed the NDP in first place, the party lost 59 seats in the 2015 election and fell back to third place in Parliament. By winning 44 seats, Mulcair was able to secure the second best showing in the party's history, winning one more seat than Ed Broadbent managed in the 1988 election, but with a smaller share of the popular vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationalobserver.com/2015/10/21/opinion/better-luck-next-time-mr-mulcair|title=Better luck next time, Mr. Mulcair|publisher=National Observer|author=Elizabeth McSheffrey|date=October 21, 2015|access-date=October 23, 2015}} NDP seat gains in Saskatchewan and British Columbia were offset by numerical losses in almost every other region, while in Alberta and Manitoba the party maintained its existing seat counts. The party was locked out of Atlantic Canada and the Territories, and lost over half of its seats in Ontario, including all of its seats in Toronto. In Quebec, the NDP lost seats to all three of the other major parties, namely the Liberals, Conservatives, and Bloc Québécois, though it managed to place second in both vote share (25.4%) and seats (16) behind the Liberals in the province. The election resulted in a Liberal majority government.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Mulcair's leadership faced criticism following the election, culminating in his losing a leadership review vote held at the NDP's policy convention in Edmonton, Alberta on April 10, 2016. This marked the first time in Canadian federal politics that a leader was defeated in a confidence vote.{{cite news|title=A history of dramatic leadership reviews in Canadian politics|url=http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-dramatic-leadership-reviews-in-canadian-politics/ |agency=The Canadian Press |access-date=April 11, 2016 |work=Maclean's|date=April 10, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411110824/http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/a-history-of-dramatic-leadership-reviews-in-canadian-politics/ |archive-date= April 11, 2016 }} Consequently, his successor was to be chosen at a leadership election to be held no later than October 2017, with Mulcair agreeing to remain as leader until then.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mulcair-leadership-rebuke-1.3529511 |title=Mulcair 'a lame duck,' says political scientist on NDP convention results |website=CBC News |date=April 10, 2016 |first1=David |last1=Bell |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405041014/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/mulcair-leadership-rebuke-1.3529511 |archive-date= April 5, 2023 }}

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On October 1, 2017, Jagmeet Singh, the first person of a visible minority group to lead a major Canadian federal political party on a permanent basis, won the leadership vote to head the NDP on the first ballot.{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/new-democratic-party-leadership-results-1.4315704 |date=October 1, 2017 |first1=Peter |last1=Zimonjic |title=Jagmeet Singh wins leadership of federal NDP on first ballot |publisher=CBC News |access-date=October 4, 2017}}

In the 2019 federal election, the NDP won only 24 seats in its worst result since 2004, shedding 15 seats.{{Cite web |last=Tunney |first=Catharine |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Singh fails to capitalize on late-campaign momentum as NDP loses seats |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-election-down-seat-1.5329689 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205051855/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-election-down-seat-1.5329689 |archive-date=February 5, 2024 |website=CBC News}} Alexandre Boulerice, who was elected to his third term in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, was the only NDP candidate to win a seat in Quebec,{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6064438/ndp-quebec-federal-election/ |title=NDP all but disappears in Quebec as Liberals form minority government |website=Global News |date=October 22, 2019 |first1=Kalina |last1=Laframboise |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230923180534/https://globalnews.ca/news/6064438/ndp-quebec-federal-election/ |archive-date= September 23, 2023 }} while the party lost all three of its Saskatchewan ridings (Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, Regina—Lewvan, and Saskatoon West) to the Conservatives.{{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/andrew-scheers-conservatives-sweep-over-the-prairies-in-the-2019-federal-election-results |title=Andrew Scheer's Conservatives sweep over the Prairies in the 2019 federal election results |website=National Post |date=October 22, 2019 |first1=Tyler |last1=Dawson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240223223056/https://nationalpost.com/news/andrew-scheers-conservatives-sweep-over-the-prairies-in-the-2019-federal-election-results |archive-date= February 23, 2024 }} The party remained shut out of Toronto{{Cite web |last=Ballingall |first=Alex |date=October 22, 2019 |title=Jagmeet Singh can't explain how the NDP failed to win any seats in Toronto in election 2019 |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/10/22/jagmeet-singh-cant-explain-how-the-ndp-failed-to-win-any-seats-in-toronto.html |website=Toronto Star |language=en |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404044019/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/10/22/jagmeet-singh-cant-explain-how-the-ndp-failed-to-win-any-seats-in-toronto.html |archive-date= April 4, 2023}} and lost two of its MPs (Cheryl Hardcastle in Windsor—Tecumseh and Tracey Ramsey in Essex) in the rest of Ontario,{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/federal-election-ontario-results-1.5330024 |title=Ontario proves crucial to propelling Liberals to second term |website=CBC News |date=October 22, 2019 |first1=Mike |last1=Crawley |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230404130813/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/federal-election-ontario-results-1.5330024 |archive-date= April 4, 2023}} while making small or no gains in the popular vote in Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Alberta and Nunavut. In British Columbia, the NDP lost three seats (Kootenay—Columbia, Port Moody—Coquitlam, and, after having lost it at a by-election, Nanaimo—Ladysmith); however, they retained most of their support in the province.{{cite web |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6065039/canada-election-bc-results-wrap/ |title=B.C. election results full of surprises with Tory gains, NDP losses and Greens staying put |website=Global News |date=October 22, 2019 |first1=Sean |last1=Boynton |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231223090713/https://globalnews.ca/news/6065039/canada-election-bc-results-wrap/ |archive-date= December 23, 2023 }}

Following the election, the NDP held the balance of power as the Liberals won a minority government, although it fell back to fourth place behind the resurgent Bloc Québécois.{{cite web |url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/liberals-bloc-quebecois-split-quebec-vote-as-ndp-nearly-wiped-out-1.1335279 |title=Liberals, Bloc Quebecois split Quebec vote as NDP nearly wiped out |website=BNN Bloomberg |date=October 22, 2019 |first1=Morgan |last1=Lowrie |agency=The Canadian Press |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230404102302/https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/liberals-bloc-quebecois-split-quebec-vote-as-ndp-nearly-wiped-out-1.1335279 |archive-date= April 4, 2023 }}[https://globalnews.ca/news/6062299/ndp-loss-in-seats-federal-election/ What the NDP's drop in seats means for the party], Global News, October 22, 2019 During the COVID-19 pandemic, the NDP used its leverage to lobby the Liberals to be more generous in their financial aid to Canadians, including by extending of the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program, which was a key demand in order to provide confidence to the government in the autumn of 2020.[https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/can-the-ndp-take-credit-for-improving-pandemic-benefits-1.5552602 Can the NDP take credit for improving pandemic benefits?] CTV News, August 18, 2021

In the snap 2021 federal election, the NDP made minor gains in both vote share and seat count, winning in 25 ridings. The party won a second seat in Alberta for the first time when Blake Desjarlais picked up Edmonton Griesbach and Heather McPherson won her second term at Edmonton Strathcona. The party also picked up two seats in British Columbia with Lisa Marie Barron reclaiming Nanaimo—Ladysmith and Bonita Zarrillo reclaiming Port Moody—Coquitlam.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-election-night-2021-1.6183033 NDP projected to make minor gains in Jagmeet Singh's 2nd election as party leader], CBC News, September 21. 2021 These gains were offset by losses to the Liberals in St. John's East and Hamilton Mountain, where incumbent NDP MPs Jack Harris and Scott Duvall did not stand for re-election.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/hamilton-mountain-1.6185269 NDPer Malcolm Allen concedes, Liberal Lisa Hepfner becomes new Hamilton Mountain MP], CBC News, September 22, 2021[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/st-johns-east-results-2021-1.6183143 Liberals flip St. John's East (federal electoral district)|St. John's East, as Conservatives look to claim Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame], CBC News, September 21, 2021 Overall, the election resulted in no change to the balance of power in the House of Commons.[https://globalnews.ca/video/8211099/meet-the-new-parliament-same-as-the-old-parliament Meet the new parliament, same as the old parliament], Global News, September 21, 2021

In March 2022, the NDP agreed to a confidence and supply deal with the Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.{{Cite web |title=Liberals, NDP agree to confidence deal seeing Trudeau government maintain power until 2025 |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-ndp-agree-to-confidence-deal-seeing-trudeau-government-maintain-power-until-2025-1.5829116 |website=CTV News|date=March 22, 2022 }} Among the policies included in the deal were the establishment of a national dental care program for low income Canadians, progress towards a national pharmacare program, labour reforms for federally regulated workers, and new taxes on financial institutions.{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2022 |title=Liberals' deal with NDP will keep Trudeau minority in power for 3 more years |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-deal-with-ndp-will-keep-trudeau-minority-in-power-for-3-more-years-1.5829116 |access-date=March 1, 2024 |website=CTVNews |language=en |archive-date=March 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301060047/https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/liberals-deal-with-ndp-will-keep-trudeau-minority-in-power-for-3-more-years-1.5829116 |url-status=live }}

In September 2024, the NDP faced two competitive by-elections in Elmwood—Transcona in Manitoba and LaSalle—Émard—Verdun in Quebec.{{Cite web |title=NDP looking to fend off Conservative push in Elmwood-Transcona byelection, say strategists |url=https://www.ipolitics.ca/news/ndp-looking-to-fend-off-conservative-push-in-elmwood-transcona-byelection-say-strategists |access-date=August 9, 2024 |website=www.ipolitics.ca |date=July 30, 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Major |first=Darren |date=September 10, 2024 |title=Upcoming federal byelections will put Singh and the NDP brand to the test - NDP looking to both hold a Winnipeg seat and pull another away from the Liberals in Montreal |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-byelections-test-singh-leadership-1.7317935 |website=CBC News}} The NDP successfully defended the Elmwood—Transcona seat, with Leila Dance elected as MP with a much reduced margin. This was the NDP's first by-election victory in five years. However, the party finished a close third in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun, behind the Liberals and the Bloc Québécois. Further to this, the NDP ended their confidence and supply agreement with the Liberal Party. The deal had run from March 2022 but was pulled nine months early.{{Cite web|last=Zimonjic|first=Peter|access-date=September 4, 2024|title=The NDP is ending its governance agreement with the Liberals|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-ndp-ending-agreement-1.7312910|website=CBC News}}

Following the appointment of Mark Carney as prime minister, the NDP suffered poor polling.{{Cite web |last=Borg |first=Jeremy |date=February 20, 2025 |title=NDP sees 'deadly' slide in polls |url=https://epaper.nationalpost.com/article/281642490901391 |access-date=March 22, 2025 |website=nationalpost.com}}{{Cite web |last1=von Stackelberg |first1=Marina |last2=Thurton |first2=David |date=March 21, 2025 |title=This election, the NDP could be fighting for its own survival |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-polling-election-2025-1.7489648 |website=CBC News}} At the 2025 federal election, the NDP has suffered its worst seat result in its history, losing 17 of their 24 seats to both Liberal and Conservative candidates,{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jagmeet-singh-ndp-election-results-1.7520955|last=Zimonjic|first=Peter|title=An emotional Singh steps down with NDP set to lose party status|work=CBC News|date=April 29, 2025|access-date=May 1, 2025}} and lost official party status in the House of Commons.{{Cite news|url=https://ca.news.yahoo.com/disastrous-collapse-ndp-vote-federal-184000978.html|last=King|first=Nykole|title='Disastrous': The collapse of the NDP vote in the federal election and how it happened|work=Regina Leader-Post|publisher=Yahoo News Canada|date=May 1, 2025|access-date=May 1, 2025}} Singh lost his own riding of Burnaby Central,{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/takeaways-election-results-1.7521355|title=5 key takeaways from Monday's historic vote|first=Darren|last=Major|publisher=CBC News|date=April 29, 2025|accessdate=April 29, 2025}} and announced that he would resign as party leader after the selection of an interim leader.{{Cite news |date=April 29, 2025 |title=CP NewsAlert: Jagmeet Singh to step down as NDP Leader after losing seat |url=https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/cp-newsalert-jagmeet-singh-to-step-down-as-ndp-leader-after-losing-seat/article_fa3b8c61-dfee-52d8-936a-0e18cf6cd122.html |access-date=May 6, 2025 |work=Toronto Star |agency=The Canadian Press|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429203658/https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/cp-newsalert-jagmeet-singh-to-step-down-as-ndp-leader-after-losing-seat/article_fa3b8c61-dfee-52d8-936a-0e18cf6cd122.html|archive-date=April 29, 2025|quote=Jagmeet Singh says he will step down as the leader of the NDP as soon as new interim leader is chosen.}} He was replaced by Vancouver Kingsway MP Don Davies on an interim basis until a new party leader is elected.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-new-leader-1.7526573|title=NDP appoints Don Davies as interim leader Monday evening: sources|last1=Thurton|first1=David |date=May 5, 2025|work=CBC News|access-date=May 5, 2025}}

The NDP evolved in 1961 from a merger of the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF). The CCF grew from populist, agrarian and socialist roots into a modern social democratic party. Although the CCF was part of the Christian left and the Social Gospel movement,{{cite web |url=http://www.bc.united-church.ca/uccfiles/archives/The%20United%20Church%20of%20Canada%20in%20BC%20(history).pdf |title=The United Church of Canada in British Columbia |author=Bob Stewart |year=1983 |access-date=April 15, 2011 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213434/http://www.bc.united-church.ca/uccfiles/archives/The%20United%20Church%20of%20Canada%20in%20BC%20(history).pdf |url-status=dead }} the NDP is secular and pluralistic. It has broadened to include concerns of the New Left, and advocates issues such as LGBT rights, international peace, and environmental stewardship.{{cite web|url=https://xfer.ndp.ca/2017/Documents/2016_POLICY-EN.pdf|title=POLICY OF THE New Democratic Party of Canada : EFFECTIVE APRIL 2016|website=Xfer.ndp.ca|access-date=March 2, 2022}} The NDP also supports a mixed economy and broader welfare,{{Cite web |title=New Democratic Party |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/New-Democratic-Party-political-party |access-date=November 3, 2022 |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |language=en}} and has a left-wing, democratic socialist faction.{{cite news |author=Laura Payton |date=April 14, 2013 |title=NDP votes to take 'socialism' out of party constitution |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-votes-to-take-socialism-out-of-party-constitution-1.1385171 |access-date=May 19, 2020 |work=CBC News}} The NDP is a member of the Progressive Alliance, a political international of progressive and social democratic parties.

The NDP's constitution states that both social democracy and democratic socialism are influences on the party. Specific inclusion of the party's history as the continuation of the more radical Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, and specific identification of the "democratic socialist" tradition as a continuing influence on the party are part of the language of the preamble to the party's constitution:

{{Blockquote|text=New Democrats are proud of our political and activist heritage, and our long record of visionary, practical, and successful governments. That heritage and that record have distinguished and inspired our party since the creation of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation in 1933 and the founding of the New Democratic Party in 1961. New Democrats seek a future that brings together the best of the insights and objectives of Canadians who, within the social democratic and democratic socialist traditions, have worked through farmer, labour, co-operative, feminist, human rights and environmental movements, and with First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples, to build a more just, equal, and sustainable Canada within a global community dedicated to the same goals.{{cite web |url=http://xfer.ndp.ca/2013/constitution/2013_CONSTITUTION_E.pdf |title=Constitution of the New Democratic Party of Canada, Effective April 2013 |publisher=New Democratic Party of Canada }}}}

The NDP states that it is committed to public health care. The party states that it fights for "a national, universal, public pharmacare program to make sure that all Canadians can access the prescription medicine they need with their health card, not their credit card – saving money and improving health outcomes for everyone".{{cite web |url= https://www.ndp.ca/better-care |title= A new deal for better health care for all Canadians |website= New Democratic Party (official website) |access-date= January 13, 2021}} The party also states its support for expanding services covered under the national health care system to include dental care, mental health care, eye and hearing care, infertility procedures, and prescription drugs. Regarding dentistry, the NDP notes that "one in three Canadians has no dental insurance and over six million people don't visit the dentist every year because they can't afford to. Too many people are forced to go without the care they need until the pain is so severe that they are forced to seek relief in hospital emergency rooms".{{cite web |url= https://www.ndp.ca/better-care |title= Extending Medicare to cover services you need |website= New Democratic Party (official website) |access-date= January 13, 2021}}

The NDP supports the Palestinian state. In March 2024, an NDP motion on Palestine was passed after significant amendments were agreed with the Liberals. In particular, the motion called on the government to "officially recognize the State of Palestine"; however, this was amended to "work...towards the establishment of the State of Palestine as part of a negotiated two-state solution."{{cite news |last1=Aiello |first1=Rachel |title=NDP motion regarding Palestinian statehood passes after major Liberal alterations |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mps-to-vote-on-ndp-motion-calling-on-canada-to-recognize-palestinian-statehood-1.6811956 |work=CTV News |date=March 18, 2024}}

Since its formation, the party has had a presence in the House of Commons. It was the third largest political party from 1965 to 1993, when the party dropped to fourth and lost official party status. The NDP's peak period of policy influence in those periods was during the minority Liberal governments of Lester B. Pearson (1963–68) and Pierre Trudeau (1972–74). The NDP regained official status in 1997, and played a similar role in the Liberal and Conservative minority governments of 2004–2006 and 2006–2011, respectively. Following the 2011 election, the party became the second-largest party and formed the Official Opposition in the 41st Canadian Parliament.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

Provincial New Democratic parties, which are organizationally sections of the federal party, have governed in six of the ten provinces and a territory. The NDP governs the provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba, forms the Official Opposition in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan, and has sitting members in every provincial legislature except those of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. The NDP has previously formed the government in the provinces of Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory. The NDP has previously had at least one sitting member in every provincial legislature except that of Quebec.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

While members of the party are active in municipal politics, the party does not organize at that level. For example, though former Toronto mayor David Miller was an NDP member during his successful 2003 and 2006 mayoral campaigns, his campaigns were not affiliated with the NDP.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

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Unlike most other Canadian federal parties, the NDP is integrated with its provincial and territorial parties. Holding membership of a provincial or territorial section of the NDP includes automatic membership in the federal party, and this precludes a person from being a member of different parties at the federal and provincial levels. Membership lists are maintained by the provinces and territories.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}} This has the effect of there being different minimum membership ages depending on the province, with age ranges from 12 to 14 years old.{{cite web |title=Constitution of the Alberta New Democratic Party |url=https://www.albertandp.ca/sites/default/files/alberta_ndp_constitution_0.pdf |website=Alberta New Democratic Party |access-date=January 11, 2025 |date=July 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Constitution of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia |url=https://secure.bcndp.org/sites/default/files/civicrm/persist/contribute/files/BC%20NDP_Constitution_2021.pdf |website=BC NDP |access-date=January 11, 2025}}

There have been three exceptions: Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Quebec. In Nunavut and in the Northwest Territories, whose territorial legislatures have non-partisan consensus governments, the federal NDP is promoted by its riding associations, since each territory is composed of only one federal riding.{{citation needed|date=September 2024}}

In Quebec, the historical New Democratic Party of Quebec was integrated with the federal party from 1963 until 1989, when the two agreed to sever their structural ties after the Quebec party adopted a sovereigntist platform. For the next two decades, the federal NDP was represented in Quebec only by their Quebec Section,{{cite web|url=http://www.npd.qc.ca|title=Nouveau Parti Démocratique | Nouveau Parti Démocratique Section Québec|publisher=Npd.qc.ca|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=April 28, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420100534/http://www.npd.qc.ca/|archive-date=April 20, 2010|url-status=dead}} whose activities in the province were limited to the federal level. In 2014, the New Democratic Party of Quebec (NDPQ) was re-established as a federalist party, unaffiliated with the federal NDP.{{Cite news |date=January 22, 2018 |title=New leader of provincial NDP aims to give Quebec's 'political orphans' a home |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/raphael-fortin-leader-quebec-ndp-1.4497859 |access-date=February 14, 2025 |work=CBC News}} The NDPQ dissolved at the end of 2024.{{cite web |date=December 28, 2024 |title=Fin des activités du NPDQ |url=https://mailchi.mp/43efba4144e0/un-mot-de-raphal-fortin-chef-npdq-13898311?e=afc510b9ae |url-status=live |lang=fr |publisher=New Democratic Party of Quebec |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250118204111/https://mailchi.mp/43efba4144e0/un-mot-de-raphal-fortin-chef-npdq-13898311?e=afc510b9ae |archive-date=January 18, 2025}}

The New Democratic Party currently forms government in British Columbia and Manitoba,{{Cite web |title=Current Party Standings {{!}} Legislative Assembly of BC |url=https://www.leg.bc.ca/members/current-party-standings |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=www.leg.bc.ca}}{{Cite web |title=Cabinet Ministers |url=https://www.gov.mb.ca/legislature/members/cabinet_ministers.html |access-date=May 1, 2025 |website=www.gov.mb.ca}} and has previously formed government in Alberta,{{cite news |title=Rachel Notley sworn in as Alberta premier, reveals cabinet |agency=CBC News Edmontondate=May 24, 2015 |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rachel-notley-sworn-in-as-alberta-premier-reveals-cabinet-1.3085645 |accessdate=May 1, 2025 |archive-date=December 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231033213/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/rachel-notley-sworn-in-as-alberta-premier-reveals-cabinet-1.3085645 |url-status=live }} Nova Scotia,{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/atlantic-canada-s-1st-ndp-government-takes-office-in-nova-scotia-1.789362|title=Atlantic Canada's 1st NDP government takes office in Nova Scotia|publisher=CBC News |access-date=May 1, 2025|date=June 19, 2009}} Ontario,{{Cite web|url=http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/liste.jsp?titreListe=117|title=Liste des Premiers ministres de l'Ontario|access-date=May 1, 2025|archive-date=November 22, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122173418/http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/liste.jsp?titreListe=117|url-status=live}} Saskatchewan,{{Cite web|url=https://www.saskarchives.com/sites/default/files/2024-07/2024_Premiers.pdf|title=SASKATCHEWAN PREMIERS|access-date=May 1, 2025|work=Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan}} and Yukon.{{Cite web|url=https://www.craigmarlatt.com/canada/provinces&territories/YT_premiers.html|title=Yukon Premiers|access-date=May 1, 2025|work=CraigMarlatt.com}}

{{Main|Leader of the New Democratic Party}}

A list of leaders (including interim leaders) since 1961.

{{seealso|New Democratic Party leadership elections}}

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The party president is the administrative chairperson of the party, chairing party conventions, councils and executive meetings.

• Michael Kelway Oliver (1961–1963)
• Merv Johnson (1963–1965)
• Eamon Park (1965–1967)
• James Renwick (1967–1969)
• Allan Blakeney (1969–1971)"Moderate elected president; Watkins joins executive", The Globe and Mail, November 1, 1969
• Donald C. MacDonald (1971–1975)
• Joyce Nash (1975–1977)
• Alvin Hewitt (1977–1981)
• Tony Penikett (1981–1985)
• Marion Dewar (1985–1987)
• Johanna den Hertog (1987–1989)
• Sandra Mitchell (1989–1991)
• Nancy Riche (1991–1995)
• Iain Angus (1995–1997)
• Ed Tchorzewski (1997–1999)
• Dave MacKinnon (c. 1999–2000)"New Democrats grit teeth over MP's outbursts", Montreal Gazette, June 17, 1999
• Adam Giambrone (2001–2006){{cite news |last=Connor |first=Kevin |date=April 15, 2011 |title=Sun News talking the talk |url=http://www.torontosun.com/news/canada/2011/04/16/18015651.html |access-date=December 23, 2012 |newspaper=Toronto Sun}}
• Anne McGrath (2006–2009){{cite press release |title=Anne McGrath elected NDP President |date=September 10, 2006 |publisher=New Democratic Party |url=https://www.ndp.ca/page/4280 |access-date=August 26, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930233031/http://www.ndp.ca/page/4280 |archive-date=September 30, 2008}}
• Peggy Nash (2009–2011){{cite news |last=Galloway |first=Gloria |date=August 15, 2009 |title=Folksy Dexter plays the hero |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/folksy-dexter-plays-the-hero/article1253618/protected/ |access-date=September 22, 2009 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |location=Toronto}}
• Brian Topp (2011){{cite news |last=Smith |first=Joanna |date=June 19, 2011 |title=Heated debate as New Democrats defer motion to drop socialist from constitution |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1011415--heated-debate-as-new-democrats-defer-motion-to-drop-socialist-from-constitution |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622081521/http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1011415--heated-debate-as-new-democrats-defer-motion-to-drop-socialist-from-constitution |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |access-date=June 25, 2011 |newspaper=The Toronto Star |location=Toronto}}
• Rebecca Blaikie (2011–2016){{cite news |last=Bryden |first=Joan |date=March 26, 2012 |title=NDP hunts for source of cyber-attack on electronic voting system |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ndp-hunts-for-source-of-cyber-attack-on-electronic-voting-system/article2380956/ |access-date=March 31, 2012 |newspaper=The Globe and Mail |agency=The Canadian Press}}
• Marit Stiles (2016–2018)
• Mathieu Vick (2018–2021)
• Dhananjai Kohli (2021–2023)
• Mary Shortall (2023–present)

{{incomplete list|date=April 2025}}

Federal secretaries

• Terry Grier (1962–1966){{cite news |last=Grier |first=Terry |author-link=Terry Grier |date=December 6, 2003 |title=More Than the Father of Medicare |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/more-than-the-father-of-medicare/article774233/ |work=The Globe and Mail |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250211044740/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/more-than-the-father-of-medicare/article774233/ |archive-date=February 11, 2025}}
• Clifford Scotton (1966–1974){{cite web |date=February 18, 1983 |title=Scotton to Advise on Labour Issues |url=https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/archives/1983/02/1983-02-18-scotton_to_advise_on_labor_market_issues.pdf |url-status=live |type=press release |publisher=Government of Manitoba |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250422024946/https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/archives/1983/02/1983-02-18-scotton_to_advise_on_labor_market_issues.pdf |archive-date=April 22, 2025}}
• Robin Sears (1974{{cite web |last=Sears |first=Robin V. |author-link=Robin Sears |date=March 30, 2023 |title=Then and Now: The Amazing Griers |work=Douglas Coldwell Layton Foundation |url=https://www.douglascoldwelllayton.ca/the_amazing_griers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621224929/https://www.douglascoldwelllayton.ca/the_amazing_griers |archive-date=June 21, 2023}} – {{abbr|aft.|after}} 1980{{cite news |title=OPEIU Officers and Staff Attend Training Conference |url=https://www.opeiu.org/portals/0/whitecollar/1980-1989/1981-Mar-Apr-398.pdf |url-status=live |work=White Collar |issue=398 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=Office and Professional Employees International Union |page=2 |issn=0043-4876 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140613012556/https://www.opeiu.org/portals/0/whitecollar/1980-1989/1981-Mar-Apr-398.pdf |archive-date=June 13, 2014}})
• Mary Ellen McQuay ({{circa|1981}}{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Hilda |date=November–December 1981 |title=Participation of Women Committee Meeting |url=https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/wp-content/uploads/priorities-9-6-nov-dec-1981-COMPLETE.pdf |url-status=live |work=Priorities |volume=9 |issue=6 |location=Vancouver |publisher=Standing Committee on Women's Rights of the British Columbia New Democratic Party |page=12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240922091328/https://riseupfeministarchive.ca/wp-content/uploads/priorities-9-6-nov-dec-1981-COMPLETE.pdf |archive-date=September 22, 2024}} – {{circa|1982}}{{cite magazine |year=1982 |title=Appointment |url=https://www.socialistinternational.org/fileadmin/uploads/si/Documents/Socialist_Affairs/Socialist_Affairs_No.6_1982.pdf |url-status=live |magazine=Socialist Affairs |issue=6/82 |location=London |publisher=Socialist International |page=263 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240704013012/https://www.socialistinternational.org/fileadmin/uploads/si/Documents/Socialist_Affairs/Socialist_Affairs_No.6_1982.pdf |archive-date=July 4, 2024}})
• Gerry Caplan (1982–1984)
• Dennis Young ({{circa|1985}}){{cite thesis |last=Thomlinson |first=Neil R. |year=1992 |title=Intra-Party Caucuses and N.D.P. Leadership Selection in 1989 |degree=master's |location=Saskatoon, Saskatchewan |publisher=University of Saskatchewan |page=22 |hdl=10388/etd-10252011-123741 |hdl-access=free}}
• Bill Knight (1988–1989){{cite web | url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/ParlInfo/default/en_CA/People/Profile?personId=10289 | title=Profile }}
• Dick Proctor (1989–1992)
• Peter Julian (acting; {{circa|1990s}})
• David Woodbury ({{circa|1997}}){{cite book |last1=Carty |first1=R. Kenneth |last2=Cross |first2=William |last3=Young |first3=Lisa |title=Rebuilding Canadian Party Politics |date=2000 |location=Vancouver |publisher=UBC Press |page=230 |isbn=978-0-7748-0777-7}}
• Jill Marzetti (1997{{cite web | url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/1997/12/22/liberals-outspent-major-parties-grits-spent-1-3m-more-than-the-1993-election/253613/ | title=Liberals outspent major parties: Grits spent $1.3m more than the 1993 election }} – {{abbr|aft.|after}} 2000{{cite web | url=https://nowtoronto.com/news/canadians-react-to-ndp-candidate-speaking-toronto-slang-in-tiktok-campaign/ | title='Big up yourself,' Canadians react to NDP candidate speaking Toronto slang in TikTok campaign | date=April 21, 2025 }})
• Chris Watson ({{circa|2003}}){{cite web | url=https://www.ourcommons.ca/DocumentViewer/en/37-2/HAFF/meeting-36/minutes | title=Minutes - HAFF (37-2) - No. 36 - House of Commons of Canada }}
• Eric Hébert-Daly (2004–2008){{cite book |last=McGrane |first=Dave |author-link=Dave McGrane |year=2019 |title=The New NDP: Moderation, Modernization, and Political Marketing |location=Vancouver |publisher=UBC Press |page=340 |isbn=978-0-7748-6048-2}}

National directors

• Dick Proctor (interim; {{circa|2008}} – 2009)
• Brad Lavigne (2009–2011)
• Nathan Rotman (2012–2014){{cite news |last=O'Malley |first=Kady |author-link=Kady O'Malley |date=March 26, 2014 |title=Nathan Rotman Leaves NDP Role to Work on Olivia Chow Mayoral Bid |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nathan-rotman-leaves-ndp-role-to-work-on-olivia-chow-mayoral-bid-1.2587411 |url-status=live |work=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327011211/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/nathan-rotman-leaves-ndp-role-to-work-on-olivia-chow-mayoral-bid-1.2587411 |archive-date=March 27, 2014}}
• Anne McGrath (2014–2015){{cite news |last=Ryckewaert |first=Laura |date=April 15, 2025 |title=NDP Has a Familiar Team Fighting to Keep Its Presence in the House |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/04/15/ndp-has-a-familiar-team-fighting-to-keep-its-presence-strong-in-the-house/456917/ |url-access=subscription |work=The Hill Times |location=Ottawa}}
• Karl Bélanger (interim; 2016)
• Robert Fox (2016–2018){{cite news |last=Ryckewaert |first=Laura |date=September 19, 2016 |title=Amid Party 'Renewal,' NDP Recruits Robert Fox as New National Director |url=https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2016/09/19/amid-party-renewal-ndp-recruits-robert-fox-as-new-national-director/222794/ |url-access=subscription |work=The Hill Times |location=Ottawa}}{{cite web |date=November 29, 2017 |title=NDP Announces New Interim National Director |url=https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-announces-new-interim-national-director |publisher=New Democratic Party |access-date=April 22, 2025}}
• Melissa Bruno (2018–2019)
• Anne McGrath (2019–2024)
• Lucy Watson (since 2024){{cite news |last=Thurton |first=David |date=January 15, 2024 |title=Leadership Shakeup at the Federal NDP as Party Gets Election Ready |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-top-staff-changes-1.7083904 |url-status=live |website=CBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115152621/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ndp-top-staff-changes-1.7083904 |archive-date=January 15, 2024}}

{{Portal|Canada|Politics}}

• List of CCF/NDP MPs

Progressive think tanks:

• Broadbent Institute
• Douglas–Coldwell Foundation

Factions of the NDP:

• Left Caucus
• New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus
• New Politics Initiative

Affiliated Provincial and Territorial parties:

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• BC NDP
• Alberta NDP
• Saskatchewan NDP
• Manitoba NDP
• Ontario NDP

• New Brunswick NDP
• Nova Scotia NDP
• PEI NDP
• Newfoundland and Labrador NDP
• Yukon NDP

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{{notelist}}

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