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The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party (Nova Scotia NDP) is a social democratic political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the provincial section for the province of the federal New Democratic Party. It was founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1932, and became the New
In the 2009 election, the NDP won an additional twelve seats, and lost one seat, for 31 of the 52 seats in the Legislature. NDP leader Darrell Dexter became Premier of Nova Scotia, leading Nova Scotia's first NDP government. 12 new NDP MLAs were elected: Pam Birdsall - Lunenburg 2009-2013 (ran, NDP lost)
Claudia Chender (born July 29, 1976) [2] is a Canadian politician and lawyer who has been serving as the leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party since June 25, 2022. She was first elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2017 general election, representing the electoral district of Dartmouth South. [3]
Lisa Roberts is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in a by-election on August 30, 2016. [1] She represented the electoral district of Halifax Needham as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party until 2021. [1] She was re-elected in the 2017 provincial election. [2]
The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party currently holds 9 of the 55 seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly, and is the third party. Sterling Belliveau; Denise Peterson-Rafuse; Lisa Roberts; Dave Wilson; Lenore Zann
NDP 2017 Dartmouth South: Claudia Chender: NDP 2017 Leader of the Opposition Digby-Annapolis: Jill Balser: Progressive Conservative 2021 Eastern Passage: Barbara Adams: Progressive Conservative 2017 Eastern Shore: Kent Smith: Progressive Conservative 2021 Fairview-Clayton Park: Lina Hamid: NDP 2024 Glace Bay-Dominion: John White: Progressive ...
The riding spans from western Pictou County to River John in the central part of the province. [6] Its main centre is the town of Pictou.. The Progressive Conservatives have held the seat since the 2013 election when MacFarlane defeated the incumbent, Charlie Parker of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party in a relatively close race.
The 2022 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election took place on June 25, 2022 [1] to elect a leader to replace Gary Burrill, who announced his intention to resign on November 9, 2021 [4] after leading the party since 2016 and following the party's defeat in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.