Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Yukon New Democratic Party holds 3 of the 19 seats in the Yukon Legislative Assembly, forming the third party and are currently holding the balance of power in a confidence and supply agreement with the government. Kate White, party leader and Leader of the third party; Annie Blake; Lane Tredger
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 , with the party generally sitting to the left of the Liberal Party . [ 20 ]
Marit Stiles [note 1] (born September 20, 1969) is a Canadian politician who has been the leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) and the leader of the Official Opposition since February 4, 2023. She has represented the Toronto riding of Davenport in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario since June 7, 2018.
In Canada, leaders of a party generally remain that party's de facto candidate for Prime Minister until they die, resign, or are dismissed by the party. In the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) and some provincial NDPs, the position of party leader was treated as all other positions on the party's executive committee, and open for election at party conventions generally held every two years ...
June 28, 2022 - Tabuns is confirmed as interim leader by the party's provincial council. July 16, 2022 - The Ontario NDP announces the leadership vote will conclude in the first week of March, 2023, and indicates there will be a $55,000 entry fee for contestants. July 18, 2022 - Leadership campaign period officially opens. [10]
The earliest political parties were established in the lead-up to Singapore first Legislative Council elections in 1948. Singapore is a republic . While the country has a multi-party system , the dominant political party have often been the People's Action Party since 1965, along with the main opposition party, the Workers' Party .
Thomas Mulcair gives his acceptance speech after winning the NDP Leadership on March 24, 2012. 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 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election (NDP), was held March 24, 2012, to elect a permanent successor to Jack Layton, who had died the previous summer. The New Democratic Party's executive and caucus set the rules for the campaign at a series of meetings in September 2011. The election took place in Toronto and on the Internet.