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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 ]
In 1944, the CCF formed one of the first social-democratic governments in North America when it was elected to form the provincial government in Saskatchewan. [7] The full, but little used, name of the party was Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Farmer-Labour-Socialist). [8] In 1961, the CCF was succeeded by the New Democratic Party (NDP).
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 ...
The NDP won a seat, and retained one that they already held, in 2006 by-elections: Peter Tabuns; Toronto-Danforth 2006by-2007-2011-2014–2018-2022-present, former Toronto City Councillor/frm Head of Greenpeace, interim NDP leader and leader of the opposition (2022-2023)
At such a vote held on April 10, 2016 at the NDP's federal convention held in Edmonton, Alberta, incumbent leader Thomas Mulcair lost a leadership review vote when only 48% of delegates supported his continued leadership. [5] In early 2022, a Reform Act leadership review resulted in the Conservative caucus ousting Erin O'Toole as leader of the ...
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.
New Democratic Party leadership elections, more commonly known as leadership conventions, are the process by which the Canadian New Democratic Party elects its leader. Before 2003, when a modified one member, one vote (OMOV) system was adopted, every biennial New Democratic Party convention, since 1961, was a leadership convention .