Pierre Ducasse is a Canadian politician and New Democratic Party (NDP) activist.
The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social-democratic,progressive provincial party in Nova Scotia,Canada. It is the provincial entity of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). It was founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) in 1932,and became the New Democratic Party in 1961. It became the governing party of Nova Scotia following the 2009 Nova Scotia election,winning 31 seats in the Legislature,under the leadership of Premier Darrell Dexter. It is the first New Democratic Party in Atlantic Canada to form a government,and the second to form a government in a province east of Manitoba. The party lost government at the 2013 election,losing 24 seats,including Dexter's seat. Gary Burrill,the party’s leader from 2016 to 2022,is credited with bringing the party back to its left-wing roots. The party currently holds 6 seats in the Legislature and has been led by Claudia Chender since June 2022.
New Democratic Party leadership elections,more commonly known as leadership conventions,are the process by which the Canadian New Democratic Party elects its leader.
The Canadian Labour Congress,or CLC is a national trade union centre,the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated.
Seamus Thomas Harris O'Regan is a Canadian politician who has been the federal minister of labour since October 26,2021 and minister of seniors since July 26,2023. A member of the Liberal Party,O'Regan was elected to the House of Commons in 2015,representing St. John's South—Mount Pearl. He has been in Cabinet since 2017,previously serving as minister of natural resources from 2019 to 2021,minister of Indigenous services in 2019,and minister of veterans affairs and associate minister of national defence from 2017 to 2019. Before he entered politics,O'Regan was a correspondent with CTV National News,and a host of Canada AM, which he co-hosted from 2003 to 2011 with Beverly Thomson.
Niki Christina Ashton is a Canadian politician. She is the New Democratic Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Churchill—Keewatinook Aski in Manitoba,Canada. She was first elected in the 2008 federal election. Ashton announced her intention to run for the leadership of the federal NDP on March 7,2017. She placed third in the October 1,2017 election.
Peggy A. Nash is a Canadian labour official and politician from Toronto,Ontario,Canada. She was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) for the Parkdale—High Park electoral district (riding) in Toronto,and was the Official Opposition's Industry Critic. Before becoming a parliamentarian,she worked as a labour official at the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW).
Thomas Joseph Mulcair is a Canadian retired politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2012 to 2017 and leader of the Official Opposition from 2012 to 2015. He was elected to the House of Commons in 2007 and sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Outremont until 2018.
Dennis McDermott was a Canadian trade unionist who served as Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers from 1968 to 1978 and president of the Canadian Labour Congress from 1978 to 1986.
The New Democratic Party is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,the party occupies the left to centre-left on the political spectrum,sitting to the left of the Liberal Party. The party was founded in 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC).
This article covers the history of the New Democratic Party of Canada.
The 2015 Canadian federal election held on October 19,2015,saw the Liberal Party,led by Justin Trudeau,win 184 seats,allowing it to form a majority government with Trudeau becoming the next prime minister.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Berthier—Maskinongéin the House of Commons from the 2011 federal election until her defeat in 2019. She is a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Charmaine Borg is a Canadian politician who served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Terrebonne—Blainville in Quebec from 2011 to 2015.
The 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election (NDP),was held March 24,2012,in order to elect a permanent successor to Jack Layton who had died the previous summer.
The 2017 New Democratic Party leadership election was won by Jagmeet Singh. The election was triggered by Tom Mulcair having lost a vote on leadership review at the party's federal convention held in Edmonton,Alberta,on April 10,2016,which resulted in a majority of delegates voting in favor of holding a new leadership election. Mulcair declined to partake in the subsequent leadership election and stated that he would remain leader until the party chose a replacement.
Jagmeet Singh Jimmy Dhaliwal is a Canadian politician who has served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2017. Singh has sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Burnaby South since 2019. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 2011,representing Bramalea—Gore—Malton until his entry into federal politics. A practicing Sikh of Punjabi descent,Singh is an Indo-Canadian,making him the first Sikh and first visible minority to be elected to lead a major federal political party in Canada.
Murray Rankin is a Canadian lawyer,politician and public law expert who serves as British Columbia's Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. A member of the New Democratic Party,Rankin represents the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Rankin previously served as the federal Member of Parliament for Victoria from 2012 to 2019,with senior roles including Justice and Attorney General Critic,Health Critic,and NDP House Leader. From 2019 to 2020,Rankin was head of Canada's National Security and Intelligence Review Agency (NSIRA),overseeing all national security and intelligence activities carried out by the Government of Canada. Previously,he was a professor of law at the University of Victoria,where he taught environmental and administrative law.
The following is a page of endorsements from prominent individuals and organisations made during the 42nd Canadian federal election
Beatrice Bruske is a Canadian labour leader and the current President of the Canadian Labour Congress,an organization that advocates on behalf of three million working people across Canada.
