New Democratic Party candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election

The New Democratic Party ran a full slate of candidates in the 1980 Canadian federal election , and won 32 seats to remain the third-largest party in the House of Commons of Canada. Information about the party's candidates may be found here.

Alberta

Calgary

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Calgary Centre	David Jones				2,994	9.23	3rd
Calgary East	Barry Pashak	ANDP candidate for Calgary-North Hill in the 1971 Alberta provincial election			4,490	10.28	3rd
Calgary North	Dave Hammond				3,180		3rd
Calgary South	Cathie McCreary				2,812		3rd
Calgary West	Bob Ritchie				3,107	7.68	3rd

Edmonton

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Edmonton East	Jo Evans				4,763	17.30	3rd
Edmonton North	John Younie				5,107		3rd
Edmonton South	Gordon Fearn				4,772		3rd
Edmonton—Strathcona	Doug Trace				4,837	12.01	3rd
Edmonton West	Jerome N. Slavik				3,886		3rd

Rural Alberta

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Athabasca	Harry W. Daniels				4,218	15.07	3rd
Bow River	David Radke				2,802	7.05	3rd
Crowfoot	Roger Milbrandt				1,912	6.24	3rd
Lethbridge–Foothills	Dave Porteous				3,974	9.98	3rd
Medicine Hat	Agnes Wiley				3,453	9.37	3rd
Peace River	Earle Joseph Guertin				5,436	17.02	3rd
Pembina	Martin Davis				5,260		3rd
Red Deer	Ethel Taylor				3,345	7.9	3rd
Vegreville	Henry Mandelbaum				3,172		3rd
Wetaskiwin	Lyle B. Bleich				3,673	10.3	3rd
Yellowhead	Laird Mitchell				4,562	11.3	3rd

British Columbia

British Columbia Interior

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Cariboo—Chilcotin	Harry Olaussen				10,292	33.95	2nd
Kamloops—Shuswap	Nelson Riis	Member of Kamloops City Council (1973–1978)		Professor at Cariboo College	17,896	39.10	1st
Kootenay East—Revelstoke	Sid Parker				13,299	39.87	1st
Kootenay West	Lyle Kristiansen				12,232	43.04	1st
Okanagan North	John Powell				14,944	29.13	2nd
Okanagan—Similkameen	Darwin Sigurgeirson				19,058	39.24	2nd
Prince George—Bulkley Valley	Archie Patrick				10,226	31.94	2nd
Prince George—Peace River	Bob Simpson				6,835	26.20	2nd
Skeena	Jim Fulton	Member of Parliament for Skeena (1979–1993)		Probation officer	13,280	49.52	1st

Fraser Valley/Lower Mainland

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Burnaby	Svend Robinson	Member of Parliament for Burnaby (1979–1988)		Lawyer	21,587	42.43	1st
Capilano	Andy J. Krawczyk				6,495	14.64	3rd
Fraser Valley East	Harry W. Fontaine				10,695	24.18	2nd
Fraser Valley West	Joe Leclair				16,568	32.55	2nd
Mission—Port Moody	Mark Rose				23,224	47.19	1st
New Westminster—Coquitlam	Pauline Jewett	Member of Parliament for New Westminster—Coquitlam (1979–1988)		President of Simon Fraser University (1974–1978)	19,498	46.42	1st
North Vancouver—Burnaby	Jack Woodward				11,820	26.85	3rd
Richmond—South Delta	Mercia Stickney				13,606	24.23	2nd
Surrey—White Rock—North Delta	Carol Langford				19,051		2nd
Vancouver Centre	Ron Johnson				14,830	31.77	2nd
Vancouver East	Margaret Anne Mitchell	Member of Parliament for Vancouver East (1979–1993)			14,245	43.91	1st
Vancouver Kingsway	Ian Waddell	Member of Parliament for Vancouver Kingsway (1979–1988)			16,928	46.85	1st
Vancouver Quadra	Alan Bush				9,907	21.75	3rd
Vancouver South	Judy McManus				8,896	21.27	3rd

Vancouver Island

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Comox—Powell River	Raymond Skelly	Member of Parliament for Comox—Powell River (1979–1988)		Teacher	25,007	48.97	1st
Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands	Jim Manly				22,154	48.16	1st
Esquimalt—Saanich	Bob Cameron				19,115	34.48	2nd
Nanaimo—Alberni	Ted Miller	Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Alberni (1979–1984)		Teacher	24,082	49.20	1st
Victoria	Robin Blencoe				17,088	34.32	2nd

Manitoba

Rural Manitoba

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Brandon-Souris	David Serle				8,509	24.8	3rd
Churchill	Rod Murphy	Member of Parliament for Churchill (1979–1993)		Teacher	10,319	43.3	1st
Dauphin—Swan River	Laverne Lewycky				12,960	44.8	1st
Lisgar	Herman Rempel				3,353		3rd
Portage—Marquette	Maude Lelonde				7,221		2nd
Provencher	Richard Rattai				9,281	28.4	2nd
Selkirk—Interlake	Terry Sargeant	Member of Parliament for Selkirk—Interlake (1979–1984)			15,055	45.7	1st

Winnipeg

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Saint Boniface	Marc Boily				11,191	25.2	3rd
Winnipeg—Assiniboine	Max Melnyk				7,304		3rd
Winnipeg—Birds Hill	Bill Blaikie	Member of Parliament for Winnipeg—Birds Hill (1979–1988)		United Church minister	24,672	54.27	1st
Winnipeg—Fort Garry	Brad McKenzie				7,293	18.08	3rd
Winnipeg North	David Orlikow	Member of Parliament for Winnipeg—Birds Hill (1962–1988) Member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for St. Johns (1958–1962) Member of Winnipeg City Council (1951–1958)			18,561	50.5	1st
Winnipeg North Centre	Stanley Knowles				12,637		1st
Winnipeg—St. James	Cyril Keeper				11,078		1st

New Brunswick

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Carleton—Charlotte	Arthur Slipp				4,680	15.2	3rd
Fundy—Royal	George Little				8,668	21.06	3rd
Gloucester	Kevin O'Connell				4,484	12.84	3rd
Madawaska—Victoria	James Aucoin				2,943	11.3	3rd
Moncton	Gregory Murphy				7,791	16.71	3rd
Northumberland—Miramichi	Jerry Dunnett				4,694	17.38	3rd
Restigouche	Aurele Ferlatte				4,457	16.5	3rd
Saint John	David M. Brown				5,978	18.9	3rd
Westmorland—Kent	René Vannieuwenhuizen				5,255	16.31	3rd
York—Sunbury	Phillip Booker				5,567	14.55	3rd

Newfoundland and Labrador

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Bonavista-Trinity-Conception	Anne Robbins				4,619	16.63	3rd
Burin-St. George's	Peter Fenwick				2,929		3rd
Gander—Twillingate	Clyde West				2,338		3rd
Grand Falls—White Bay—Labrador	Ern Condon				6,582	22.32	3rd
Humber—Port au Port—St. Barbe	Fonse Faour				9,535		2nd
St. John's East	George P. Corbett				3,973	12.16	3rd
St. John's West	J. Michael Maher				3,967		3rd

Nova Scotia

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Annapolis Valley—Hants	Bob Levy				10,338	25.29	3rd
Cape Breton—East Richmond	Andrew Hogan				12,184		2nd
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso	William J. Woodfine				4,902		3rd
Cape Breton—The Sydneys	Ed Murphy				10,180		2nd
Central Nova	Gary A. Chambers				5,743	17.71	3rd
Cumberland—Colchester	Hayden Trenholm				7,111	17.86	3rd
Dartmouth—Halifax East	Nelson Reed				8,764	20.41	3rd
Halifax	Alexa McDonough				8,009	19.67	3rd
Halifax West	Dennis Theman				10,043	20.91	3rd
South Shore	John Yates				5,856	16.11	3rd
South West Nova	John Lee				4,922	12.80	3rd

Prince Edward Island

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Cardigan	Aubrey Cantelo				1,054	5.91	3rd
Egmont	Vincent Gallant				824	5.00	3rd
Hillsborough	Bob Crockett				1,245	8.32	3rd
Malpeque	Vic Arsenault				1,216	7.19	3rd

Ontario

Don Gray (Hamilton East)

Gray was a steelworker and an alderman in Hamilton, representing the city's fourth ward. He held several positions on city council, including chair of the Finance Committee, ^[1] chair of the Hamilton Harbour Committee, ^[2] chair the management committee responsible for the construction of Copps Coliseum, and chair of a committee that drafted a 1981 freedom-of-information by-law. ^[3] Gray was an early opponent of highway construction in the Red Hill Valley, and voted against the measure in September 1979. ^[4] He lost his council seat in the 1985 municipal election.

Federal electoral record

Election	Division	Party	Votes	%	Place	Winner
1974 federal	Hamilton Mountain	New Democratic Party	10,304		3/5	Gus MacFarlane, Progressive Conservative
1979 federal	Hamilton East	New Democratic Party	11,783		2/5	John Munro, Liberal
1980 federal	Hamilton East	New Democratic Party	12,627		2/6	John Munro, Liberal

Saskatchewan

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Assiniboia	Randy MacKenzie				9,710		3rd
Humboldt—Lake Centre	Vic Althouse			Farmer	13,243		1st
Kindersley—Lloydminster	Wayne G. Nargang				9,589		2nd
Mackenzie	Lars Elroy Bracken				10,435		2nd
Moose Jaw	David H. Henley				10,641		2nd
Prince Albert	Stan Hovdebo	Member of Parliament for Prince Albert (1979–1988)			11,601	34.8	1st
Qu'Appelle—Moose Mountain	Mel W.R. McCorriston				7,872		2nd
Regina East	Simon De Jong	Member of Parliament for Regina East (1979–1988)			13,630		1st
Regina West	Les Benjamin	Member of Parliament for Regina West (1979–1988) Member of Parliament for Regina—Lake Centre (1968–1979)			17,353		1st
Saskatoon East	Bob Ogle			Roman Catholic priest	12,985		1st
Saskatoon West	Reg Parker				14,852		2nd
Swift Current—Maple Creek	Ron Gates				8,338		2nd
The Battlefords—Meadow Lake	Doug Anguish				9,819		1st
Yorkton—Melville	Lorne Nystrom	Member of Parliament for Yorkton—Melville (1968–1993)			15,240	45.7	1st

The Territories

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Nunatsiaq	Peter Ittinuar				2,688	47.27	1st
Western Arctic	Wally Firth				3,537	33.63	2nd
Yukon	Jim McCullough				1,918	19.84	3rd

References

1. Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Hansard, 28 April 1985, accessed 3 November 2006.
2. "Funds for new NHL arenas have priority, Munro says", Globe and Mail, 7 February 1979, P24.
3. Paul Patton, "Burst of civic pride greets sport facility", Globe and Mail, 8 November 1985, D11. "Groups see curb in bylaw on data", Globe and Mail, 15 October 1981, P11.
4. Dick Beddoes, "Come road, hawk gone", Globe and Mail, 20 September 1979, P8.