The Ontario New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Ontario,Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following the 2018 general election. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
Andrea Horwath is a Canadian politician who has been the 58th mayor of Hamilton since 2022. Horwath previously served as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Hamilton Centre from 2004 to 2022,as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2009 to 2022 and as the leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario from 2018 to 2022.
Joseph Cordiano is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. He was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1985 to 2006 who represented the riding of Downsview. He served as a cabinet minister in the government of Dalton McGuinty.
Kathleen O'Day Wynne is a Canadian former politician who served as the 25th premier of Ontario and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 2013 to 2018. She was member of provincial parliament (MPP) for Don Valley West from 2003 to 2022. Wynne is the first female premier of Ontario and the first openly gay premier in Canada.
The New Democratic Party fielded a full slate of 308 candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election. It won 29 seats in the election to remain the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons. Many of the New Democratic Party's candidates have their own biography pages;information about others may be found here.
Patrick Walter Brown is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. He served as leader of the Official Opposition in Ontario and leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party from 2015 to 2018. Brown also represented the riding Barrie in the House of Commons as a Conservative from 2006 to 2015.
Paul Ferreira is a Canadian politician and one of the first openly gay politicians elected to provincial office in Canada. He also has the distinction of being the very first Azorean-Canadian MPP. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP) in the February 8,2007 York South–Weston by-election,but was narrowly defeated in the 2007 general election. He subsequently served as chief of staff to party leader Howard Hampton until Hampton's retirement from that position in 2009. He later worked as a special assistant to leader Andrea Horwath. On Feb. 8,2011,Ferreira was acclaimed as the Ontario NDP's candidate in York South-Weston in the 2011 provincial election.
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).
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.
The 2018 Ontario general election was held on June 7,2018,to elect the 124 members of the 42nd Parliament of Ontario. The Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario,led by Doug Ford,won 76 of the 124 seats in the legislature and formed a majority government. The Ontario New Democratic Party,led by Andrea Horwath,formed the Official Opposition. The Ontario Liberal Party,led by incumbent Premier Kathleen Wynne,lost official party status in recording both the worst result in the party's 161-year history and the worst result for any incumbent governing party in Ontario. The Green Party of Ontario won a seat for the first time in their history,while the Trillium Party of Ontario lost its single seat gained by a floor-crossing during the 41st Parliament.
Harinder Kaur Malhi is a Canadian former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2014 to 2018 who represented the riding of Brampton—Springdale,and was a member of the Ontario provincial cabinet in the government of Kathleen Wynne.
Bhutila Tenzin Karpoche is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Parkdale—High Park since June 7,2018. A member of the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP),she is the party's early childhood development critic,child care critic,and GTA issues critic. Born in Nepal,Karpoche is the first person of Tibetan descent ever elected to public office in North America.
Doly Begum is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the riding of Scarborough Southwest as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. At 29,Doly Begum was the youngest New Democrat among the party's caucus and is the first Bangladeshi-Canadian to be elected to a legislative body in Canada.
Gurratan Singh is a former Indo-Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. He represented the riding of Brampton East as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. He was defeated in the 2022 Ontario general election.
Kevin Yarde is a Canadian politician and former weather presenter who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election for the riding of Brampton North. Initially elected as a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party,he eventually left the party to sit as an independent.
Nina Tangri is a Canadian politician who is currently Ontario's Associate Minister of Housing. She previously served as the Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction from June 2021 until June 2022. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the riding of Mississauga—Streetsville as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has been the president of the Treasury Board of Ontario since June 18,2021. He has sat as the member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the riding of Brampton South since the 2018 Ontario provincial election,representing the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party. He was the associate minister of small business and red tape reduction from 2019 to 2021.
The 2022 Ontario general election was held on June 2,2022,to elect Members of the Provincial Parliament to serve in the 43rd Parliament of Ontario.
Charmaine Williams is a Canadian politician,currently serving as Associate Minister of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2022 provincial election,representing the riding of Brampton Centre as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario.
The 2023 Ontario New Democratic Party leadership election was held in Toronto,on February 4,2023. The leadership election was called after ONDP leader Andrea Horwath announced her resignation on June 2,2022,in her concession speech on the night of the 2022 Ontario general election,in which the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario won a second consecutive majority government under Doug Ford.
