The 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election (NDP), was held March 24, 2012, in order to elect a permanent successor to

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who had died the previous summer. The

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'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. At the Leadership Convention, held at the

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was declared to be the new leader of the party. The convention was to be held at

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's Allstream Centre, but it was moved to the larger venue due to a greater than expected number of delegates registering for the event. The vote was open to all NDP members in a combination of

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and

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with

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(OMOV); each member voted by

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in advance, or with a single ballot for each round on the day of the election. The entrance fee was set at $15,000 and each candidate's spending limit was capped at $500,000. Mulcair was the NDP's seventh leader elected since its founding in 1961. Because the NDP was the

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in the

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, he also assumed the position of Leader of the Official Opposition in the

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Convention timing

In a letter written days before his death, Layton recommended that a

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be held as early as possible in 2012 on approximately the same time lines as in 2003, and that

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, who had been appointed interim leader because of his illness, continue in that role until the election of a permanent leader. Turmel initially said that the party intended to hold the leadership election in January 2012. Others, including party president

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and Deputy Leader

—both prospective candidates—called for a longer race. Topp agreed with calls for a vote later in the year, such as February or March. Mulcair said he would not run if the convention is held too early. Like Topp, he suggests a convention in "late winter or early spring". He also pointed out that such a time frame would be consistent with the last leadership election, which took 7.5 months (June 6, 2002 – January 23, 2003). On September 9, the NDP federal council set the election for March 24, 2012, in Toronto. The longer timeline was to allow more members to be recruited in Quebec, which had low numbers of NDP members but, following the "

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" in the recent election, the bulk of the party's MPs.

Election rules

The leadership election was open to all members during a convention in a combination of

and

. Votes mailed in advance were cast by instant-runoff voting, but votes on the day, either at the convention or online, were for one round only. Candidates could withdraw before being formally eliminated and release preferences to lower down candidates who stay in. In the 2003 leadership election, members were able to vote in person at the convention, by mail, or online. Also in that election, affiliated organizations (such as trade unions) were allotted a minimum of 25 percent of the vote, with the remainder held by individual party members. The party's federal executive ruled in September 2011 that a 2006 change to the party constitution mandating

precluded a carve out for affiliated groups. Party president and leadership candidate

supported retaining the carve-out as did former MP

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, while MPs

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, and

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opposed it. In previous leadership elections, a union's delegates would normally vote as a block making union endorsements an important factor in the outcome. Candidates in the campaign had a $500,000 spending limit. On September 14, 2011, interim party leader

announced rules for candidates from the federal caucus that would have members of the caucus executive, e.g., deputy leaders, to stay in their posts, but would require critics and committee chairs and vice chairs to step down if they chose to join the race. All those who were party members by February 18, 2012, were eligible to vote and could do so in one of three ways: # mail-in preferential ballot; # by internet either by casting a preferential ballot prior to March 24, 2012, or by voting ballot-by-ballot in real time on March 24; or # in person as a delegate at the convention.

Leadership debates

The candidates participated in six debates, in Ottawa, Halifax, Quebec City, Winnipeg, Montreal and Vancouver. The first debate was held in Ottawa on December 4, 2011, and focused on the economy. The Halifax debate on January 29, 2012, focused on families, while the February debate in Quebec City were about "Canada on the world stage", and the February debate in Winnipeg was about "Connecting people and regions".

Timeline

*January 25, 2003:

wins the

to succeed

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. *May 2, 2011: For the first time in the party's history, the NDP became the

in the

due to the party's runner-up finish in the 2011 federal election. *July 25, 2011:

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Jack Layton takes a medical leave of absence;

is appointed acting leader of the

. *August 22, 2011: Jack Layton

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of cancer. Turmel becomes interim leader of the NDP, and acting Leader of the Opposition. *September 9, 2011: The NDP federal council meets to discuss the date and rules for the election, and the venue for the convention. *September 15, 2011: Campaign rules for caucus are announced by interim leader Nycole Turmel, official start of the leadership campaign, and nomination period opens. *December 4, 2011, 2–4pm: All-candidates debate on the economy. Ottawa Convention Centre. *January 18, 2012, 7pm: Toronto Area Council NDP Leadership debate,

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, Toronto. *January 24, 2012: Deadline to register as leadership candidate. *January 29, 2012, 2pm: All-candidates debate on families. Spatz Theatre at Citadel High, Halifax. *February 12, 2012, 2pm: All-candidates debate on "Canada on the world stage". Palais Montcalm, Quebec City. *February 18, 2012: Membership deadline to join the NDP and be eligible to vote. *February 26, 2012, 2pm: All-candidates debate on "Connecting people with regions". Pantages Playhouse Theatre, Winnipeg. *March 1, 2012: Advance voting begins by online or mail-in ballot. *March 1, 2012: 6:30pm Forum and Meet & Greet with NDP leadership candidates. Trinity-St. Paul's United Church, Toronto. *March 4, 2012, 2pm: All-candidates debate on "Building a strong, united Canada". Marché Bonsecours, Montreal. *March 11, 2012, noon: All-candidates debate on "Opportunities for young and new Canadians". CBC Regional Broadcast Centre, Vancouver. *March 23–24, 2012: Leadership convention in Toronto at

. *March 24, 2012: Last day of voting. Results announced at leadership convention.

Candidates

Niki Ashton Niki Christina Ashton (born September 9, 1982) 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 fe ...

;Background Niki Ashton has been the MP for

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, Manitoba since 2008. Until she announced her bid, she had been the Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on the Status of Women. She was also a past shadow cabinet critic for Youth, and for Rural and Community Development. Ashton is fluent in Greek, English, French, and Spanish. :Date campaign launched: November 7, 2011 :Campaign website: ;Endorsements *MPs: (4)

François Choquette François Choquette (born January 3, 1974) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election and re-elected in 2015. He served in the 41st and 42nd Canadian Parliaments before losing his seat in ...

, Drummond; Carol Hughes, Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing;

Jean-François Larose Jean-François Larose (born April 15, 1972) is a Canadian former politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Repentigny, initially as a member of the NDP, then as ...

, Repentigny;

Francine Raynault Francine Raynault (born March 9, 1945) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She represented the electoral district of Joliette as a member of the New Democratic Party ...

, Joliette *Provincial legislators: (12)

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, MB Infrastructure and Transportation Minister and MLA for

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;

Peter Bjornson Peter Bjornson is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a cabinet minister in the NDP government of Premier Greg Selinger. Bjornson has lived for his entire life in the community of Gimli, Manitoba. He worked as a teacher before entering ...

, MB Entrepreneurship, Training and Trade Minister and MLA for Gimli;

Drew Caldwell Drew Caldwell (born April 10, 1960) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1999 until 2016, a cabinet minister in the government of Greg Selinger, and served in the cabinet of Gary Doe ...

, MB MLA for

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, BC MLA for

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;

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, MB MLA for

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;

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, MB Culture, Heritage and Tourism Minister and MLA for

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; Ted Marcelino, MB MLA for

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;

Tom Nevakshonoff Thomas George Nevakshonoff (born December 22, 1958) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a member of the Manitoba legislature, prior to his defeat in 2016. Nevakshonoff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He grew up in Poplarfi ...

, MB MLA for

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; Clarence Pettersen, MB MLA for

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; Frank Whitehead, MB MLA for

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; Eric Robinson, MB

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, Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Minister, and MLA for

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;

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, BC MLA for

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*Municipal politicians: (4) Ross Eadie,

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(its steering committee, and a majority of its members casting internal advisory votes) *Other prominent individuals:

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, President of the

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;Background Nathan Cullen is MP for

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, first elected in 2004. Cullen was the longest-standing MP in the leadership race and the only MP to have defeated an incumbent Conservative to claim his seat. Before becoming involved in politics, Cullen worked in community and economic development throughout Latin America, North America and Africa and also started his own business, Maravilla Consultants, providing strategic planning and conflict resolution services to business, government, and non-profit agencies throughout B.C. Cullen had served as a critic in the NDP shadow cabinet, first for environment, national parks and youth, then natural resources and energy. In the 2011 Parliament, Cullen served as Chair of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Privacy, Access to Information and Ethics. He was also the Associate Critic for Natural Resources, Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, and Environment and Sustainable Development. In the 2011 federal election, Cullen received over 55% of the popular vote in his constituency, the highest plurality in the region since 1962. He is functionally trilingual (English, French and Spanish). :Date campaign launched: September 30, 2011 :Campaign website:''
nathancullen.ca
;Endorsements *MPs: (4)

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, MP for

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;

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, MP for

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;

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, MP for

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;

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, MP for

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(NDP trade critic) *Provincial legislators: (5)

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, BC MLA for Skeena,

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, BC MLA for North Coast,

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, BC MLA for Stikine,

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, BC MLA for Columbia River-Revelstoke;

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, Ontario MPP for

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;

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, Manitoba cabinet minister and MLA for

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. *Former Provincial legislators:

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, former B.C. Deputy Premier;

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, BC MLA;

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, former B.C. MLA and Minister of Environment, Land, and Parks *Former MPs:

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, Toronto-Danforth *Other prominent figures:

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, singer-songwriter; Guy Dauncey, BC environmentalist Ron Stipp, Jack Layton's campaign manager in Toronto-Danforth; Wade Davis author, National Geographic explorer-in-residence/ethnobotanist;

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, slam poet ;Other Information *Nathan Cullen proposed a "Joint Nomination" process for Conservative held ridings, in which the Liberals, Greens and NDP will come together and choose one candidate among themselves to run against Conservatives, in that riding, to avoid splitting the vote.

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;Background Paul Dewar has been MP for

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since 2006, and served as critic for foreign affairs. He has also chaired the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Prevention of Genocide and other Crimes Against Humanity. He is a former teacher and elected representative of the Ottawa Carleton Elementary School Teachers' Federation. Earlier in his career he was constituency assistant to then-MPP

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. He understands but is not conversant in French. :Date campaign launched: October 2, 2011 :Campaign website:''
pauldewar.ca
;Endorsements *MPs: (8)

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;

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;

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;

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;

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, Laurier—Sainte-Marie; Hoang Mai, Brossard—La Prairie;

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; Christine Moore, Abitibi—Témiscamingue *Provincial legislators: (16)

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, MB MLA and Minister of Education;

Kevin Chief Kevin Chief is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Point Douglas from 2011 to 2017 as a member of the New Democratic Party caucus. In 20 ...

, MB MLA and Minister of Children and Youth Opportunities;

Dave Chomiak David Walter Chomiak (born February 15, 1953) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served as a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party government of Greg Selinger. Chomiak was born in Winnipeg and grew up in East Kildonan, gradua ...

, MB MLA and Innovation, Energy and Mines Minister;

Deanne Crothers Deanne Crothers is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2011 election.Greg Dewar Gregory Dewar, (born January 9, 1956) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He is a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba. Dewar was born in Selkirk, Manitoba, the grandson of former mayor Ben Massey. He was educated at the Uni ...

, MB MLA;

Mable Elmore Mable may refer to: * Mable (business), a U.S. business accelerator * Mable (name), list of people with the name See also * *Mabgate, from ''Mable''-gate, Mable being a middle English reference to 'loose women' *Mabel (disambiguation) Mabel is a ...

, BC MLA (

Vancouver-Kensington Vancouver-Kensington is a provincial electoral district of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada. Member of Legislative Assembly Since 2009, the district's member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) has been Mable Elmore. She ...

);

Dave Gaudreau Dave Gaudreau, is a former Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2011 to 2016. He represented the electoral district of St. Norbert as a member of the Manitoba New Democratic Party The New Democratic Pa ...

, MB MLA; Jennifer Howard, MB MLA and Minister of Family Services and Labour;

Kerri Irvin-Ross Kerri Irvin-Ross is a Canadian former politician in Manitoba. A member of the New Democratic Party, she served as a cabinet minister under premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger, including as Selinger's deputy premier from 2015 to 2016. Irvin-Ross ...

, MB MLA and Minister of Housing and Community Development;

Rosario Marchese Rosario Marchese (born January 1, 1952) is a former Canadian politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 2014, representing the downtown Toronto riding of Trinity-Spadina a ...

, ON MPP for

Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It generally encompassed the western portion of Downtown Toronto. Its federal Member of Parliam ...

;

Theresa Oswald Theresa Oswald is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2003 to 2016 and a cabinet minister from 2004 until she stepped down in 2014 to unsuccessfully challenge P ...

, MB MLA and

Health Minister A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services. Some governments have separate ministers for mental health. Count ...

;

Erin Selby Erin Selby is a politician and former TV personality in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Selby earned a bachelor's degree in communications studies from Concordia University. She previously co-hosted ''Breakfast Television'' on Citytv Winnipeg alo ...

, MB MLA and Minister of Advanced Education; Maurice Smith, NS MLA for

Antigonish , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = File:St Ninian's Cathedral Antigonish Spring.jpg , image_caption = St. Ninian's Cathedral , image_flag = Flag of Antigonish.pn ...

;

Stan Struthers Stan Struthers (born 1959) is a Manitoba politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the New Democratic Party (NDP). He served in the legislature from his election in 1995 until his retirement in 2016, holding var ...

, MB MLA and

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

;

Andrew Swan Andrew James Swan (born August 9, 1968) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 2004 to 2019. He was first elected in a 2004 by-election, replacing MaryAnn Mihychuk, who resigned to run for ...

, MB MLA and Minister of Justice and Attorney General;

Matt Wiebe Matthew Robert Rudolph "Matt" Wiebe, is a Canadian politician who is the current Minister of Justice and the Attorney General for Manitoba since October 18, 2023. Wiebe was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in a by-election on Ma ...

, MB MLA; *Former provincial leaders: (1) Michael Cassidy, former leader of the

Ontario New Democratic Party The Ontario New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario; abbr. ONDP or NDP) is a social-democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. The party currently forms the Official Opposition in Ontario following th ...

and former MP from

; *Past MPs: (3) Catherine Bell former MP for

Vancouver Island North Vancouver Island North is a former federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Geography The district included the Regional Districts of Comox Valley, Strat ...

;

John Brewin John F. Brewin (born September 14, 1936) is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of Parliament for Victoria from 1988 to 1993. He is a member of the New Democratic Party, as was his father Andrew Brewin. He was married to Gretchen Brew ...

, former MP for

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

Tony Martin, former MP for Sault Ste. Marie *Past provincial legislators:

Rosann Wowchuk Rosann Wowchuk (née Harapiak; born August 15, 1945) is a former Manitoba politician, and was a cabinet minister in the New Democratic Party governments of Premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger. The daughter of William Harapiak and Mary Philipch ...

, Former MB MLA and

Finance Minister A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

;

Violet Stanger Violet Laverne Stanger (1940 – February 6, 2023) was a Canadian politician, who sat in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 1999. A member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party caucus, she represented the electoral dist ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA *Past municipal politicians:

John Sewell John Sewell (born December 8, 1940) is a Canadian politician and lawyer who served as the 58th mayor of Toronto from 1978 to 1980. Background Born and raised in the Beach neighbourhood, in Toronto, Sewell attended Malvern Collegiate Institute ...

, former mayor of Toronto *Labour leaders: James Clancy, President of the

National Union of Public and General Employees The National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE) is a Canadian trade union. Taken in total it is the second largest union in Canada. Most of its 425,000 members work in the provincial public service sector. There is also a large and gr ...

; Kevin Rebeck, President of the

Manitoba Federation of Labour The Manitoba Federation of Labour is the Manitoba provincial trade union federation of the Canadian Labour Congress. It was formed in 1956 and has a membership of 95,000 people working in various private sector and public sector fields such as Ma ...

*Other notable people:

Maher Arar Maher Arar ( ar, ماهر عرار) (born 1970) is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who has resided in Canada since 1987. Arar was detained during a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Septem ...

*Labour organizations:

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) is an AFL–CIO/ CLC trade union representing approx. 646,933 workers as of 2006 in more than 200 industries with most of its membership in the United States and Canada. Or ...

Thomas Mulcair Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the Ap ...

;Background Thomas "Tom" Mulcair had been the NDP MP for

Outremont Outremont is an affluent residential borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec. The neighbourhood is inhabited largely by franc ...

and one of two deputy leaders of the party since 2007, and has served as

house leader {{Politics of Canada In Canada, each political party with representation in the House of Commons has a House Leader who is a front bench Member of Parliament (MP) and an expert in parliamentary procedure. The same representation is found in the pr ...

and finance critic. Prior to holding elective office he was a lawyer and public official. As a member of the

Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; french: Parti libéral du Québec, PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has always been associated with the colour red; e ...

, he represented the

Laval Laval means ''The Valley'' in old French and is the name of: People * House of Laval, a French noble family originating from the town of Laval, Mayenne * Laval (surname) Places Belgium * Laval, a village in the municipality of Sainte-Ode, Luxem ...

riding of Chomedey in the

National Assembly of Quebec The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...

from 1994 to 2007, and was Quebec's

Minister of the Environment An environment minister (sometimes minister of the environment or secretary of the environment) is a Cabinet (government), cabinet position charged with protecting the natural environment and promoting wildlife conservation. The areas associated ...

from 2003 to 2006. The Quebec Liberals were not officially affiliated with any federal party, and the federal NDP were not officially affiliated with any provincial party in Quebec, at the time and since. His mother is

French Canadian French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fren ...

; he was raised and educated and built his career in Quebec and is fluently bilingual. :Date campaign launched: October 13, 2011 :Campaign website:''
thomasmulcair.ca
;Endorsements *MPs: (43)

Robert Aubin Robert Aubin (born May 26, 1960) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Trois-Rivières from 2011 to 2019 as a member of the New Democratic Party. Background and education Born in Trois-Rivières, Q ...

, Trois-Rivières;

Paulina Ayala Paulina Ayala (born June 25, 1962) is a Canadian politician who served as Member of Parliament for the riding of Honoré—Mercier from 2011 to 2015. She is a member of the New Democratic Party. She succeeded Pablo Rodriguez of the Liberal Par ...

, Honoré-Mercier;

Tarik Brahmi Tarik Brahmi (born May 19, 1968) is a Canadian engineer and politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the riding of Saint-Jean from 2011, when he defeated incumbent Claude Bachand of the Bloc Québécois, until 2015, and sat with New Demo ...

, Saint-Jean;

Ruth Ellen Brosseau Ruth Ellen Brosseau (born April 26, 1984) is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Berthier—Maskinongé in the House of Commons from the 2011 federal election until her defeat in 2019. She is a member of the New Democratic Party ...

, Berthier—Maskinongé;

Ryan Cleary Ronald E. "Ryan" Cleary (born November 20, 1966) is a Canadian politician and journalist from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was the Member of Parliament for St. John's South—Mount Pearl from 2011 to 2015. Born in Gander and raised ...

, St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Anne-Marie Day Anne-Marie Day (born February 2, 1954) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.Sylvain Chicoine Sylvain Chicoine (born July 19, 1970) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Châteauguay—Saint-Constant as a member of the New Democratic Pa ...

, Châteauguay—Saint-Constant; Robert Chisholm, Dartmouth—Cole Harbour;

David Christopherson David Christopherson (born October 5, 1954) is a Canadian politician. From 2004 until 2019, he represented the riding of Hamilton Centre in the House of Commons of Canada. He previously served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to ...

, Hamilton Centre

Don Davies Don Davies (born January 16, 1963) is a Canadian federal member of Parliament (MP) for the New Democratic Party, representing the riding of Vancouver Kingsway since his election in the 2008 federal election. After the 2019 election, Davies ...

, Vancouver Kingsway;

Matthew Dubé Matthew Dubé (born May 3, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election to represent the electoral district of Chambly—Borduas in Quebec as a member of the New Democratic Party. He was ...

, Chambly—Borduas;

Pierre-Luc Dusseault Pierre-Luc Dusseault (born May 31, 1991) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament in the country's history. He was swor ...

, Sherbrooke; Pierre Jacob, Brome—Missisquoi; Réjean Genest, Shefford;

Jonathan Genest-Jourdain Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, (born July 16, 1979) is a Canadian politician from Quebec. Genest-Jourdain served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Manicouagan and as a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet from 2011-2 ...

, Manicouagan;

Sadia Groguhé Sadia Groguhé (; born November 9, 1962) is a French Canadians, French-Canadian politician of Algerians in France, Algerian descent. A municipal councillor in the French city of Istres from 1995 to 2000, Groguhé and her husband immigrated to C ...

, Saint-Lambert; Dan Harris, Scarborough Southwest;

Jack Harris Jack Harris may refer to: Entertainment * Jack Harris (film editor) (1905–1971), English film editor * Jack H. Harris (1918–2017), American film producer * Jack Harris (broadcaster) (born 1941), American radio personality based in Tampa, Florid ...

, St. John's East;

Matthew Kellway Matthew Kellway (born December 10, 1964) is a Canadian economist and former politician. He was a New Democratic Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Beaches—East York from 2011 to 2015. In the 2018 municipal election he came in seco ...

, Beaches—East York;

Alexandrine Latendresse Alexandrine Latendresse (born April 30, 1984) was the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Louis-Saint-Laurent and was elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated former Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs Josée Verner ...

, Louis-Saint-Laurent; François Lapointe, Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup;

Hélène LeBlanc Hélène LeBlanc (born March 27, 1958) is a Canadians, Canadian politician. She served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015, representing the riding of LaSalle—Émard as a member of the New Democratic Party. In the official oppo ...

, LaSalle—Émard;

Wayne Marston Wayne L. Marston (born February 27, 1947, in Sisson Ridge, New Brunswick) was the New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) representing the Hamilton, Ontario riding of Hamilton East—Stoney Creek from 2006 to 2015. Electoral histor ...

, Hamilton East—Stoney Creek;

Marc-André Morin Marc-André Morin (born March 13, 1951) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.Marie-Claude Morin Marie-Claude Morin (born January 25, 1985 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 Canadian federal election, 2011 election. She represented the electoral distr ...

, Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot;

Pierre Nantel Pierre Nantel (born June 10, 1963) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the House of Commons of Canada. First elected in the 2011 federal election as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), he succeeded Jean Dorion of the B ...

, Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher; Jamie Nicholls, Vaudreuil-Soulanges; José Nunez-Melo, Laval;

Annick Papillon Annick Papillon (born May 27, 1980) is a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015. She represented the electoral district of Québec as a member of the New Democratic Party. Biography Papillon was born ...

, Québec; Claude Patry, Jonquière—Alma;

Ève Péclet Ève Péclet (born December 3, 1988) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. She represented the electoral district of La Pointe-de-l'Île as a member of the New Democratic Party. She ...

, La Pointe-de-l'Île; Manon Perreault, Montcalm;

François Pilon François Pilon (born August 25, 1958) is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election as the member for Laval—Les Îles. Pilon is a member of the New Democr ...

, Laval—Les Îles; John Rafferty, Thunder Bay—Rainy River; Mathieu Ravignat, Pontiac; Jean Rousseau, Compton—Stanstead;

Romeo Saganash Diom Roméo Saganash (born October 28, 1961) is a Cree lawyer and former politician from Canada. Saganash served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in Quebec from 2011 to 2019. A member of the New Demo ...

, Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou;

Djaouida Sellah Djaouida Sellah () is a Canadian politician. Sellah represented the riding of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert in the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015. Following her tenure in parliament, she served as president of the New Democratic Party of Quebec ...

, Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert;

Glenn Thibeault Glenn Edward Thibeault (born October 23, 1969) is a former Canadian politician. He was Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2015 to 2018 who represented the riding of Sudbury. He served as a cabinet minister in the govern ...

, Sudbury; Philip Toone, Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine; Jonathan Tremblay, Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord *Current/former provincial NDP leaders: (7)

Piers McDonald Piers McDonald, OC (born August 4, 1955) is a Yukon politician and businessman. Born in Kingston, Ontario, McDonald, originally a miner by profession, is a long-time MLA, Cabinet minister, and the fifth premier of Yukon. He was leader of the Y ...

former Yukon premier,

Dominic Cardy Dominic William Cardy (born 25 July 1970) is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. From the 2018 New Brunswick general election until his expulsion from the caucus in October 2022, Cardy represented th ...

, leader of the

New Brunswick NDP The New Brunswick New Democratic Party (french: link=no, Nouveau Parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick) is a social-democratic provincial political party in New Brunswick, Canada linked with the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). History ...

;

Herb Dickieson Herb Dickieson (born March 8, 1954) is a retired physician and a former educator and politician in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Dickieson was the first and, to date, only member of the New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island to have sat i ...

, former leader of the

Island New Democrats The New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island (NDP PEI) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and a branch of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). CCF The NDP's predecessor, the Co-opera ...

;

Howard Hampton Howard George Hampton (born May 17, 1952) is a politician who was a member of Provincial Parliament for the province of Ontario. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Canada, from 1987 to 1999 in the electoral district of Rainy Ri ...

, former

leader;

Mike Harcourt Michael Franklin Harcourt, OC (born January 6, 1943) served as the 30th premier of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th mayor of Vancouver, BC's largest city, from 1980 to 1986. Early life and education Harcourt was ...

, former premier of British Columbia;

Edward Schreyer Edward Richard Schreyer (born December 21, 1935) is a Canadian politician, diplomat, and statesman who served as Governor General of Canada, the 22nd since Canadian Confederation. Schreyer was born and educated in Manitoba, and was first electe ...

, former Premier of Manitoba *Provincial legislators: (11)

Buckley Belanger Harold "Buckley" Belanger (born March 21, 1960) is a Canadian provincial politician, who served as the Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Athabasca, in the north-western corner of the province. He is a mem ...

Saskatchewan MLA,

Rob Fleming Rob Fleming is a Canadian politician who represents the riding of Victoria-Swan Lake in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. From July 2017 to November 2020, during the 41st Parliament, he was the Minister of Education. Fleming is a ...

, BC MLA for

Victoria-Swan Lake Victoria-Swan Lake is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada established by the ''Electoral Districts Act, 2008''. It was first contested in the 2009 election, in which New Democrat, Rob Fleming was elected its first MLA. ...

;

Mike Farnworth Michael C. Farnworth (born July 23, 1959) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 15th and current deputy premier of British Columbia since 2021, and the minister of public safety and solicitor general since 2017. A member of the British C ...

, BC MLA for

Port Coquitlam (provincial electoral district) Port Coquitlam is a provincial electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, consisting of the entire city of Port Coquitlam. First established following the 1988 redistribution, it was contested in the 1991 and 1996 elections before being supe ...

;

Dale Kirby Dale Kirby (born May 19, 1971) is a politician who served in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly from 2011 to 2019. He served as Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development in the Ball government from 2015 to 2018. Early l ...

, Newfoundland MHA for St. John's North;

Leonard Krog Leonard Eugene Krog is a Canadian politician and lawyer in British Columbia, who currently serves as Mayor of Nanaimo. Prior to his tenure as mayor, Krog served in the provincial legislature, and was first elected in the 1991 general election r ...

, BC MLA for

Parksville-Qualicum Parksville-Qualicum is the name of a provincial electoral district in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia. It was first contested in the 1991 British Columbia general election, 1991 election. Following ...

;

Jenny Kwan Jenny Wai Ching Kwan (born 1967) is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver East. A member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), Kwan was elected to the House of Commons in 2015. She she was previously a member o ...

, BC MLA for

Vancouver-Mount Pleasant Vancouver-Mount Pleasant is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was one of only two electoral districts to return an NDP MLA in the 2001 election when the NDP was nearly wiped off the e ...

;

Ross Landry Peter Ross Landry is a Canadian retired police officer and politician. A native of Trenton, Nova Scotia, Landry is a retired police officer, having served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Political career In December 2008, Landry success ...

, NS MLA;

Brian Skabar Brian Skabar (born February 25, 1952) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. Skabar won the riding of Cumberland North for the New Democratic Party. He obtained 40 per cen ...

, NS MLA;

Graham Steele Graham J. Steele (July 8, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian lawyer, author, and former politician, having represented the constituency of Halifax Fairview in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2001-2013 for the Nova Scotia New Democrat ...

, NS MLA;

Claire Trevena Claire Felicity Trevena (born May 26, 1962) is a Canadian politician, who represented the North Island electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. During the 41st Parliament (2017-2020) she was appointed to the ...

, BC MLA for North Island; David Wilson, NS MLA *Past MPs: (8)

Phil Edmonston Louis-Phillip Edmonston (26 May 1944 – 2 December 2022) was a Canadian consumer advocate, writer, journalist, and politician. Along with Andrew Scheer, he was one of the few politicians with dual American and Canadian citizenship to be electe ...

, first-ever elected NDP MP in Quebec;

Ernie Epp Abram Ernest (Ernie) Epp (born September 28, 1941) is a Canadian historian and former politician. Currently a professor of Canadian and environmental history at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, he represented the electoral district of ...

, former MP for Thunder Bay—Nipigon;

John Paul Harney John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

former MP for Scarbourgh West;

Lyle Kristiansen Lyle Stuart Kristiansen (May 9, 1939 – June 18, 2015) was a Canadian New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons. He was an executive secretary, financial secretary and woodworker by career. His first two attempts at a House of Commo ...

, former BC MP; Steven Langdon former MP for Essex-Windsor;

Lorne Nystrom Lorne Edmund Nystrom, (born April 26, 1946) is a Canadian politician and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2004. He is a member of the New Democratic Party. Nystrom has been a prominent figu ...

, former Saskatchewan MP and 2003 leadership candidate; Douglas Rowland, former Manitoba MP;

Ian Waddell Ian Gardiner Waddell (November 21, 1942March 15, 2021) was a Canadian politician, author and filmmaker. He served in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1993, and in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001. Ea ...

former BC MLA, MP and cabinet minister *Past provincial legislators: (10)

Eric Cline Eric H. Cline (born August 12, 1955) is a former Canadians, Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as the New Democratic Party of Saskatchewan, New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly ...

former Saskatchewan MLA,

Gary Lauk Gary Vernon Lauk, (born September 7, 1940 – November 21, 2022) was a lawyer and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Vancouver Centre in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1972 to 1986 as a New Democr ...

former BC MLA and cabinet minister,

Peter Delefes Peter Delefes is a Canadian politician. He represented the electoral district of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island, Halifax Citadel in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 1999 as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Delefes ...

former NS MLA;

Elie Martel Elie Walter Martel (born November 26, 1934) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1987, as a member of the New Democratic Party of Ontario, New Democratic Party (NDP). Personal li ...

, former MPP for

Sudbury East Sudbury East was a provincial electoral riding in the Canadian province of Ontario, that was represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1999. It served the easternmost portion of the former city of Sudbury, the eastern porti ...

;

Shelley Martel Shelley Dawn Marie Martel (born April 8, 1963) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1987 to 2007. She represented the ridings of Sudbury East and Nickel Belt. She ...

, former MPP for

; Frank Mitchell, former BC MLA;

Roland Penner Roland Penner (July 30, 1924 – May 31, 2018) was a political activist and lawyer who became a cabinet minister in the Manitoba provincial government and dean of law at the University of Manitoba. Education and early career Penner was born i ...

former MB MLA and cabinet minister;

David Zirnhelt David Zirnhelt (born 1947) is a Canadian politician, businessman and rancher from British Columbia. A member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cariboo and Cariboo South from 1989 ...

, former BC MLA and Minister, Andrew Thomson former Saskatchewan MLA and cabinet minister,

Harry Van Mulligen Harry Van Mulligen (born April 2, 1947) is a Canadian retired provincial politician. He was a Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1986 to 2009, when he resigned from the legislature to permit ...

former Saskatchewan MLA and cabinet minister *Municipal councillors: Jenny Gerbasi, Winnipeg city councillor; Darrell Mussatto, Mayor of North Vancouver *Labour organizations:

Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) is a labor union in the United States. Founded in 1937, the RWDSU represents about 60,000 workers in a wide range of industries, including but not limited to retail, grocery stores, poultry pro ...

(RWDSU);

Service Employees International Union Service Employees International Union (SEIU) is a labor union representing almost 1.9 million workers in over 100 occupations in the United States and Canada. SEIU is focused on organizing workers in three sectors: healthcare (over half of member ...

; United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW Canada) *Labour leaders: Reg Basken, former President of the

Alberta Federation of Labour The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is the Alberta provincial trade union federation of the Canadian Labour Congress. It has a membership of approximately 170,000 from 29 affiliated unions. The AFL was founded in 1912, when mining workers and ...

; Michael Fraser, former National Director of the

United Food and Commercial Workers The United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW) is a labor union representing approximately 1.3 million workers in the United States and Canada in industries including retail; meatpacking, food processing and manufacturing; hosp ...

(UFCW), and former Executive Vice-President of the

Canadian Labour Congress The Canadian Labour Congress, or CLC (french: Congrès du travail du Canada, link=no or ) is a national trade union centre, the central labour body in Canada to which most Canadian labour unions are affiliated. History Formation The CLC was ...

; Bob Kinnear, President of Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 113; Art Kube, past-president of the

BC Federation of Labour The British Columbia Federation of Labour (BCFED), often shortened to the BC Federation of Labour, is a central organization for organized labour in British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1910 and claims to have a membership of 500,000, wi ...

; Sharleen Stewart, President of the

(SEUI) Canada; Wayne Samuelson, past President of the

Ontario Federation of Labour The Ontario Federation of Labour is a federation of labour unions in the Canadian province of Ontario. The original OFL was established by the Canadian Congress of Labour in 1944. It was merged with the rival Ontario Provincial Federation of La ...

*Other prominent individuals: Michael Byers, author and former NDP candidate; Gerry Caplan, former NDP federal secretary and national campaign manager;

Julius Grey Julius H. Grey (born 1948) is a Canadian lawyer and university professor. He is particularly known for his expertise in constitutional and human rights law. He is a senior partner at the law firm Grey Casgrain, s.e.n.c. Born in Wrocław, Poland, ...

, civil rights lawyer;

James Laxer James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

, political economist and runnerup in the 1971 NDP leadership election;

James Lockyer James Lockyer may refer to: * James Lockyer (activist), Canadian lawyer and social justice activist * James Lockyer (architect) James Lockyer (1796 – 23 May 1875), sometimes styled as John Lockyer, was an English architect and surveyor, based in ...

, lawyer and former NDP candidate; Heather Harrison, Policy Studies Chair at

Kwantlen Polytechnic University Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) is a public degree-granting undergraduate polytechnic university in British Columbia, Canada, with campuses in Surrey, Richmond, Cloverdale, Whalley, and Langley. KPU is one of the largest institutions by ...

and Vice-President of the

British Columbia New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a social-democratic provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. As of 2017, it governs the province. It is the British Columbia provincial arm of the federal New Democrati ...

;

Martin Singh 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 New Democratic Party's executive and caucus set the rules for the ...

, leadership candidate asked his supporters to vote for Mulcair as their second choice; Charles Taylor, philosopher; Andrew J. Weaver, climate scientist ;Other Information *Proposed a

Cap and Trade system Emission trading (ETS) for carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) is a form of carbon pricing; also known as cap and trade (CAT) or carbon pricing. It is an approach to limit climate change by creating a market with limited ...

, Improving Women's Equity on boards and committees, Anti-Scab legislation

Peggy Nash Peggy A. Nash (born June 28, 1951) 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 Toront ...

;Background Peggy Nash was the MP for

Parkdale—High Park Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It was created during the 1976 electoral boundaries redistribution from parts of Parkdale, High ...

, in Toronto, Ontario until 2015. She also represented the electoral district from 2006 to 2008. Until she announced her candidacy, she was the Official Opposition critic for finance, and in her previous term in Parliament was party critic for industry. She served as the President of the NDP from 2009 until 2011. Prior to being elected an MP, she was a

Canadian Auto Workers The Canadian Auto Workers (CAW; formally the National Automobile, Aerospace, Transportation and General Workers Union of Canada) was one of Canada's largest and highest profile labour unions. In 2013, it merged with the Communications, Energy and ...

negotiator, and became the first woman in North America to negotiate a major contract with one of the "Big Three" Detroit automakers, when she negotiated a contract with Ford in 2005. She holds an honours degree in French language and literature from the

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution ...

, and is fluent in English, French and Spanish. :Date campaign launched: October 28, 2011 :Campaign website:''
peggynash.ca
;Endorsements *MPs: (9)

Raymond Côté Raymond Côté (born January 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (born October 3, 1955) is a Canadian anthropologist, unionist, and politician, who was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. She represented the electoral district of Hochelaga as a mem ...

, Hochelaga;

Randall Garrison Randall C. Garrison (born August 27, 1951) is a Canadian politician. Elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election, he represents the electoral district of Esquimalt—Saanich—Sooke and is a member of the New Democratic Party ...

, Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca;

Laurin Liu Laurin Liu (, born November 13, 1990) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election. She represented the electoral district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles as a member of the New Democrat ...

, Rivière-des-Mille-Îles;

Élaine Michaud Élaine Michaud (born October 17, 1985) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. She represented the electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier as a member of the New Democratic Par ...

, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier;

Dany Morin Dany Morin (born December 19, 1985) is a Canadian businessman and former politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011 to 2015. He represented the electoral district of Chicoutimi—Le Fjord as a member of the New Democrat ...

, Chicoutimi—Le Fjord;

Anne Minh-Thu Quach Anne Minh-Thu Quach (born August 14, 1982) is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Salaberry—Suroît in the House of Commons of Canada from 2011Mike Sullivan, York South—Weston;

Denise Savoie Denise Savoie (; born November 21, 1943) is a Canadian politician, who served as the federal Member of Parliament for Victoria (electoral district), Victoria from 2006 until 2012 representing the New Democratic Party. She was elected to the Hous ...

, Victoria *Past MPs: (2)

Margaret Mitchell Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell (November 8, 1900 – August 16, 1949) was an American novelist and journalist. Mitchell wrote only one novel, published during her lifetime, the American Civil War-era novel '' Gone with the Wind'', for which she wo ...

Vancouver East; John Parry, Kenora-Rainy River; *Former federal NDP leaders: (1)

, former federal leader (1995–2003) and former leader of the

Nova Scotia New Democratic Party 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 (C ...

(1980–94) *Current/former provincial NDP leaders: (1)

Lorraine Michael Lorraine Michael (born March 27, 1943) is a social-democratic Canadian politician from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. From May 2006 until March 2015, Michael was the leader of the Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (NDP). She i ...

, leader of the

New Democratic Party of Newfoundland and Labrador The Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party (NL NDP) is a social democratic political party in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in 1961 as the successor to the ...

*Provincial legislators: (11)

Pam Birdsall Pam Birdsall is a Canadians, Canadian politician. Birdsall was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 Nova Scotia general election, 2009 provincial election. She represented the electoral district of Lunenburg (provincial elect ...

, NS MLA for Lunenburg; Vicki Conrad, NS MLA for

Queens Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. Located on Long Island, it is the largest New York City borough by area. It is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn at the western tip of Long ...

;

Sharon Blady Sharon Anne Blady is a former provincial politician in the Canadian province of Manitoba. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba in the 2007 provincial election in the constituency of Kirkfield Park. She was defeated in the 20 ...

, Man. MLA for

Kirkfield Park Kirkfield Park is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1979, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1981. The riding is located in the westernmost tip of t ...

Cheri DiNovo Cheri DiNovo (born ) is a United Church of Canada minister and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served at the Emmanuel-Howard Park congregation in Toronto before entering politics and, since January 2018, is the minister for the Tri ...

, Ontario MPP for

;

Cindy Forster Cindy Forster (born ) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who represented the riding of Welland as an MPP from 2011 until 2018. Background Forster was born and raised in We ...

, Ontario MPP for

Welland Welland is a city in the Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada. As of 2021, it had a population of 55,750. The city is in the centre of Niagara and located within a half-hour driving distance to Niagara Falls, Niagara-o ...

;

Spencer Chandra Herbert Spencer Chandra Herbert is a Canadian politician who serves in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in Canada. Representing the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP), he won an October 2008 by-election in the electoral distric ...

BC MLA, Gerry Rogers Newfoundland MHA;

Marilyn More Marilyn More is a Canadian retired educator and politician from Nova Scotia. A resident of Dartmouth, More worked as a teacher. Political career More was first elected to political office in 1978, when she became the first woman to be elected ...

, NS MLA for

Dartmouth South-Portland Valley Dartmouth South is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The riding is currently represented by Claudia Chender of the NDP. The district was created in 1966, under the ...

;

Leonard Preyra Leonard Preyra (born February 10, 1955) is a Canadians, Canadian politician. He represented the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2006 to 2013. He was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Par ...

, NS MLA for

Halifax Citadel-Sable Island Halifax Citadel-Sable Island is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. Its current Member of the Legislative Assembly is Lisa Lachance of the Nova Scotia New ...

;

Shane Simpson Shane Lee Simpson (born 1954 or 1955) is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the Legislative Assembly, MLA for Vancouver-Hastings in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia from 2005 to 2020. He ...

BC MLA;

Jonah Schein Jonah Schein (born ) is a former politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a New Democratic Party member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the Toronto Davenport riding from 2011 to 2014. Prior to winning the 2011 provincial election, he was ...

Ontario MPP *Past provincial legislators: (7) Colin Gabelman former BC MLA and cabinet minister,

Evelyn Gillespie Evelyn Marie Gillespie (born April 1, 1952) is a Canadian former politician. She served as MLA for the Comox Valley riding in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1996 to 2001, as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Par ...

former BC MLA and cabinet monister,

Elizabeth Cull Elizabeth Cull (born 21 February 1952) is a Canadian politician in the province of British Columbia and small-business owner. She was an NDP MLA for the riding of Oak Bay-Gordon Head from 1989 to 1996. Political career Cull was first electe ...

, BC MLA and finance minister,

Darlene Marzari Darlene Marzari (born July 6, 1943) is a former Canadian politician. She was elected as a Vancouver alderman under the TEAM banner in 1972 and remained on city council for a number of years. She served as MLA for the riding of Vancouver-Point Gr ...

former BC MLA and cabinet minister, Jenn MacGinn former BC MLA

Peter Kormos Peter Kormos (October 7, 1952 – March 30, 2013) was a politician in Welland, Ontario, Canada. A lawyer by profession, he was first elected as an Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) to the Legislative Asse ...

, former Ontario MPP for Welland and former provincial cabinet minister;

David Schreck David D. Schreck is a one-time Member of the Legislative Assembly in the province of British Columbia in Canada and a political pundit. Career Schreck represented the riding of North Vancouver-Lonsdale from 1991 to 1996 for the New Democrat ...

former BC MLA *Municipal councillors: (13)

Marianne Alto This is a list of mayors of Victoria, the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia. The mayor leads Victoria City Council, the city's governing body, and is elected to a four-year term. The current mayor is Marianne Alto, who was ...

Victoria City Councillor; Maria Augimeri, Toronto city council; Constance Barnes, Vancouver Park Board; Janet Davis, Toronto Council; Heather Deal, Vancouver council;

Sarah Doucette Sarah Doucette ( ) is a Canadian politician, who served on Toronto City Council from 2010 to 2018. In the 2010 city council election, Doucette defeated Bill Saundercook in Ward 13, Parkdale–High Park. Doucette was born in Winchester, Hampsh ...

, Toronto City Councillor; Ben Isitt, Victoria City Councillor; Ron Jones, Windsor council; Michelle Kirby, Oak Bay BC councillor; Trevro Loke, Vancouver Park Board; Diane McNally, Greater Victoria School Board;

Gord Perks Gordon Perks (born October 7, 1963) is a Canadian politician and environmental activist who has served on Toronto City Council since 2006. Perks currently represents Ward 4 Parkdale—High Park. Career Perks has worked for a number of environm ...

, Toronto City Councillor; Adam Vaughn, Toronto council *Labour leaders: Mary Lou Cherwaty, President of the NTFL; Rick Clarke, President of the NSFL; Fred Hahn, President of

CUPE The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE; french: Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique, links=no; french: SCFP, link=, label=none) is a Canadian trade union serving the public sector – although it has in recent years organized workpl ...

Ontario; Ken Lewenza, President of the CAW; Gil McGowan, President of the

AFL AFL may refer to: Sports * American Football League (AFL), a name shared by several separate and unrelated professional American football leagues: ** American Football League (1926) (a.k.a. "AFL I"), first rival of the National Football Leagu ...

; Lana Payne, President of NLFL; Candace Rennick, Secretary Treasurer of CUPE Ontario;

Sid Ryan Patrick Cyril "Sid" Ryan (born 1952) is a Canadian labour union leader and politician. Ryan is the former president of the Ontario Federation of Labour. Biography Born in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and third eldest of ten children, Ryan emigrat ...

, President of the OFL *Labour organizations: United Steelworkers Toronto Area Council; *Other prominent individuals: Pierre Ducasse, 2003 federal leadership candidate, former Associate President of the party, and former

Quebec lieutenant In Canadian politics, a Quebec lieutenant is a Quebec politician who is selected by the party leader to be his or her main advisor and/or spokesperson on issues specific to Quebec. This is particularly the case when the leader is an anglophone, t ...

to Layton; progressive economists Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Gordon Laxer,

Mel Watkins Melville Henry Watkins (May 15, 1932 – April 2, 2020) was a Canadian political economist and activist and professor emeritus of economics and political science at the University of Toronto. He was a founder and co-leader with James Laxer o ...

, Andrew Jackson, and

Jim Stanford Jim Stanford is a Canadian economist and founder of the Progressive Economics Forum. He holds a master's degree in economics from Cambridge University and a doctorate from the New School for Social Research. He is author of a column for the Canad ...

; actress

Sarah Polley Sarah Ellen Polley (born January 8, 1979) is a Canadian actress,Howell, Peter (September 24, 1999)"Nobody's Starlet: Toronto's Sarah Polley is Only 20 but already a veteran actor so secure in her craft she can thumb her nose at Hollywood" ''Tor ...

; Bill Tieleman

Martin Singh

;Background Martin Singh is a pharmacist from

Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia Musquodoboit Harbour is a rural community located in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality. The community is situated on the Eastern Shore at the mouth of the Musquodoboit River. The community lies 45 kilometres east of do ...

, president of the NDP's Faith and Social Justice Commission and president of the Sackville—Eastern Shore NDP

riding association An electoral district association (french: association de circonscription enregistrée), commonly known as a riding association (french: association de comté) or constituency association, is the basic unit of a political party at the level of the ...

. He aimed to build his campaign on four issues: entrepreneurship and engaging the business community, health care and the promotion of a national pharmacare plan, the environment and the issue of leadership. He is reportedly bilingual. He holds three degrees from

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the fou ...

, in

chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

, chemical engineering and pharmacy, and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

from Saint Mary's University. A former

Liberal Liberal or liberalism may refer to: Politics * a supporter of liberalism ** Liberalism by country * an adherent of a Liberal Party * Liberalism (international relations) * Sexually liberal feminism * Social liberalism Arts, entertainment and m ...

, Singh had been active with the NDP since the mid-1990s and is president of the party's faith and social justice commission. On December 11, 2005, he was elected president of the Maritime Sikh Society, and is the first person of non-Indian ethnicity to become head of a

gurdwara A gurdwara (sometimes written as gurudwara) (Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ ''guradu'ārā'', meaning "Door to the Guru") is a place of assembly and worship for Sikhs. Sikhs also refer to gurdwaras as ''Gurdwara Sahib''. People from all faiths ...

in Canada. On March 14, 2012, he announced that he planned to vote for Thomas Mulcair as his second choice, and urged his supporters to do the same. :Date campaign launched: October 2, 2011 :Campaign website:''
martinsingh.ca
;Other Information *Proposes a National PharmaCare program.

Brian Topp Brian Topp (born July 4, 1960) is a Canadian political strategist, union leader, and writer and was formerly chief of staff to former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. He was the runner-up for the federal leadership of the New Democratic Party dur ...

;Background Brian Topp was President of the NDP from its 2011 convention; he did not participate in establishing the rules of the campaign and resigned to enter the leadership race."Burnaby MP absent from NDP leadership meeting"
''Burnaby Now'', September 9, 2011. He was executive director and CEO of the

ACTRA The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian trade union representing performers in English-language media. It has 25,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media. The org ...

Toronto

union local A local union (often shortened to local), in North America, or union branch (known as a lodge in some unions), in the United Kingdom and other countries, is a local branch (or chapter) of a usually national trade union. The terms used for sub-bran ...

. He was previously deputy

chief of staff The title chief of staff (or head of staff) identifies the leader of a complex organization such as the armed forces, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a principal staff officer (PSO), who is the coordinator of the supporti ...

to Saskatchewan Premier

Roy Romanow Roy John Romanow (born August 12, 1939) is a Canadian politician and the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. Early life Romanow was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to Tekla and Michael Romanow, who were Ukrainian immigrants from Or ...

(1993–2000) and senior adviser to Jack Layton during the 2011 election campaign. In the 2006 and 2008 campaigns, he served as NDP federal election campaign director. Raised in Quebec, Topp is fluently bilingual. :Date campaign launched: September 12, 2011 :Campaign website:''
briantopp.ca
;Endorsements *MPs: (13)

Françoise Boivin Françoise Boivin (born June 11, 1960 in Hull, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Gatineau in the House of Commons of Canada until 2015. She first represented the district from 2004 to 2006 as a member ...

, Gatineau;

Libby Davies Libby Davies (born February 27, 1953) is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. She was the member of Parliament for Vancouver East from 1997 to 2015, House Leader for the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011, and Deputy Leader ...

, Deputy NDP leader and MP for Vancouver East;

Yvon Godin Yvon Godin (born May 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician. Godin was a New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada, representing the riding of Acadie—Bathurst from 1997 until his retirement in 2015. P ...

, Acadie—Bathurst;

Alain Giguère Alain Giguère (born October 24, 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin as a member of the New Democratic Party. In t ...

, Marc-Aurèle-Fortin;

Jean Crowder Jean A. Crowder (born July 7, 1952) is a Canadian businesswoman and politician. She served as a Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party from 2004 until 2015. Life and career Crowder was born in Montreal, Quebec. She received a degree ...

, Nanaimo—Cowichan; Kennedy Stewart, Burnaby—Douglas;

Alexandre Boulerice Alexandre Boulerice (born 1973) is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since the 2011 election. He is currently the N ...

, Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie;

Jasbir Sandhu Jasbir Sandhu (born April 21, 1966) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Member of Parliament in the 41st Parliament. He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2011 federal election and represented the electoral district of Surrey ...

, Surrey North;

Jinny Sims Jinny Jogindera Sims (born June 7, 1952) is an Indian-born Canadian politician, who was elected as a New Democratic Party Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election in Surrey-Panorama. She previously ...

, Newton—North Delta;

Charmaine Borg 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. Borg was born on 3 November 1990 in Oakville, Ontario as one of seven ch ...

, Terrebonne—Blainville;

Isabelle Morin Isabelle Morin (born February 14, 1985) is a Canadian politician, who represented the Quebec riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine in the House of Commons of Canada under the banner of the New Democratic Party from May 2011 to November 2015 ...

, Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine;

Chris Charlton Chris Charlton (born July 4, 1963) is a German-born, retired Canadian politician from the City of Hamilton, Ontario. As a New Democrat, she served as the member of Parliament for Hamilton Mountain from 2006 until 2015. Background Charlton was ...

, Hamilton Mountain; Sana Hassainia, Verchères—Les Patriotes (previously backed Thomas Mulcair) *Former federal NDP leaders: (1)

Ed Broadbent John Edward "Ed" Broadbent (born March 21, 1936) is a Canadian social-democratic politician, political scientist, and chair of the Broadbent Institute, a policy thinktank. He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989. In the 200 ...

, former federal leader (1975–1989) *Former provincial NDP leaders: (4)

, former Premier of Saskatchewan;

Carole James Carole Alison James (born December 22, 1957) is a Canadian politician and former public administrator, who represented Victoria-Beacon Hill in the MLA from 2005 to 2020. She is the former Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia and former ...

, former leader of the British Columbia NDP;

Lorne Calvert Lorne Albert Calvert (born December 24, 1952) was the 13th premier of Saskatchewan, from 2001 to 2007. Calvert served as leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 2001 to June 6, 2009, when he was succeeded by Dwain Lingenfelter. Ear ...

, former Premier of Saskatchewan; Dan Miller, former Premier of British Columbia *Past MPs: (7)

Jim Manly James Douglas Manly (born 29 October 1932) is a former Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Cowichan—Malahat—The Islands from 1980 to 1988. A member of the New Democratic Party, he also was a clergyman, facto ...

, former MP Cowichan Malahat and the Islands; Lynn Hunter, former MP Saanich and the Islands;

Judy Wasylycia-Leis Klazina Judith Wasylycia-Leis (; born 1951) is a Canadian politician. She was a Manitoba cabinet minister in the government of Howard Pawley from 1986 to 1988, and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from September 22, 1997, to April ...

, former MP for Winnipeg North, and Manitoba MLA and provincial cabinet minister;

Bill Siksay William Livingstone Siksay (born March 11, 1955) is a Canadian politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) who represented the British Columbia riding of Burnaby—Douglas for the New Democratic Party from 2004 to 2011. Early life Siksay ...

, former MP for Burnaby—Douglas;

Rod Murphy Rodney Edward "Rod" Murphy (born 16 October 1946 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a teacher by profession. He represented the Manitoba riding of Churchill (electoral district), ...

, former MP for Churchill; John Solomon, former MP for

Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre (formerly known as Regina—Arm River) was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1997 to 2015. Geography The district included the northwes ...

;

Peter Mancini Dominic Peter Mancini (born August 1, 1956) is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Mancini was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1997 federal election that saw a breakthrough for the New Democratic Party in the province of Nova Sco ...

, former MP for Sydney—Victoria *Provincial legislators: (23)

Christine Melnick Christine "Chris" Melnick (born 1950) is a former politician in Manitoba, Canada. She was a cabinet minister in the governments led by New Democratic Party (NDP) Premiers Gary Doer and Greg Selinger. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Melnick received ...

, Manitoba MLA and cabinet minister;

, former MP, BC MLA, former acting leader of the BC NDP;

John Horgan John Joseph Horgan (born August 7, 1959) is a Canadian politician who served as the 36th premier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022, and also as the leader of the British Columbia New Democratic Party from 2014 to 2022. Horgan has been the ...

, BC MLA;

Michelle Mungall Michelle Mungall is a Canadian politician, who represented the Nelson-Creston electoral district Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2009 to 2020. She is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party (BC NDP) and was first ele ...

, BC MLA;

Sue Hammell Sue Hammell (born June 18, 1945) is a Canadian politician who is the former MLA for Surrey-Green Timbers in the province of British Columbia for most of the years between 1991 and 2017, she retired and did not seek re-election in May 2017. Her ...

, BC MLA;

Harry Bains Harry Bains is a Canadian politician serving as the Minister of Labour in British Columbia. He has been the NDP MLA for Surrey-Newton since 2005. Career Bains has experience in education due to his service on the Kwantlen University College ...

, BC MLA;

Bruce Ralston Bruce Ralston is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of British Columbia, representing the riding of Surrey-Whalley since 2005, and member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). He has served in the cabinets of Pre ...

, BC MLA;

Jagrup Brar Jagrup Brar is a Canadian politician. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) in British Columbia, Canada. He represented the ridings of Surrey-Panorama Ridge from 2004 to 2009 and Surrey-Fleetwood from 2009 to 2013 and since 2017 as a ...

, BC MLA;

Maurine Karagianis Maurine Karagianis (born August 17, 1950) is a Canadian politician, formerly the New Democratic Party MLA for the riding of Esquimalt-Royal Roads in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. She was first elected in the 2005 election to ...

, BC MLA; Scott Fraser, BC MLA;

Bill Routley Bill Routley is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 39th and 40th Parliament of British Columbia, from 2009 to 2017. As a member of the BC New Democratic Party, he was elected to r ...

, BC MLA;

Doug Routley Doug Routley (born May 9, 1961) is the current MLA for Nanaimo-North Cowichan in the Canadian province of British Columbia.Harry Lali Harbhajan Singh "Harry" Lali (born August 10, 1955) is a former MLA in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Biography Lali spent eleven summers working in the forestry industry, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Sout ...

, BC MLA;

Katrine Conroy Katrine Conroy (' Thor-Larsen; born 1957 or 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2005 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Kootenay West as a member of t ...

, BC MLA;

Lana Popham Lana Popham is Canadian politician representing the riding of Saanich South in the Legislature of British Columbia who has been the Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport since 2022. She was first elected in 2009 provincial general elect ...

, BC MLA;

Kathy Corrigan Kathy Corrigan is a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 39th and 40th Parliament of British Columbia, from 2009 to 2017. As a member of the BC New Democratic Party, she was elected t ...

, BC MLA;

Raj Chouhan Raj Chouhan is a Canadians, Canadian politician and trade unionist, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia as the MLA for Burnaby-Edmonds in the 2005 British Columbia general election, 2005 provincial election. He is se ...

, BC MLA;

Mat Whynott Mathew Whynott is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. From 2009 to 2013, he represented the electoral district of Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville as a member of the New De ...

, NS MLA for

Hammonds Plains-Upper Sackville Hammonds Plains—Upper Sackville is a former provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada which existed from 2003 to 2013. It elected one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. In its last configuration, the electoral district i ...

;

Lenore Zann Lenore Zann (born November 22, 1959) is a Canadian actress and former politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Cumberland—Colchester in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the Liberal Party. Before ...

, NS MLA for

Truro-Bible Hill Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River is a provincial electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was created in 1978 and was named ...

;

Rachel Notley Rachel Anne Notley (born April 17, 1964) is a Canadian politician who served as the 17th premier of Alberta from 2015 to 2019, and has been the leader of the Opposition since 2019. She sits as the member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for E ...

, AB MLA for

Edmonton Strathcona Edmonton Strathcona (formerly known as Edmonton—Strathcona) is a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. It spans the south central part of the city of Edmonton. ...

;

Warren McCall Warren McCall is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan. A member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party, he was first elected in a February 2001 by-election and has been re-elected to the Legislative Assembly for Regi ...

, SK MLA for

Regina Elphinstone-Centre Regina Elphinstone-Centre is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canad ...

; Jim Morton, NS MLA for

Kings North Kings North is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The electoral district was formed through redistribution in 1956. It was previously part of the district of Ki ...

;

Maureen MacDonald Maureen MacDonald (born 1954) is a Canadian academic and politician. She represented the riding of Halifax Needham in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1998 to 2016. She served as the interim leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party fro ...

, NS MLA for

Halifax Needham Halifax Needham is a provincial electoral district in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1967, though its boundaries have changed periodically. Halifax Needham encompa ...

*Past provincial legislators: (21)

Chuck Puchmayr Charles Puchmayr (born 1953 or 1954) is a Canadian politician, who was an MLA for New Westminster in British Columbia from 2005 to 2009. He is a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party. Prior to his election to the legislature in t ...

, former BC MLA; Gerrard Jansen, former BC MLA and cabinet minister;

Anita Hagen Anita Mae Joan Hagen (May 6, 1931 – June 5, 2015) was a Canadian politician, who served as a New Democratic Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 1986 to 1996, representing the riding of New Westminster. She took on the ...

, former BC MLA and cabinet minister;

Nathalie Rochefort Nathalie Rochefort is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Mercier in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2001 to 2003. A member of the Quebec Liberal Party, she was elected in a by-election on April 9, 2001, follow ...

, former Quebec Liberal MNA;

John Cashore John Massey Cashore (born March 26, 1935) is a United Church minister and former political figure in British Columbia. He represented Maillardville-Coquitlam from 1986 to 1991 and Coquitlam-Maillardville from 1991 to 2001 in the Legislative As ...

, former BC MLA and cabinet minister; Mark Koenker, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Pat Atkinson Patricia "Pat" Atkinson (born September 27, 1952) is a Canadian provincial politician. She was a Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1986 to 2011, and is currently the longest-serving female ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Joy MacPhail Joy Kathryn MacPhail (born March 6, 1952) is a Canadian former politician in British Columbia. A longtime member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party, she served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from 1991 to 2005 and as a ...

, former interim leader of BC NDP, former BC finance minister; Clay Serby, former Deputy Premier of Saskatchewan;

Judy Bradley Judy Llewellyn Bradley, née Bratt (born October 18, 1952)
at the Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. is ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Elwood Cowley Elwood Lorrie Cowley (born August 2, 1944) is a former educator and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Biggar from 1971 to 1982 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member. He was born in Sask ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Darrell Cunningham Darrell is a given name derived from an English surname, which was derived from Norman language, Norman-French , originally denoting one who came from Airelle in France. There are no longer any towns in France called Airelle, but is the French wo ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA; Doreen Hamilton, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Deb Higgins Debra Elaine Higgins is a Canadian politician. She was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Moose Jaw Wakamow from 1999 to 2011 and served as the mayor of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan from 2012 to 2016. Polit ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA; Judy Junor, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Eldon Lautermilch Eldon Floyd Lautermilch (born September 9, 1949) is a Canadian provincial politician. He was the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan for the constituency of Prince Albert Northcote Prince Albert ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Frank Quennell Frank Quennell (born 1956 in Regina, Saskatchewan) was a New Democratic Party MLA for the provincial constituency of Saskatoon Meewasin, covering part of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Biography He attended the University of Saskatchewan ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Herman Rolfes Herman Harold Rolfes (born July 13, 1936) was a Saskatchewan educator and politician who has held provincial office, as a former member of the Saskatchewan provincial legislature. He has won a number of significant recognized awards and honour ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Lorne Scott Reginald Lorne Scott, C.M. (2009) (b. May 19, 1947) is a Canadian environmentalist and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. From 1991 to 1995 he represented the seat of Indian Head-Wolseley and from 1995 to 1999 he represented India ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Len Taylor Leonard William "Len" Taylor (born January 16, 1952) is a Canadian politician and a former member of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, representing The Battlefords. Taylor is a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party. From 2000 ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA;

Berny Wiens Bernhard Henry "Berny" Wiens (b. September 2, 1945) is a former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Rosetown-Elrose (former electoral district), Rosetown-Elrose from 1991 to 1995 and Rosetown-Biggar (provincial electoral distri ...

, former Saskatchewan MLA *Unions:

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*Other prominent individuals: Raymond Guardia, former regional executive director of ACTRA and NDP Quebec campaign director in 2011;

Peter Keleghan Peter Keleghan is a Canadian actor and writer, perhaps best known for portraying Ben Bellow in the comedy series ''18 to Life'', Clark Claxton Sr. in the comedy series ''Billable Hours'' and Ranger Gord in ''The Red Green Show''. Currently has a ...

, comedian; Doris Layton, mother of

and widow of former PC cabinet minister Robert Layton;

Derek Corrigan Derek Richard Corrigan is a Canadian politician and the former longtime mayor of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Early life and education Corrigan is a graduate of Vancouver's Sir Charles Tupper Secondary School and studied political science ...

, Mayor of

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard I ...

, BC; Desmond Morton, prominent historian ;Other Information *Co-wrote the 2011 platform. He proposed a new federal income tax bracket of 35% for anyone who earns above $250,000 per year.

Withdrawn candidacies

Robert Chisholm

;Background Robert Chisholm was the MP for

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Dartmouth—Cole Harbour (formerly Dartmouth and Dartmouth—Halifax East) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Demographics ''From the 2021 census '' ...

, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was first elected federally during the 2011 election, and until he announced his candidacy, was the Official Opposition's Critic for International Trade, ACOA and the Atlantic Gateway. Prior to federal politics, he was the Leader of the

Nova Scotia NDP The Nova Scotia New Democratic Party is a social democracy, social-democratic, Progressive politics, progressive provincial party in Nova Scotia, Canada. It is the provincial entity of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP). It was founded as the ...

from 1996 to 2000. In 1998, he led the NDP to official opposition, the first time since the party's predecessor

Co-operative Commonwealth Federation The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF; french: Fédération du Commonwealth Coopératif, FCC); from 1955 the Social Democratic Party of Canada (''french: Parti social démocratique du Canada''), was a federal democratic socialism, democra ...

(CCF) accomplished that feat in the 1940s under Donald MacDonald. Chisholm was a former Atlantic Regional Director for

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. He does not speak fluent French, although he enrolled in a French immersion course. He announced his candidacy at a press conference in Halifax, on October 30. Chisholm withdrew his candidacy on December 21, 2011, citing his lack of fluency in French, and on February 29, 2012, endorsed Thomas Mulcair for leadership. :Date campaign launched: October 30, 2011 :Date candidacy withdrawn: December 21, 2011 :Campaign website: '
robert2012.ca
'' ;Endorsements *MP: (1)

, St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL *Current/former provincial NDP leaders: (2)

Darrell Dexter Darrell Elvin Dexter (born 1957) is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and former naval officer who served as the 27th premier of Nova Scotia from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party, he served as party leader from 2001 to ...

, Premier of Nova Scotia;

, former leader of the

. *Provincial legislators: (9)

, NS MLA, Dave Wilson, NS MLA,

, NS MLA,

John MacDonnell John Cotter Macdonnell (1821 - 9 September 1902) was Dean of Cashel from 1862 to 1873. Macdonnell was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and was placed in the first class in the final divinity examination in 1846. Further studies saw him rec ...

, NS MLA,

Bill Estabrooks William Irvine Estabrooks (born July 26, 1947) is a Canadian retired educator and politician from Nova Scotia. A native of Sackville, New Brunswick, Estabrooks attended Mount Allison University from which he graduated in 1969. Estabrooks found e ...

, NS MLA,

Becky Kent Rebecca J. Kent is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Cole Harbour-Eastern Passage in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2007 to 2013. She was a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. Kent, an early chi ...

, NS MLA,

Sid Prest Sidney Wilson Prest (1943–2015) was a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2009 provincial election. He was a lifelong resident of Mooseland, Nova Scotia, and represented the electoral district of ...

, NS MLA

Romeo Saganash Diom Roméo Saganash (born October 28, 1961) is a Cree lawyer and former politician from Canada. Saganash served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou in Quebec from 2011 to 2019. A member of the New Demo ...

;Background Romeo Saganash is the MP for

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, Quebec, first elected in May 2011, and was critic for natural resources. Saganash is also former Deputy Grand Chief and director of governmental relations and international affairs for the

Grand Council of the Crees The Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) or the GCC(EI) (ᐄᔨᔨᐤ ᐊᔅᒌ in Cree), is the political body that represents the approximately 18,000 Cree people (who call themselves "Eeyou" or "Eenou" in the various dialects of East ...

and former vice-chairman of the Cree Regional Authority. He helped to negotiate the Paix des Braves agreement between the Cree Nation and the Government of Quebec. He is fluently trilingual having been raised speaking Cree, English, and French. Saganash announced on February 9, 2012, that he was withdrawing from the race, citing illness in his family and a lack of confidence in his campaign. On March 7, 2012, he endorsed Thomas Mulcair for leadership. :Date campaign launched: September 16, 2011 :Date candidacy withdrawn: February 9, 2012 :Campaign Website:''
saganash.ca
;Endorsements *MPs: (2) Christine Moore, Abitibi—Témiscamingue;

Pierre Dionne Labelle Pierre Dionne Labelle (born June 4, 1955) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. He represented the electoral district of Rivière-du-Nord as a member of the New Democratic Party T ...

, Rivière-du-Nord *Other prominent individuals: Marc Laferriere, former federal NDP candidate for Brant, Grant Robertson, former federal and provincial NDP Candidate for Huron-Bruce who was also the Ontario Coordinator of the National Farmers Union and Cameron Dearlove, former provincial NDP candidate for Kitchener Centre.

Declined

, MP for

Gatineau Gatineau ( ; ) is a city in western Quebec, Canada. It is located on the northern bank of the Ottawa River, immediately across from Ottawa, Ontario. Gatineau is the largest city in the Outaouais administrative region and is part of Canada's N ...

. *

, MP for

Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (formerly known as Rosemont and Rosemont—Petite-Patrie) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. Geography The district includes ...

. *

, MP for

Hamilton Mountain Hamilton is located on the western end of the Niagara Peninsula and wraps around the westernmost part of the Lake Ontario. Most of the city including the downtown section lies along the south shore. Situated in the geographic centre of the Golden ...

* *

Olivia Chow Olivia Chow (; born March 24, 1957) is a Canadian retired politician who was a federal New Democratic Party (NDP) member of Parliament (MP) representing Trinity—Spadina from 2006 to 2014. Chow ran in the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, placin ...

, MP for

, Jack Layton's widow *

, MP for

St. John's South—Mount Pearl St. John's South—Mount Pearl (french: St. John's-Sud—Mount Pearl; formerly St. John's South) is a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons ...

Joe Comartin Joseph John Comartin (born December 26, 1947) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. Comartin joined the New Democratic Party in 1969 and represented the party in the House of Commons of Canada from 2000 to 2015. He is currently consul general of C ...

, MP for

Windsor—Tecumseh Windsor—Tecumseh is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Geography Windsor—Tecumseh consists of the Town of Tecumseh, and the part of the City of Winds ...

, MP for

Vancouver East Vancouver East (french: Vancouver-Est) is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is currently represented by New Democratic Party MP Jenny Kwan. The ...

Gary Doer Gary Albert Doer (born 31 March 1948) is a former Canadian politician and diplomat from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He served as Canada's ambassador to the United States from 19 October 2009, to 3 March 2016. Doer previously served as the 20th p ...

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and former

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, MP for

Peter Julian Peter S. Julian (born April 16, 1962) is a Canadian Member of Parliament for the New Democratic Party (NDP), representing the riding of New Westminster—Burnaby. Personal life Julian was born on April 16, 1962, in New Westminster, British Col ...

, MP for

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, MP for Halifax *

, MP for

Winnipeg Centre Winnipeg Centre (french: Winnipeg-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1925 and since 1997. History This riding was originally created in 1914 f ...

Anne McGrath Anne McGrath (born ) is the National Director of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada. Prior to this, she most recently served as principal secretary to former Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and as Notley's deputy chief of staff. McGrath wa ...

, Jack Layton's Chief of Staff * David Miller, former

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. *

, MP for Sackville—Eastern Shore

Polling

August 2011

A poll conducted between August 23 and 28, 2011, indicated that 51% of Canadians did not know who was best to lead the NDP.

and

each received support from 14% of respondents, while

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was selected by 9%.

and

each received 3% support.

September 2011

A survey conducted by

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on September 20 and 21, 2011, found that 28% of Canadian voters would vote for the NDP if it was headed by Mulcair and 25% of Canadians would support the NDP under Topp. A survey conducted by

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between September 12 and 15, 2011, found that 17% of NDP supporters favoured Mulcair as leader. Topp received support from 10% of the same group. Saganash received support from 1% of Quebec NDP voters, but no support outside the province. Paul Dewar received support from 3% of NDP voters in Canada, Peggy Nash and Nathan Cullen each received 2% support and Peter Julian received 1% of the support. A

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- Decima poll conducted between September 1 and 4, 2011, showed support for Chow at 19%, Mulcair at 14%,

at 6%,

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at 3%, and

, Topp,

and Robert Chisholm all at 2%. Among NDP supporters, 22% would support Chow, 21% Mulcair, 7% for Doer, 4% for Dewar and Davies each, 3% for Julian and just 2% for Topp and Chisholm each.

December 2011

A survey conducted by

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for the

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on December 13, 2011, surveyed 300 NDP supporters on their opinions for NDP leader. Of those surveyed, 47% were undecided. The remaining 53% of supporters were split between Thomas Mulcair (45%), Peggy Nash (16%) with Paul Dewar and Brian Topp at 8%.

January 2012

A survey conducted by

Abacus Data Abacus Data is a Canadian polling and market research firm based in Ottawa, Ontario. It was founded in August 2010,

asked respondents whether they were aware of the candidates running for the leadership of the NDP. Thomas Mulcair and Brian Topp were the most likely to be known by respondents. 36% of respondents were aware of Thomas Mulcair while 31% were aware of Brian Topp. Paul Dewar (27% aware) and Peggy Nash (23%) rounded out the top four. Among NDP supporters (those who said they would vote NDP if an election were held the time of the poll), the order was the same with Mulcair (38%), Topp (32%), Dewar (27%), and Nash (21%) in the top four. Over three in ten NDP supporters had not heard of any of the candidates prior to our poll. Regionally, Mulcair's name recognition in Quebec exceeded all other competitors in all other regions of the country and his national lead in name recognition was almost entirely due to Quebecers' awareness of him. 64% of Quebec respondents were aware of Thomas Mulcair. Outside of Quebec, Mulcair's name recognition never exceeded 25%. A Forum Research poll for the

on January 18, 2012, surveyed 1,200 Canadians on their opinions for NDP leader. Of those surveyed, 14% supported Thomas Mulcair, followed by 6% for Peggy Nash, 5% each for Brian Topp and Paul Dewar, 3% for Romeo Saganash, and 2% each for Niki Ashton, Nathan Cullen, and Martin Singh. Of the 300 self-declared NDP supporters, Mulcair won 19% support, again followed by Nash (10%), Topp (6%), Dewar (6%), Saganash (4%), Cullen (4%), Singh (2%), and Ashton (1%), while 48% of NDP supporters were undecided. Among decided NDP supporters, Mulcair was supported by 36%, followed by Nash (20%), Topp (11%), Dewar (11%), Saganash (8%), Cullen (7%), Singh (4%) and Ashton (3%)

February 2012

On February 13, Paul Dewar's campaign partially released the results of an

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poll commissioned by them and held on February 8 & 9. With responses from 6,373 households in "every region of Canada", the first choice responses weighted by NDP membership per province for decided voters were: Thomas Mulcair 25.5%, Peggy Nash 16.8%, Paul Dewar 15.1%, Nathan Cullen 12.8%, Brian Topp 12.7%, Niki Ashton 9.5%, Martin Singh 4.1%, Romeo Saganash 3.6%. 31.0% of respondents were undecided. In response, the Topp campaign responded saying their own surveys place him at 28%.

March 2012

In the run-up to the convention, Thomas Mulcair was predicted as leading the pack.

Convention

Thomas-Mulcair-NDP-Leadership-Acceptance-Speech

Just prior to the convention opening, Brian Topp and Ed Broadbent, both defined the race as staying true to the NDP cause, by going with Topp, or moving to the centre and away from its current principles by going with Thomas Mulcair.

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s had comparisons with

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in Britain under

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and

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, with Mulcair's stance on the party. The first day, March 23, was devoted to candidate speeches and a tribute to Jack Layton. Peggy Nash was seen by many to have bad time management skills, having run out of time, and being ushered out by music to indicate end of time. That was due to overly long introductory portion of her 20-minute allotment. Thomas Mulcair also disappointed by having to speed through his speech after a similar overly long introduction by supporters, instead of having a great speech as anticipated, to end in a timely manner and not be ushered out for being over time. Brian Topp was considered to have one of the most polished presentations, while Nathan Cullen distinguished himself by speaking without notes or a teleprompter. Entering balloting day, pundits predicted the perceived front runner, Thomas Mulcair, would receive support in the first round between 30 and 35 percent, though some people in the Mulcair camp predicted 40 percent. Pundits expected a clear multi-ballot win if Mulcair received 35 percent or more, and a multi-ballot slugout if his share was nearer 30 percent, which would allow other challengers to catch up and beat him. Voting for the first round ended up at roughly half the 128,351 eligible voters, lower than expected but still much higher than the usual participation rates at conventions. This was likely due to the fact that all eligible NDP members could vote, and not just convention delegates. Participation was still lower that the roughly 60% of the general electorate who voted in the last national general election however. Most of Martin Singh's supporters, according to pundits, migrated to Thomas Mulcair, accounting for most of Mulcair's rise on the second ballot. After Peggy Nash was eliminated in the second ballot, her supporters split fairly evenly between the three remaining candidates, for the third ballot, surprising many pundits. During the voting for the third ballot, the NDP polling site was the target of a

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, forcing a prolongation of the voting period, and separating voting from those at the convention and those at home. Brain Topp ultimately finished second on the fourth and final ballot with 42.8% of the vote to Mulcair's 57.2%, allowing Thomas Mulcair to win the leadership.

Results

: = Eliminated from next round : = Withdrew nomination : = Winner

References

External links

NDP - Leadership 2012
(Official site)
Regulations Governing the 2012 Leadership Campaign & Convention

The Pundits' Guide to the NDP Federal Leadership Race
{{NDP 2012 elections in Canada

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