The New Democratic Party (NDP) is a Canadian social democratic political party. The NDP contests both federal elections, and provincial elections in ten of Canada's thirteen provinces and territories. Unlike most other political parties in Canada, the federal, provincial, and territorial New Democratic Parties are considered to be wings of the same greater political party. The New Democratic Party have yet to form government at the federal level, but have won at least one election in six provinces and one territory since its establishment. This article is a list of all New Democratic Party leaders that have served as the prime minister of Canada or a premier in a Canadian province or territory. This list also includes first ministers of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the predecessor to the NDP.
List
editPortrait | First minister | Jurisdiction | Term start date(s) | Term end date(s) | Time in office | |
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Tommy Douglas | Saskatchewan | July 10, 1944 | November 7, 1961 | 17 years, 120 days | ||
Woodrow Lloyd | Saskatchewan | November 7, 1961 | May 22, 1964 | 2 years, 197 days | ||
Allan Blakeney | Saskatchewan | June 30, 1971 | May 8, 1982 | 10 years, 312 days | ||
Dave Barrett | British Columbia | September 15, 1972 | December 22, 1975 | 3 years, 98 days | ||
Tony Penikett | Yukon | May 29, 1985 | November 6, 1992 | 7 years, 161 days | ||
Bob Rae | Ontario | October 1, 1990 | June 26, 1995 | 4 years, 268 days | ||
Mike Harcourt | British Columbia | November 5, 1991 | February 22, 1996 | 4 years, 109 days | ||
Glen Clark | British Columbia | February 22, 1996 | August 25, 1999 | 3 years, 184 days | ||
Piers McDonald | Yukon | October 19, 1996 | May 5, 2000 | 3 years, 199 days | ||
Dan Miller | British Columbia | August 25, 1999 | February 24, 2000 | 183 days | ||
Ujjal Dosanjh | British Columbia | February 24, 2000 | June 5, 2001 | 1 year, 101 days | ||
Darrell Dexter | Nova Scotia | June 19, 2009 | October 22, 2013 | 4 years, 125 days | ||
Rachel Notley | Alberta | May 14, 2015 | April 30, 2019 | 3 years, 351 days | ||
John Horgan | British Columbia | July 18, 2017 | November 18, 2022 | 5 years, 123 days | ||
David Eby | British Columbia | November 18, 2022 | incumbent | 2 years, 10 days | ||
Wab Kinew | Manitoba | October 18, 2023 | incumbent | 1 year, 41 days |
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