He won election to the Yukon legislature on behalf of the NDP in 1982 and became Minister of Education and Minister of Community and Transport when Tony Penikett led the NDP to power in 1985.

The Transport 21 element of the NDP involves improvements to Ireland's transport networks including its roads.

NDP Finance Critic Bob Rae attached a rider to a budget bill declaring that " this House has lost confidence in the government.

In the NDP shadow cabinet, Broadbent was Critic for Democracy: Parliamentary & Electoral Reform, Corporate Accountability as well as Child Poverty.

Blaikie was again returned for his riding, and was appointed as NDP Environment Critic in the new parliament.

Blaikie was appointed as NDP Taxation Critic in 1990.

He was appointed as NDP Critic for Foreign Affairs and Trade after the election, and served another term as caucus chairman from 1993 to 1996.

He was appointed Defence Critic for the NDP after Jack Layton's death, and appointed one of the three deputy leaders, by his successor Thomas Mulcair.

The Conservatives won a minority government nationally, and Maloway was appointed as the NDP Critic for Science and Technology.

During a legislative debate in June 1999, Toews accused NDP Justice Critic Gord Mackintosh of mischief for repeatedly calling the province's Street Peace gang hotline only to hang up before leaving a message.

NDP Justice Critic Joe Comartin argued that this change addressed the legitimate concerns of Canadians, while removing what he described as " the radical, extreme over-reaction " of the Conservatives.

Prior to June 2009, he was the NDP Critic for Conserve Nova Scotia, Intergovernmental Affairs, Gaming and the Heritage Property Act.

He was appointed as NDP Labour Critic in the parliament that followed.

The NDP's internal divisions became public in 1993, when Ontario MP Steven Langdon was removed as Finance Critic after criticizing the economic policies of Ontario NDP Premier Bob Rae.

He currently serves as NDP Deputy Industry Critic.

Farnworth is currently the MLA for Port Coquitlam and the NDP Critic for Health.

Julian previously served as the NDP critic for International Trade, Transportation, Persons with Disabilities, Treasury Board, Western Fisheries Critic, Industry, and the 2010 Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.

During the 2011-12 NDP leadership race, Julian took over from candidate Peggy Nash to serve as the NDP's Finance Critic until the race was over, at which point Nash retook her spot and Julian was shifted to the lower-profile position of Energy Critic.

Paul Forseth was a candidate in the election but was not successful to unseat the NDP incumbent Peter Julian who has held the district of Burnaby-New Westminster since 2004.

Living in Ontario in 2009, he sought the NDP nomination for the provincial by-election in the St. Paul's electoral district, but was defeated by lawyer Julian Heller.

Julian served as the Provincial Secretary for the Quebec section of the NDP in the 1990s.

Julian also served as the Deputy NDP Caucus Chair.

Recently, Julian initiated an NDP task force that will meet and consult with diverse Canadian immigrant communities across the country, and to learn more about the challenges they face.

In August 2009, he sought the NDP nomination for the provincial by-election in the riding of St. Paul's, but was defeated by lawyer Julian Heller.

Notable residents of Whitehorse include Audrey McLaughlin, the first woman to lead a represented political party ( NDP ) in Canadian federal politics, who has resided in Whitehorse since 1979, Robert W. Service, author of " The Cremation of Sam McGee ", who lived in Whitehorse from 1904 to 1908, and Pierre Berton, an author and television host, born in Whitehorse.

The NDP entered the campaign with low expectations, as the Liberals still held a significant lead in opinion polls and all signs indicated that they would win another majority government.

A poll taken late in the campaign showed the NDP holding a slight lead over the Liberals.

Notwithstanding all of this, Peterson's Liberal Party still retained a comfortable lead over the Progressive Conservatives and NDP in mid-1990 public opinion polls.

Howard Hampton continued to lead the NDP.

Though Tory out-polled McGuinty in the category of preferred premier, the Liberals held a lead over the Progressive Conservatives, while the NDP held around 20 % support.

The leader is head of the parliamentary party and leads the party caucus in the Ontario legislature and is the party's presumed candidate to lead an NDP government should the party be called upon to form a government.

An interim leader, Nycole Turmel was appointed to lead the NDP on July 28, 2011, while Jack Layton was on a medical leave of absence to fight cancer.

Reduced to official opposition leader, Calvert said he had no immediate plans to step down as NDP leader, but would likely not lead the party into the next election.

With Bob Rae's NDP government being widely blamed for mishandling the major recession, McLeod's Liberals held a steady lead in the polls for most of the period from 1992 to 1995, and were generally expected to win the 1995 campaign.

At the time, they were in second place in the polls, with a one percentage point lead over the NDP, and had been in second place for the previous year.

Widely expected to lead the party to victory in 2003, he stepped down days after the party lost the provincial election that November to the NDP and was subsequently succeeded by Brad Wall.

In 2002-03, Martin supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to lead the federal NDP.

Sorbara was one of the key backers of former Ontario NDP Premier Bob Rae's bid to lead the Liberal Party of Canada.

In 1995, he endorsed Lorne Nystrom's bid to lead the federal NDP.

In 2003, he supported Bill Blaikie's campaign to lead the federal NDP.

Wildman supported Jim Foulds's bid to lead the provincial NDP in 1982, and made little secret of his opposition to Bob Rae's leadership in the years that followed.

Berger defeated another young MLA, Dave Barrett to win the leadership convention and was widely expected to lead the NDP to its first ever general election victory.

In 1982, he was a prominent supporter of Richard Johnston's bid to lead the provincial NDP.

He was easily re-elected in the redistributed riding of Lac Du Bonnet in the 1969 election, by which time Schreyer had returned to provincial politics to lead the NDP to its first-ever election victory.

When the new party became a fait accompli, Fisher supported Argue in his bid to lead the NDP.

Within a few months of the 2006 election, the NDP took a lead in the opinion polls, and has held it consistently since.

Critics said the legislation showed the NDP was on the side of workers instead of business, while advocates pointed out that similar legislation exists across Canada regardless of which party is in power, reduced the number of work stoppages, and did not lead to job losses in other provinces.