In 1960, the CCF's name was changed nationally to the New Party, then in 1961 to the " New Democratic Party " ( NDP ), reflecting the national party formed from an alliance of the CCF and the Canadian Labour Congress.

It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( Ontario Section ) ( Ontario CCF ) and the Ontario Federation of Labour ( OFL ).

Delegates from the Ontario CCF, delegates from affiliated union locals, and delegates from New Party Clubs took part in the founding convention of the New Democratic Party of Ontario held in Niagara Falls at the Sheraton Brock hotel from 7 – 9 October 1961 and elected MacDonald as their leader.

The Ontario CCF Council ceased to exist formally on Sunday, 8 October 1961, when the newly elected NDP executive officially took over.

He was the last leader of the democratic socialist CCF, from 1960 to 1961.

Originally founded as the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ) in 1932, it became the New Democratic Party in 1961.

When the CCF was disbanded 1961, he joined its successor party, the NDP.

The CCF never fully recovered, and in 1961 would dissolve and become the New Democratic Party.

Coldwell was unenthusiastic about the movement to merge the CCF with the Canadian Labour Congress and create the " New Party ", but he joined the New Democratic Party at its founding in 1961, and remained an elder statesman in the party until his death in 1974.

In the election of 1941, the Conservatives managed to win 12 seats, compared to 21 for the Liberals and 14 for the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF, which became the New Democratic Party in 1961 ).

The CCF became the " New Democratic Party " in 1961.

New Party was the interim name used by the new political party being established in Canada from 1958 to 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ) and the Canadian Labour Congress ( CLC ), which eventually defined itself as a social democratic party.

The CCF merged with the Canadian Labour Congress in 1961, becoming the New Democratic Party of Canada.

It was formed in 1961 as the successor to the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( CCF ) and the Newfoundland Democratic Party.

In 1961, the federal New Democratic Party was founded in with the merger of the federal CCF and the Canadian Labour Congress.

When the national party " reinvented " itself in 1961 as the New Democratic Party ( via an alliance with the Canadian Labour Congress ), the provincial CCF followed suit.

Pitman's victory energized the New Party movement, and, in 1961, the CCF and CLC formed a new political entity, the New Democratic Party.

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Out of parliament, Knowles went to work for the Canadian Labour Congress, and played a leading role in creating the alliance between the CLC and the CCF that led to the creation of the New Democratic Party ( NDP ) in 1961.

The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation ( Ontario Section ) – The Farmer-Labor Party of Ontario, or more informally and commonly known as The Ontario CCF, was a democratic socialist political party that existed from 1932 to 1961.

The increasing role of the OFL in the Ontario CCF proved to be a precursor to the eventual fusion of the national CCF and the trade union movement with the creation of the New Democratic Party of Canada at both the federal and provincial levels in 1961.

Delegates from the Ontario CCF, delegates from affiliated union locals, and delegates from New Party Clubs took part in the founding convention of the New Democratic Party of Ontario held in Niagara Falls at the Sheraton Brock hotel from 7 – 9 October 1961 and elected MacDonald as their leader.

The Ontario CCF Council ceased to exist formally on Sunday, 8 October 1961, when the newly elected NDP executive officially took over.

* 1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

A third paper owned by Hearst, called the Afternoon Record, which had been renamed the Evening American, merged in 1961 with the Daily Record to form the Record American.

In 1948, the Federal Capital Territory of Pakistan was created, comprising approximately of Karachi and surrounding areas, but this was merged into the province of West Pakistan in 1961.

Lund Institute of Technology was established in 1961 but was merged with Lund University eight years later.

Later, in 1961, the American Unitarian Association and the Universalist Church of America merged to form the Unitarian Universalist Association ( UUA ), which is the largest organization of Unitarians in the US.

The merged college itself, having become a branch of Victoria upon the University of New Zealand's 1961 demise, became an independent Massey University on 1 January 1964.

* United States Rubber Company, changed its name to Uniroyal in 1961, merged with private B. F. Goodrich in 1986, bought by Michelin in 1990.

When the company was merged into Beagle Aircraft in June, 1961, the high-wing design was developed still further as the Terrier and, with a nosewheel, the Airedale.

In 1961, GEC merged with Sir Michael Sobell's Radio & Allied Industries Ltd, and with it emerged the new power behind GEC, Sobell's son-in-law Arnold Weinstock ( later Lord Weinstock ), who became Managing Director in 1963, moving the headquarters of the electrical giant from Kingsway ( in Holborn, London ), to a modern building at 1 Stanhope Gate ( near Hyde Park Corner, in Mayfair, London ).

After the war the company focussed on helicopters, and was merged with several other British firms to create Westland Helicopters in 1961.

While the majority of fixed-wing aircraft design and construction lie in the British Aircraft Corporation and the Hawker Siddeley Group the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe ( with their hovercraft ) were merged with Westland to form Westland Helicopters in 1961.

It merged with several other British firms in 1961.

The chairmanship of Eric Mensforth from 1953 – 1968 marked the start of the transition, which was aided by the government when in 1959 – 1961 they forced the merger of the 20 or so aviation firms into three groups, British Aircraft Corporation and Hawker Siddeley Group took over fixed-wing designs, while the helicopter divisions of Bristol, Fairey and Saunders-Roe ( with their hovercraft ) were merged with Westland to form Westland Helicopters in 1961.

In 1961, the Martin Company merged with the American-Marietta Corporation, a large sand and gravel mining company, forming the Martin Marietta Corporation.

The Martin Company merged with the American-Marietta Corporation, a chemical products and construction materials manufacturer, in 1961 to form the Martin Marietta Corporation.

The town of Mysen was separated from Eidsberg to form a municipality of its own on 1 July 1920, but it was merged back into the municipality of Eidsberg on 1 January 1961.

Longueuil's city limits expanded for the first time in 1961 when it merged with Montréal-Sud, and again in 1969 when it merged with Ville Jacques-Cartier.

The schools merged on paper in 1961 and were to be combined in one building.

Edison was board chairman of the merged company until he retired in 1961.

1961 – The Longwood Library, founded in 1953 by Pierre S. duPont, merged with Hagley Museum and opened at the site of the original DuPont Company's powder works at Hagley.

* The Canadian Bank of Commerce merged with the Imperial Bank of Canada in 1961 to form CIBC

In 1961, the British electronics company A. C. Cossor merged with Raytheon, following its sale by Philips.

Marie Railway in 1908, and later merged with the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway in 1961 to create the Soo Line Railroad.