The Government's New Economic Policy ( NEP ) and the National Development Policy ( NDP ) which superseded it, were implemented to advance the standing of Bumiputera Malaysians.

This is attributed to a few factors: ( 1 ) he felt the federal NDP could not achieve power, because of Tommy Douglas's inability to attract voters in Quebec, ( 2 ) Trudeau expressed doubts about the centralizing policies of Canada's socialists ( he favoured a more decentralized approach ), and ( 3 ) there were " real differences " between his approach and the NDP's " two nations " approach to the Canadian constitution and the role of Quebec within Canada.

The results were surprising: with a record 89 % voter turnout, James Fitz-Allen Mitchell's New Democratic Party ( NDP ) won nine seats in the house of assembly.

In 1998, Prime Minister Mitchell and the NDP were returned to power for an unprecedented fourth term but only with a slim margin of eight seats to seven seats for the Unity Labour Party ( ULP ).

It was claimed that members of the Australian Labor Party were recognised handing out this card and that the allocation of preferences to the ALP on the card damaged the NDP.

On April 4, exhausted and often sleepy government members inadvertently let one of the NDP amendments pass, and the handful of residents of Cafon Court in Etobicoke were granted the right to a public consultation on the bill, although the government subsequently nullified this with an amendment of its own.

Various provincial parks created during the previous NDP regime were also downgraded to protected area status, meaning they could be opened for resource exploitation, and fees for use of parks were raised.

With the ruling Liberal Party being reduced to a minority government, revelations of the sponsorship scandal damaging its popularity to the point where both the Conservative Party and the Bloc Québécois were pressing their advantage for a snap election, the Prime Minister approached the NDP for its support.

Andrew Coyne suggested that the NDP not only wanted to disassociate themselves from the scandal-ridden Liberals, but also because the Liberals were likely to receive credit for legislation achieved under the Liberal-NDP partnership.

Among the new NDP candidates elected was Olivia Chow, making the two only the second husband-and-wife team in Canadian Parliament history ( Gurmant Grewal and Nina Grewal were the first husband-and-wife team in Canadian Parliament after the 2004 federal election ).

The NDP gains were partly due to a major surge in Quebec as the party won 59 of the province's 75 seats, dominating Montreal and sweeping Quebec City and the Outaouais, although the NDP also won more seats than any other opposition party in the rest of Canada.

But while all COPE council candidates were elected, no Civic NDP candidates were ( since a 1983 byelection, COPE had consistently out-performed all other leftist candidates on the concurrently elected School and Parks Boards ).

The Socreds lost more than half their popular vote from 1986 and were cut down to seven seats, falling to third place in the Legislative Assembly behind the NDP and Liberals.

He was also known for his retelling of the fable of " Mouseland ", likens the majority of voters as mice, and how they either elect black or white cats as their politicians, but never their own mice: meaning that workers and their general interests were not being served by electing wealthy politicians from the Liberal or Conservative parties ( black and white cats ), and that only a party from their class ( mice ), originally the CCF, later the NDP, could serve their interests ( mice ).

Despite sharp ideological differences, Reform's populism struck a responsive chord with many NDP voters who were dissatisfied with Audrey McLaughlin's leadership and Ontario supporters who were frustrated with the government of NDP Premier Bob Rae.

Earlier comments Schreyer had made describing homosexuality as an " affliction " were raised by his electoral opponents in the campaign, as the NDP by that time supported same-sex marriage.

Implementation of this change took place in July 1995, when all 127 unanimous recommendations made by the scientific panel on Clayoquot Sound were accepted by the Forests Minister of British Columbia, Andrew Petter, and the Environment Minister, Elizabeth Cull on behalf of the NDP government.

Matters were made worse for the federal NDP after Saskatchewan's NDP Premier Roy Romanow resigned in 2000 after the party lost seats in the 1999 Saskatchewan provincial election, and afterwards suggested that the federal NDP should merge with the Liberal Party.

The NDP, together with the poorly organized United Farmers and Workers Party and the United National Party, was soundly defeated by the PPP.

He handily defeated Argue on 3 August 1961 at the first NDP leadership convention in Ottawa, and became the new party's first leader.

In Nova Scotia, the provincial NDP lost seats in its 1999 election while the NDP government of the Yukon had been recently defeated.

The NDP was reduced to nineteen seats and Rae was nearly defeated in his own riding, defeating high-profile Liberal challenger Alan Tonks by only 333 votes.

Besides many NDP supporters nationwide voting Liberal to ensure that the Conservatives would be defeated ( to avoid the vote-splitting of the 1988 election ), the Rae government's unpopularity was a major factor in the federal NDP's losses.

It was defeated, however, when twelve NDP MPPs ( including two junior ministers ) voted against it, while the opposition Liberals led by Lyn McLeod also withdrew their support.

Calvert and the NDP narrowly defeated the centre-right opposition Saskatchewan Party in the 2003 provincial election.

Among these defeated were two cabinet ministers ; David Dingwall, Minister of Public Works from Nova Scotia, and Doug Young, Minister of National Defence from New Brunswick, both lost to NDP candidates in a major blow to the Liberals, as Atlantic voters were upset over cuts to employment insurance and other programs.

The Liberals and NDP defeated Miller's government on June 18, 1985 on a motion of no confidence on the speech from the throne, and Peterson was sworn in as Premier of Ontario eight days later.

Peterson even lost his own seat, having been resoundingly defeated by NDP candidate Marion Boyd in London Centre by over 8, 200 votes.

Social Credit was roundly defeated in the by the NDP.

The Social Credit government was defeated by the NDP in the 1991 election, and was knocked down to third place.

The Liberal government of David Peterson was unexpectedly defeated by the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party ( NDP ) in that election, and McGuinty was the only rookie Liberal MPP elected.

However, in 1985, this veritable political dynasty ( termed the Big Blue Machine by observers ) came to an end when the minority government of Davis ' successor, Frank Miller, was defeated in the legislature by an alliance between the Liberal Party of David Peterson and the left-wing New Democratic Party ( NDP ) of Bob Rae after the PCs won a plurality but not a majority of seats in the provincial election.

The NDP was defeated in the provincial election of 1995, and Hampton was re-elected over Progressive Conservative Lynn Beyak by only 205 votes.

MacDonald ran as the NDP candidate in Toronto Centre — Rosedale in the 1997 election ; in the previous election, he was the PC incumbent, and like every other PC candidate in Ontario in 1993, was defeated.

However, dissatisfaction with the Conservative government towards the end of the decade resulted in it being soundly defeated by the NDP in 1991.

The Liberals were unexpectedly defeated by the New Democratic Party in the 1990 provincial election, and Adams lost his seat to NDP candidate Jenny Carter by 185 votes.

He won the NDP nomination again in 2005, but was once again defeated by Scheer in the 2006 elections, this time losing by a much wider margin of 2, 740 votes.

In the 1986 Alberta Provincial Election, Prentice ran for the Progressive Conservatives in Calgary Mountain View, being defeated by NDP candidate Bob Hawkesworth.

He was narrowly defeated by New Democratic Party ( NDP ) candidate Wayne Marston in the 2006 general election held on January 23, 2006.

Jim Melenchuk and Ron Osika remained in the coalition and ran under the NDP banner in the 2003 provincial election, where both were defeated.

The NDP was defeated in the 1988 election, winning only 12 seats out of 57.

After seven years in power, the NDP was defeated in 1992 and the Yukon Party's John Ostashek became Premier of Yukon.