Ontario New Democratic Party

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The Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario; NPD) is a social democratic provincial political party in Ontario, Canada. The party sits on the centre-left to left-wing of the left–right political spectrum. It is Ontario's provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. The party has formed the Official Opposition in Ontario since the 2018 general election. It was formed in October 1961 from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section) (Ontario CCF) and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL). For many years, the Ontario NDP was the most successful provincial NDP branch outside the national party's heartland of Western Canada. It had its first breakthrough under its first leader, Donald C. MacDonald in the 1967 provincial election, when the party elected 20 members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs) to the Ontario Legislative Assembly. After the 1970 leadership convention, Stephen Lewis became leader, and guided the party to Official...

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