New Brunswick New Democratic Party
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| New Brunswick New Democratic Party | |
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| Leader | Roger Duguay |
| President | Leigh Sprague |
| Founded | 1933 as the New Brunswick branch of the CCF, renamed New Brunswick NDP in 1962 |
| Headquarters | 618 Queen St Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 1C2 |
| Ideology | Social Democracy / Democratic Socialism |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| Official colours | Orange |
| Seats in the House of Commons | 0 |
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| http://www.ndp-npd.nb.ca | |
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The New Brunswick New Democratic Party (French: Nouveau Parti démocratique du Nouveau-Brunswick) is a social democratic political party in New Brunswick, Canada, that is linked with the federal New Democratic Party.
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[edit] Origins and early history
The New Brunswick NDP traces its roots to the Fredericton Socialist League, which was founded in 1902. The League had branches throughout the province by World War I.
In 1933, the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, a federal political party, was formed with the proclamation of the Regina Manifesto. In 1933, the Moncton Trades and Labour Council adopted a resolution to create a branch of the CCF in New Brunswick. This led to the creation of the New Brunswick CCF that year.
Despite its early formation, the New Brunswick CCF was slow at establishing itself on the provincial political scene. It ran only one candidate in the 1939 election, Joseph C. Arrowsmith in the riding of Saint John City, winning 712 votes. The fortunes of the New Brunswick CCF rose in tandem with the fortunes of the national CCF during World War II. In the 1944 provincial election the CCF won 11.7 percent of the vote under the leadership of J. A. Mugridge, a trade unionist and the chief electrician at the St. John Drydock and Shipbuilding Company. In that election, the CCF ran on a twelve point program that included a promise public ownership and full development of all natural resources including electricity, oil and gas and other public utilities.
The 1944 election proved to be a high-point for CCF strength in New Brunswick however. A combination of anti-CCF propaganda, the increasing adoption of somewhat progressive policies by the Liberals and Tories, and a general trend of post-war decline for the CCF nationally all contributed to weaken the New Brunswick CCF in the 1948 provincial election, this time under Arrowsmith's leadership, in which they received half the votes they won in 1944 and again won no seats. In the 1952 provincial election, the CCF ran only 12 candidates and received only 1.3% of the vote and no seats. The CCF ran no candidates in the 1956 and 1960 provincial elections.
In 1961, the CCF merged with the labour movement to form the New Democratic Party at both federal and provincial levels. The New Brunswick NDP was formed in 1962.
In 1971, the New Brunswick NDP was taken over by the Waffle, a radical wing of the party. The federal NDP responded by temporarily dissolving the provincial wing until non-Waffle leadership was re-established.
[edit] Leaders of the New Brunswick CCF
- J. A. Mugridge 1944 election
- Joseph C. Arrowsmith 1948 election
- Claude P. Milton 1952 election
[edit] Leaders of the New Brunswick NDP
- Jack Currie, 1965-1968
- post vacant, 1968-1970
- J. Albert Richardson, 1970-1971
- Pat Callaghan, 1971 (Waffle faction leader)
- J. Albert Richardson, 1971-1976
- John LaBossiere, 1976-1980
- George Little 1980-1988
- Elizabeth Weir 1988-2005
- Allison Brewer 2005-2006
- Pat Hanratty (interim) 2006-2007
- Roger Duguay 2007-present
[edit] Historic Election Results
Popular Vote
- 1939 - 0.1%
- 1944 - 11.7%
- 1948 - 6.0%
- 1952 - 1.3%
- 1967 - 0.3%
- 1970 - 2.8%
- 1974 - 2.9%
- 1978 - 6.5%
- 1982 - 10.2%
- 1987 - 10.6%
- 1991 - 10.8%
- 1995 - 9.7%
- 1999 - 8.8%
- 2003 - 9.7%
- 2006 - 5.1%
[edit] Candidates in Provincial Elections
number of CCF/NDP candidates/number of Legislative seats
- 1939 - 1/48
- 1944 - 41/48
- 1948 - 20/52
- 1952 - 12/52
- 1956 - 0/52
- 1960 - 0/52
- 1963 - 0/52
- 1967 - 3/58
- 1970 - 31/58
- 1974 - 35/58
- 1978 - 36/58
- 1982 - 54/58
- 1987 - 58/58
- 1991 - 58/58
- 1995 - 55/55
- 1999 - 55/55
- 2003 - 55/55
- 2006 - 48/55
[edit] NDP members of the NB Legislative Assembly
There are currently no New Democrats in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. In the past, three separate individuals have been elected as New Democrats and they are as follows:
- Bob Hall, Tantramar; 1982 to his defeat in the 1987 election
- Peter Trites, East Saint John; 1984 by-election until joining the Liberals in 1987
- Elizabeth Weir, Saint John South (1991-1995), Saint John Harbour (1995-2005); 1991 to 2005
The NDP's predecessor, the CCF never won a seat in the New Brunswick legislature. In the 1920 general election nine United Farmers and two Farmer-Labour MLAs were elected.
[edit] See also
- List of New Brunswick political parties
- New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, 2005
- New Brunswick New Democratic Party leadership election, 2007
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