Ontario New Democratic Party
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Ontario New Democratic Party
Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario |
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| Active provincial party | |
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| Leader | Andrea Horwath |
| President | Mary Rita Holland |
| Provincial Secretary | Karla Webber-Gallagher |
| Founded | 8 October 1961 |
| Preceded by | Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation |
| Headquarters | 101 Richmond Street East Toronto, Ontario M5C 1N9 |
| Youth wing | Ontario New Democratic Youth |
| Ideology | Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | New Democratic Party |
| Colours | Orange |
| Seats in Legislature |
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The Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP or NDP; French: Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Ontario) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is a provincial section of the federal New Democratic Party. It was formed in October 1961 from the Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario CCF) and the Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL).
For many years, the ONDP was the most successful provincial NDP branch outside the national party's western heartland. 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 Opposition status in 1975, the first time since the Ontario CCF did it twice in the 1940s. After the party's disappointing performance in the 1977 provincial election, that included losing second party status, Lewis stepped down and Michael Cassidy was elected leader in 1978. Cassidy lead the party through one campaign, the 1981 election. The party did poorly again, and Cassidy resigned.
In 1982, Bob Rae was elected leader. Under his leadership, in 1985, the party held the balance-of-power with the signing of an accord with the newly elected Liberal minority government. After the 1987 Ontario general election, the ONDP became the Official Opposition again. The 1990 Ontario general election surprisingly produced the ONDP's breakthrough first government in 1990 (when the election was called it looked like the Liberals would win a second majority government). The victory produced the first NDP provincial government east of Manitoba. However, it took power just when Canada's economy was in a recession, and as a result of unpopular economic policies it was defeated in 1995. Rae stepped down as leader in 1996.
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