Proper noun
New Democratic Party
A Canadian social-democratic political party which fields candidates in both federal and provincial elections.
Synonym: NDP
“… because that constituency has been well served from 1984 by some of the best characters, politician and men of stature in the New Democratic Party, from Eddie Griffith to Carlyle Dougan now to Fitz Bramble. Source: Internet
Meighen sought to move the Tories to the left, in order to undercut the Liberals and to take support away from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF, the predecessor of the New Democratic Party (NDP)). Source: Internet
The New Democratic Party will do it,” Baptiste said. Source: Internet
In the 2011 election, the New Democratic Party succeeded in winning 59 of Quebec's 75 seats, successfully reducing the number of seats of every other party substantially. Source: Internet
In a ground-breaking election full of firsts, the left-leaning New Democratic Party (NDP) was on course to surge past the Liberals, which governed for most of the last century, and become Canada's official opposition. Source: Internet
Contentious issues such as climate action, school funding, health care, and transit are all taking the spotlight in 2017, with the Liberals generally pulling more to the right than the flip-flopping New Democratic Party and environmentalist Green Party. Source: Internet