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New Democratic Party

political party in Canada
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Summary

New Democratic Party is a political party[1]. It ranks in the top 0.99% of political party entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,296 views/month, #101 of 10,192).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Progressive Alliance[3]
  • Influenced by: social democracy[4], democratic socialism[5]
  • Country: Canada[6]
  • Follows: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation[7]
  • Headquarters location: Ottawa[8]
  • Child organization or unit: Canada's Young New Democrats[9], Alberta New Democratic Party[10], British Columbia New Democratic Party[11], New Democratic Party of Manitoba[12], New Brunswick New Democratic Party[13], Newfoundland and Labrador New Democratic Party[14], Nova Scotia New Democratic Party[15], Ontario New Democratic Party[16], New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island[17], Saskatchewan New Democratic Party[18], Yukon New Democratic Party[19]
  • Commons category: New Democratic Party[20]
  • Color: orange[21]
  • SRGB color hex triplet: F58220[22]
  • Chairperson: Don Davies[23], Avi Lewis[24]
  • Has part(s): The Waffle[25], Left Caucus[26], New Democratic Party Socialist Caucus[27], New Politics Initiative[28]
  • Inception: August 3, 1961[29]
  • Official website: https://ndp.ca[30], https://www.npd.ca[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:New Democratic Party (Canada)[32]
  • Applies to jurisdiction: Canada[33]
  • Political ideology: social democracy[34]
  • Described by source: The Breach (media outlet)[35], Canada’s National Observer[36], Le Devoir[37], Global News[38], The Globe and Mail[39], Toronto Star[40], Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan[41]
  • Participant in: 2019 Canadian federal election[42]
  • Replaces: Co-operative Commonwealth Federation[43], New Party[44]
  • Political alignment: centre-left[45], left-wing[46]
  • Number of seats in assembly: 24[47], 7[48], 6[49]
  • Affiliation: Canadian Labour Congress[50]
  • Official blog URL: https://www.ndp.ca/news[51], https://www.npd.ca/nouvelles[52]
  • Native label: New Democratic Party[53], Nouveau Parti démocratique[54]
  • Short name: NDP[55], NPD[56]

Why It Matters

New Democratic Party has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[57] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[58]

Related Entities

Canada Charles Taylor Jack Layton Richard Trevor Warren Saint-Amand-Montrond

References

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  33. [35] ↑ . breachmedia.ca. Retrieved . breachmedia.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . nationalobserver.com. Retrieved . nationalobserver.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . ledevoir.com. Retrieved . ledevoir.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . globalnews.ca. Retrieved . globalnews.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved . theglobeandmail.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [57] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [58] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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