Alberta New Democratic Party
| Alberta New Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
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| Party leader | Rachel Notley |
| founding | 1932 |
| Headquarters | Edmonton |
| Alignment | Social democracy |
| Parliament seats |
53/87 |
| Website | www.albertandp.ca |
The Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP; French Nouveau Parti démocratique de l'Alberta ) is a social democratic political party in the Canadian province of Alberta . Since the last election in 2015, she has 53 seats out of 87 in the Alberta Legislative Assembly; the party leader Rachel Notley is also prime minister. The party emerged from the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation and is linked to the New Democratic Party at the federal level.
history
The Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was founded in Calgary in 1932 , but in the province of Alberta itself it was struggling with initial difficulties. The reason for this was the competition from the United Farmers of Alberta (UFA) and the Labor Party, which is why the CCF did not run for the 1935 elections. The UFA suffered a severe election defeat and withdrew from politics two years later. When the CCF first ran in 1940, it achieved an 11% share of the vote, but could not win a single seat. The party had failed to win over the conservative wing of the UFA to effectively counter the agrarian populism of the Social Credit Party of Alberta . In 1942 the Labor Party joined forces with the CCF, and in the same year the party leader Elmer Roper was able to record his first election success in a by- election.
In 1944 the CCF increased to 24%, but only won two seats due to the electoral system and the poorly divided constituencies. In contrast to its sister party in Saskatchewan , which first formed government in 1944, the CCF in Alberta was significantly more radical. She called for the nationalization of all utilities and even considered an alliance with the communists. As a result, the share of the vote fell continuously and in 1959 the party was no longer represented in parliament. At the federal level, the CCF in 1961 merged with the Canadian Labor Congress for the New Democratic Party . In Alberta, the CCF took this step a year later, but with the exception of a by-election victory in 1966, it was unable to win a seat in parliament until 1971.
The influence of the NDP increased continuously until the mid-1980s. In 1986 it achieved its greatest success to date, with 29.2% of the vote and 16 seats. In 1989 she was able to defend all seats, but in 1993 the share of the vote was halved and the party was no longer represented in parliament for the first time in a quarter of a century. In the five subsequent elections, she never won more than four seats, mostly in her stronghold of Edmonton . Under Rachel Notley , who was elected the new party leader in October 2014, the NDP experienced an unimagined upswing. In the elections on May 5, 2015, she quadrupled her share of the vote and won 53 of 87 seats in the legislative assembly, giving Alberta the first social democratic government.
Election results
Results of the legislative assembly elections:
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Party leader
| Surname | Chair | premier |
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| Chester Ronning | 1940-1942 | |
| Elmer Roper | 1942-1955 | |
| Floyd Albin Johnson | 1955-1962 | |
| Neil Reimer | 1962-1968 | |
| Grant Notley | 1968-1984 | |
| Ray Martin | 1984-1994 | |
| Ross Harvey | 1994-1996 | |
| Pam Barrett | 1996-2000 | |
| Raj Pannu | 2000-2004 | |
| Brian Mason | 2004-2008 | |
| Rachel Notley | 2014– | 2015– |
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Elections in Alberta - Elections Alberta