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Jack Layton Tom Mulcair Map of Canada displaying the results of the 2015 federal election by province and territory, color-coded by party: Liberal (red), Conservative (blue), New Democratic Party (orange), and Bloc Quebecois (light blue for Quebec only). Each region shows the number of seats won by each party, with the Liberals dominating most provinces, especially in eastern and central Canada, while Conservatives hold most seats in Alberta and Saskatchewan. A legend at the bottom summarizes national seat totals for e Map of Canada displaying the results of the 2008 federal election by province and territory, with regions shaded to indicate the leading party's share of the popular vote: blue for Conservative, red for Liberal, light blue for Bloc Quebecois, and orange for New Democratic Party. Each area is labeled with the number of seats won by each party, and a legend at the bottom summarizes national seat totals for each party. Map of Canada showing the results of the 2006 federal election by province and territory, with regions color-coded to indicate the party with the highest percentage of the popular vote: blue for Conservative, red for Liberal, light blue for Bloc Quebecois, and orange for New Democratic Party. The map displays the number of seats won by each party in each region, with a legend and bar chart summarizing national seat totals.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - New Democratic Party, Canada. May 12, 2023
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Changed “democratic socialist” to “social democratic.” Dec 28, 2022
Added the results of the 2021 snap federal election. Sep 27, 2021
Added the results of the 2019 federal election. Oct 23, 2019
Noted that Jagmeet Singh became the NDP leader in October 2017. Mar 07, 2019
Added the results of 2015 federal election. Oct 20, 2015
Noted ascent of Nycole Turmel and then Thomas Mulcair to NDP leadership. Apr 24, 2013
For the 2011 election results, changed "102 seats" to "103 seats." Jun 07, 2012
Added results of the 2011 election. May 03, 2011
Changed "Yukon Territory" to "Yukon," per official name change. Feb 09, 2009
Article revised and updated. Oct 15, 2008
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - New Democratic Party. Jan 08, 2008
Added new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - New Democratic Party. Jan 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Official Site of New Democratic Party of Canada. Oct 28, 2007
Article revised. Feb 16, 2006
Article revised. Aug 05, 2004
Article revised. Mar 04, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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