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The New Democratic Party ran a full slate of 295 candidates in the 1988 federal election, and elected 43 members to become the third-largest party in parliament. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.


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* Bonavista—Trinity—Conception: Larry Welsh * Burin—St. George's: L. Joseph Edwards *
Gander—Grand Falls Gander—Grand Falls was a federal electoral district in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2004. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Gander—Twillingate and Grand F ...
: Bryan Blackmore * Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte: Marie Newhook *
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: Evelyn Riggs * St. John's East: Jack Harris * St. John's West: Alfred J. Sullivan


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* Annapolis Valley—Hants: Keith Collins *
Cape Breton Highlands—Canso Cape Breton Highlands—Canso was a federal electoral district in the province of Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. History This riding was created in 1966 from Antigonish—Guysborou ...
: Wilf Cude *
Cape Breton—East Richmond Cape Breton—East Richmond was a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. This riding was created in 1966 from Cape Breton South, Inverness—Richmond and North ...
: John Stevens * Cape Breton—The Sydneys: Ed MacLeod *
Central Nova Central Nova (french: Nova-Centre) is a federal electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 until 1996. In 1996, Antigonish County and part of Guysborough County were placed with Pic ...
: Gloria Murphy *
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: Barbara Jack * Dartmouth: Marty Zelenietz * Halifax: Ray Larkin * Halifax West: Lois Wiseman * South Shore: Bill Zimmerman * South West Nova: Peter Zavitz


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* Cardigan: Gertrude Partridge * Egmont: Irene N. Dyment * Hillsborough: Dolores Crane * Malpeque: Judy Whitaker


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* Beauséjour: Lyman Dean *
Carleton—Charlotte Carleton—Charlotte was a federal electoral district in New Brunswick, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1997. The riding was created in the redistribution of electoral districts in 1966. It consisted of ...
: Ben Kilfoil * Fredericton: Allan Sharp * Fundy—Royal: Rosemarie M. McNairn *
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: Serge Robichaud * Madawaska—Victoria: Réal Couturier * Miramichi: Frank Clancy * Moncton: Terry Boudreau * Restigouche: Nancy Quigley * Saint John: Judith Meinert


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* Abitibi: Gerry Lemoyne * Ahuntsic: Vincent Guadagnano * Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies: Vincent Marchione ::Marchione' was a forty-nine-year-old educator and social worker in 1988. He focused his campaign on job creation, and won support in his multicultural riding with a nomination speech delivered in French,
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. Marchione later ran for a school board seat and led an environmental group that opposed the construction of petrochemical plants in east-end
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. * Argenteuil—Papineau: André Marc Paré * Beauce: Danielle Wolfe * Beauharnois—Salaberry: Daniel Payette * Bellechasse: Gilles Papillon * Berthier—Montcalm: Pierre Arès * Blainville—Deux-Montagnes: Louisette Tremblay-Hinton * Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine: Germaine Poirier * Bourassa: Kéder Hyppolite * Brome—Missisquoi:
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* Chambly: Phil Edmonston * Champlain: Jocelyn Crête * Charlesbourg: Denis Courteau *
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: Kenneth Choquette *
Châteauguay Châteauguay ( , , ) is an off-island suburb of Montreal, in southwestern Quebec, located both on the Chateauguay River and Lac St-Louis, which is a section of the St. Lawrence River. The population of the city of Châteauguay at the 2021 Cen ...
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Pierre Hétu Pierre Hétu (April 22, 1936 in Montreal – December 3, 1998 in Montreal) was a conductor and pianist. He studied music from 1955–57 at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Germaine Malépart (piano) and at the ...
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Chicoutimi Chicoutimi () is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada. It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and com ...
: Mustapha Elayoubi * Drummond: Ferdinand Berner * Duvernay: Michel Agnaieff * Frontenac: Claude L'Heureux * Gaspé: Bertrand Réhel *
Gatineau—La Lièvre Gatineau is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 1949. Between 1987 and 1996, it was known as "Gatineau—La Lièvre". It consists of part of the former city of Gatineau, Queb ...
: Marius Tremblay * Hochelaga—Maisonneuve: Gaétan Nadeau * Hull—Aylmer: Danielle Lapointe-Vienneau * Joliette: Claude Hétu *
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: Françoise Gauthier * Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup: Maurice Tremblay * La Prairie: Bruce Katz * Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis: Val Udvarhely *
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: Jean Paradis * Langelier: Pauline Gingras *
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: Jean-Claude Bohrer *
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: Bill Clay * Laurier—Sainte-Marie: François Beaulne * Laval: Paul Cappon *
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: John Shatilla * Lévis: Jean-Paul Harney *
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: Daniel Senez * Lotbinière: Richard Lacoursière * Louis-Hébert: Pierre Lavigne * Manicouagan: Carol Guay * Matapédia—Matane: Yves Coté * Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead: Jean-Pierre Walsh * Mercier: André Cordeau * Montmorency—Orléans: Éric Gourdeau *
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: Tariq Alvi *
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Notre-Dame-de-Grâce ( en, Our Lady of Grace), also nicknamed NDG, is a residential neighbourhood of Montreal in the city's West End, with a population of 166,520 (2016). An independent municipality until annexed by the City of Montreal in 1910, ...
: Maria Peluso *
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: Louise O'Neill * Papineau—Saint-Michel: Giovanni Adamo ::Adamo was an executive chef with longstanding ties to his riding's
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community. He received 5,948 votes (15.10%), finishing third against
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incumbent André Ouellet. *
Pierrefonds—Dollard Pierrefonds—Dollard is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Its population was 108,587 at the 2016 Canadian Census. This riding occupies the northwest part of ...
: Pierre Razik *
Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle Pontiac (formerly known as Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle) is a federal electoral district in western Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1867 to 1949 and since 1968. In every election since its crea ...
: John Trent * Portneuf: Jean-Marie Fiset * Québec-Est: Jeanne Lalanne * Richelieu: Gaston Dupuis ::Dupuis, an office clerk, ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in two elections. He ran his 1988 campaign from his work space and acknowledged that his party did not have a strong historical support base in Richelieu. * Richmond—Wolfe: Marc-André Péloquin * Rimouski—Témiscouata: Pierre Boisjoli * Roberval: Réjean Lalancette * Rosemont: Giuseppe Sciortino * Saint-Denis: Jaime Llambias-Wolff * Saint-Henri—Westmount: Ruth Rose * Saint-Hubert: Nicole Desranleau *
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot (formerly known as Saint-Hyacinthe and St. Hyacinthe—Bagot) is a federal electoral district that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1935. It is located in Quebec, Canada. Its population in 2006 ...
: Hélène Lortie-Narayana * Saint-Jean: Rezeq Faraj * Saint-Laurent: Sid Ingerman * Saint-Léonard: Michel Roche * Saint-Maurice: Claude Rompré * Shefford: Paul Pearson *
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: Alain Poirier * Témiscamingue:
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: Lauraine Vaillancourt *
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: Josée Trudel * Vaudreuil: Suzanne Aubertin * Verchères: Maria Jean *
Verdun—Saint-Paul Verdun (also known as Verdun—Saint-Paul, Verdun—Saint-Henri and Verdun—Saint-Henri—Saint-Paul—Pointe-Saint-Charles) was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1935 to ...
: Alain Tassé


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* Algoma: Lloyd Greenspoon * Beaches—Woodbine:
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: John Morris * Brampton—Malton: Paul Ledgister * Brant: Derek Blackburn * Broadview—Greenwood: Lynn McDonald * Bruce—Grey: Cathy Hird * Burlington: Jane Mulkewich *
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: Bruce Davidson * Carleton—Gloucester: Robert Cottingham * Cochrane—Superior: Len Wood * Davenport: Anna Menozzi *
Don Valley East Don Valley East (french: Don Valley-Est) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada that covers the northeast section of the North York part of Toronto. The federal riding was created in 1976 from parts of Willowdale, York East, ...
: Brant Loper * Don Valley North:
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: Ian Cameron *
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: Margaret Wilbur *
Eglinton—Lawrence Eglinton—Lawrence is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It covers a portion of Toronto northwest of downtown. It stretches from Yonge Street in the east ...
: Vittoria Levi ::Levi was born in
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. She was a vocational rehabilitation counseller and served as a representative of the National Congress for Italian Canadians in the 1980s. Early in 1988, she criticized
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's proposals for provincial labour law reform as "a change for the worse" with respect to the rights of injured workers. She was forty-nine years old at the time of the election. She received 6,241 votes (15.57%), finishing third against
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candidate Joe Volpe. * Elgin: Bob Habkirk *
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: Sean O'Flynn * Essex—Kent: John Coggans * Essex—Windsor: Steven W. Langdon * Etobicoke Centre: Phil Jones *
Etobicoke North Etobicoke North (french: Etobicoke-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented by one Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It covers the neighbourhood of Rexdale, ...
: Ted Humphreys *
Etobicoke—Lakeshore Etobicoke—Lakeshore (formerly known as Lakeshore and Toronto—Lakeshore) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It covers the southern part of the Eto ...
: Judy Brandow * Glengarry—Prescott—Russell: Helena McCuaig * Guelph—Wellington: Alex Michalos * Haldimand—Norfolk: Eric Butt * Halton—Peel: Fern Wolf * Hamilton East: Dave Wilson * Hamilton Mountain:
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* Hamilton West: Lesley Russell * Hamilton—Wentworth: Julia McCrea * Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington: Bud Acton *
Huron—Bruce Huron—Bruce (formerly known as Huron and Huron—Middlesex) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. History The riding was created in 1952 from parts of Hur ...
: Tony McQuail * Kenora—Rainy River: John Edmund Parry *
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: Leo Rustin *
Kingston and the Islands Kingston and the Islands (french: Kingston et les ÃŽles) is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. It covers part of the city of Kingston, Ontario and the sparse ...
: Len Johnson :Major-General Leonard V. Johnson is from a military background. He joined the
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in 1950, rose to the rank of major-general and served as Commandant of the National Defence College. He retired from the service in 1984. He represented the New Democratic Party in a national debate on defence issues in 1988 (''Kingston Whig-Standard'', 31 October 1988), and was the only candidate in Kingston and the Islands to argue that Canada should be made a
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(''KWS'', 11 November 1988). He also called for Canadian soldiers to be returned from
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, arguing that large expenditures on overseas troops were hindering Canada's ability to run a modern navy (''KWS'', 11 November 1988). Johnson was considered a star candidate, and was backed by a strong local organization that outspent all other campaigns in the city (''KWS'', 25 May 1989). His support base was eroded by a strong
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campaign, however, and he finished third against Liberal
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with 11,442 votes (20.10%). Following the election, Johnson was named Kingston chair of the peace group Project Plowshares (''KWS'', 21 December 1988). * Kitchener: Sue Coulter *
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: Larry Ross Green * Lanark—Carleton: Bill Cox * Leeds—Grenville: Barry Grills *
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: John Mayer * London East: Marion Boyd *
London West London West (french: London-Ouest) is a federal electoral district in London, Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. Geography The district includes the northwest part of the City of London. I ...
: Bruce Lundgren * London—Middlesex: Michael Wyatt * Markham: Susan Krone * Mississauga East: Walter Grozdanovski * Mississauga South: Sue Craig * Mississauga West: Paul Simon *
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: Bea Murray *
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: Dick Harrington *
Nickel Belt Nickel Belt is one of two federal electoral districts serving the city of Greater Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. It has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Geography It consists of: * the part of the Territorial District ...
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* Nipissing: Dawson Pratt *
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: Gord Barnes * Oakville—Milton: Richard J. Banigan *
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* Oshawa:
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Ottawa Centre Ottawa Centre (french: Ottawa-Centre) is an urban federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1968. While the riding's boundaries (mainly to the south and west as the north a ...
: Mike Cassidy *
Ottawa South Ottawa South (french: Ottawa-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by David McGuinty, brother of former Premier of Ontario and Ottawa South MPP Dalton McGuinty ...
: John Fryer * Ottawa West: Theresa Kavanagh * Ottawa—Vanier: Kathryn Barnard *
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: Brian Donlevy *
Parkdale—High Park Parkdale—High Park is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1979. It was created during the 1976 electoral boundaries redistribution from parts of Parkdale, Hig ...
: Abby Pollonetsky *
Parry Sound—Muskoka Parry Sound—Muskoka is a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1949. The riding consists of the Territorial District of Parry Sound (excluding the Town of Powassan, ...
: Joanne Malchuk * Perth—Wellington—Waterloo: Linda Ham *
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: Gillian Sandeman * Prince Edward—Hastings: Don Wilson * Renfrew: Elizabeth Ives-Ruyter * Rosedale: Doug Wilson * Sarnia—Lambton: Julie Foley * Sault Ste. Marie:
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* Scarborough Centre: Garth C. Dee * Scarborough East: Mary Cook * Scarborough West: Dave Gracey *
Scarborough—Agincourt Scarborough—Agincourt is a federal electoral district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. It covers the area of the City of Toronto bounded by Steeles Avenue East to the nort ...
: Susie Vallance *
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: Raymond Cho * Scarborough Centre: Judy Watson *
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: Mike McMurter * St. Catharines: Rob West * St. Paul's: Diane Bull * Stormont—Dundas: Steve J. Corrie * Sudbury: Bill Major :Major is a retired
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minister. He joined the New Democratic Party in 1962 after hearing
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speak in Hamilton. He was ordained as a minister in 1969, moved to Sudbury in 1978, and served for nine years as coordinator for the Pastoral Institute of Northeastern Ontario. Major sought the provincial New Democratic Party nomination for
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in 1987, but lost to
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. He subsequently spoke against the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement, arguing that it allow
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to become a source of income for giant American manufacturers. He ran a strong campaign, but ultimately finished second against
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candidate Diane Marleau with 11,811 votes (27.77%).D. Munroe Eagles et al., The Almanac of Canadian Politics, (Peterborough: Broadview Press), 1991, p. 414. * Thunder Bay—Atikokan: Iain Angus * Thunder Bay—Nipigon: Ernie Epp * Timiskaming: Earl Evans * Timmins—Chapleau:
Cid Samson Cyril (Cid) Samson (born January 26, 1943) is a Canadian former politician. He represented the electoral district of Timmins—Chapleau in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1993. Samson was a member of the New Democratic Party ...
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Trinity—Spadina Trinity—Spadina was a federal electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 2015. It generally encompassed the western portion of Downtown Toronto. Its federal Member of Parliam ...
: Dan Heap * Victoria—Haliburton: Cathy Vainio * Waterloo: Scott Piatkowski * Welland—St. Catharines—Thorold: Ken Lee *
Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe Wellington—Grey—Dufferin—Simcoe was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Bruce—Grey, Grey†...
: Shirley Farlinger * Willowdale: Abbe Adelson * Windsor West: Paul Forder * Windsor—Lake St. Clair: Howard McCurdy *
York Centre York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a m ...
: Cathy Mele * York North: Evelyn Buck * York South—Weston: Steve Krashinsky * York West: Alice Lambrinos * York—Simcoe:
Judy Darcy Judy Darcy (born 1950) is a Canadian health care advocate, trade unionist, and former politician. Darcy was the first Minister of Mental Health and Addictions of British Columbia. She was the fourth National President of the Canadian Union of P ...


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Brandon—Souris Brandon—Souris is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1953. Demographics :''According to the Canada 2011 Census'' Ethnic groups: 83.4% White, 9.8% Aboriginal, ...
: Dave Serle * Churchill: Rod Murphy * Dauphin—Swan River: Eric Irwin * Lisgar—Marquette: Fred Tait * Portage—Interlake: Gerry Follows *
Provencher Provencher is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1871. It is a largely rural district in the province's southeast corner. Its largest community is the city of St ...
: Mary Sabovitch * Selkirk:
Howard Pawley Howard Russell Pawley (November 21, 1934 – December 30, 2015) was a Canadian politician and professor who was the 18th premier of Manitoba from 1981 to 1988. Prior to his premiership, Pawley served in various ministerial positions after his ...
* St. Boniface: Alan Turner *
Winnipeg North Winnipeg North (french: Winnipeg-Nord) is a federal electoral district in Canada that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1917. It covers the northern portion of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Geography The riding includes the ne ...
: David Orlikow * Winnipeg North Centre: Cyril Keeper *
Winnipeg South Winnipeg South (french: Winnipeg-Sud) is a Canadian federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1917 to 1979, and since 1988. It covers the southernmost part of the city of Wi ...
: Len Van Roon *
Winnipeg South Centre Winnipeg South Centre (french: Winnipeg-Centre-Sud) is a federal electoral district in Manitoba, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 1979 and since 1988. Geography The district includes the neighbou ...
: Les Campbell * Winnipeg Transcona:
Bill Blaikie William Alexander Blaikie (June 19, 1951 – September 24, 2022) was a Canadian politician. He served as a member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2008, representing Elmwood—Transcona and its antecedent ridings in the House of Commons of Canad ...
* Winnipeg—St. James: Len Sawatsky


Saskatchewan Saskatchewan ( ; ) is a province in western Canada, bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dak ...

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Kindersley—Lloydminster Kindersley—Lloydminster was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 to 1997. This riding was created in 1976 from parts of Battleford—Kindersley, Moose Jaw, Saskato ...
: Grant Whitmore *
Mackenzie Mackenzie, Mckenzie, MacKenzie, or McKenzie may refer to: People * Mackenzie (given name), a given name (including a list of people with the name) * Mackenzie (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) * Clan Mackenzie, a S ...
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Vic Althouse Victor Fredrich "Vic" Althouse (born April 15, 1937, in Wadena, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian former politician. Althouse represented the electoral districts of Humboldt—Lake Centre from 1980 to 1988, and Mackenzie from 1988 to 1997, in the H ...
* Moose Jaw—Lake Centre: Rod Laporte * Prince Albert—Churchill River: Ray Funk * Regina—Lumsden:
Les Benjamin Leslie Gordon "Les" Benjamin (April 29, 1925 – June 16, 2003) was a Canadian politician who served in the House of Commons of Canada. Benjamin was first elected to the House of Commons in 1968 as a New Democratic Party MP from Saskatchewan. ...
* Regina—Qu'Appelle: Simon de Jong *
Regina—Wascana Regina—Wascana (formerly Wascana) is a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1988. Geography Most of the riding is within the provincial capital city of Regin ...
: Dickson Bailey * Saskatoon—Clark's Crossing:
Chris Axworthy Christopher S. Axworthy, (born March 10, 1947, Plymouth, United Kingdom)Roberts, David. Why Chris Axworthy feels at home. The Globe and Mail. October 30, 1999. p. A22 is a Canadian politician and academic. Law Professor After teaching law at t ...
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Saskatoon—Dundurn Saskatoon—Dundurn was a federal electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 to 1997. This riding was created in 1987 from parts of Humboldt—Lake Centre, Saskatoon East and Sask ...
: Ron Fisher *
Saskatoon—Humboldt Saskatoon—Humboldt was a federal electoral district (Canada), electoral district in Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1979, and from 1988 to 2015. Geography The electoral district (Canada ...
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Stan Hovdebo Stanley John Hovdebo (20 July 1925 – 14 January 2018) was a New Democratic Party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was an educator by career. He first campaigned in the Saskatchewan riding of Prince Albert during the 1979 f ...
* Souris—Moose Mountain: Jeff Sample * Swift Current—Maple Creek—Assiniboia: Laura Balas * The Battlefords—Meadow Lake: Len Taylor * Yorkton—Melville:
Lorne Nystrom Lorne Edmund Nystrom, (born April 26, 1946) is a Canadian politician and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1968 to 1993 and again from 1997 to 2004. He is a member of the New Democratic Party. Nystrom has been a prominent figu ...


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