Ontario New Democratic Party
political party in Ontario, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Ontario New Democratic Party (ONDP) is a social democratic political party in Ontario, Canada. It is part of the national New Democratic Party. It formed in 1961 when the Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation merged with the Ontario Federation of Labour.
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The party formed the government in the 1990 Ontario general election. This was the first provincial government formed by the NDP east of Manitoba. However, the party was blamed for a recession that hit Canada and lost the 1995 general election.
The leader of the party since 2009 is Andrea Horwath.[1] After the 2018 election, the NDP became the Official Opposition.[2]