New Democratic Party

NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NDP) of BC, a provincial wing of the federal political party of the same name, was formed in Oct 1961 at a VANCOUVER convention where the CO-OPERATIVE COMMONWEALTH FEDERATION (CCF) joined forces with organized labour (see LABOUR MOVEMENT) and adopted a new name. Robert STRACHAN, who had led the CCF since 1956, remained party leader and leader of the opposition with a fairly constant level of electoral support through the 1960s. The NDP espouses moderate social democratic...

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