New Democratic Party candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election

This is a list of nominated candidates for the New Democratic Party in the 40th Canadian federal election, which resulted in a Conservative minority government.

Newfoundland and Labrador – 7 seats

Prince Edward Island – 4 seats

Nova Scotia – 11 seats

New Brunswick – 10 seats

Quebec – 75 seats

Ontario – 106 seats

Manitoba – 14 seats

Saskatchewan – 14 seats

Alberta – 28 seats

British Columbia – 36 seats

Abbotsford

• Bonnie Rai

British Columbia Southern Interior

• Alex Atamanenko, Incumbent MP.

Burnaby—Douglas

• Bill Siksay, Incumbent MP.

Burnaby—New Westminster

• Peter Julian, Incumbent MP.

Cariboo—Prince George

• Bev Collins

Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

• Helen Kormendy

Delta—Richmond East

• Szilvia Barna

Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

• Jennifer Burgis

Fleetwood—Port Kells

• Nao Fernando

Ran as an Alberta NDP candidate in the electoral district of Edmonton-Whitemud for the 1989 Alberta general election. He finished in third place out of three candidates losing to Percy Wickman and defeating incumbent Premier Don Getty.

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

• Michael Crawford

Kelowna—Lake Country

• Tish Lakes

Kootenay—Columbia

• Leon Pendleton

Langley

• Andrew Claxton

Nanaimo—Alberni

• Zeni Maartman

Nanaimo—Cowichan

• Jean Crowder, MP.

Newton—North Delta

• Teresa Townsley

New Westminster—Coquitlam

• Dawn Black, MP.

North Vancouver

• Michael Charrois

Okanagan—Coquihalla

• Ralph Poynting

Okanagan—Shuswap

• Alice Brown

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

• Mike Bocking

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

• Zoë Royer

Prince George—Peace River

• Betty Bekkering

Richmond

• Dale Jackaman

Saanich—Gulf Islands

• Julian West (on the ballot, but pulled out)

Skeena—Bulkley Valley

• Nathan Cullen, MP

South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

• Peter Prontzos

Surrey North

• Rachid Arab

Vancouver Centre

• Michael Byers

Vancouver East

• Libby Davies, MP

Vancouver Island North

• Catherine J. Bell

Vancouver Kingsway

• Don Davies

Vancouver Quadra

• David R. Caplan

Vancouver South

• Ann Chambers

Victoria

• Denise Savoie, MP

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

• Bill Forst

Yukon – 1 seat

Yukon

• Ken Bolton

Northwest Territories – 1 seat

Western Arctic

• Dennis Bevington, MP. Nominated January 18, 2007.

Nunavut – 1 seat

Nunavut

• Paul Irngaut

See also

• Results of the Canadian federal election, 2008
• Results by riding for the Canadian federal election, 2008

References