List of Ontario CCF/NDP members explained

This is a list of members of the Ontario Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and its successor, the Ontario New Democratic Party (NDP), social democratic political parties in Ontario, Canada.

Current and former CCF/NDP members of the Ontario legislature

First elected in 1934

The CCF won one of the 90 seats available in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 1934 provincial election:

Hamilton East elected 1934, def. 1937, Mayor of Hamilton 1944-1949

In the 1937 election no CCFers were elected.

First elected in 1943

The CCF won 34 of the 90 seats available in the 1943 election:

Bracondale (Oakwood, Toronto) 1943-1945; 1st (tied with Macphail) woman elected to Ontario Legislature
Brantford 1943-1945
Cochrane North 1943-1945
Cochrane South 1943-1945-1948-1951-1955
Essex North 1943-1945 (resigned from CCF caucus in 1945 to sit as Independent Labour, did not run in 1945)
Hamilton Centre 1943-1945, 1948–1951
Hamilton-Wentworth 1943-1945
Fort William 1943—1945-1948
Hamilton East 1943-1945
Kenora 1943-1945-1948
Lambton West 1943-1945
Niagara Falls 1943-1945
Nipissing 1943-1945
Ontario (Durham) 1943-1945
Parry Sound 1943-1945
Port Arthur 1943-1945-1948-1951
Rainy River 1943-1945
Riverdale 1943-1945, 1948–1951
St. David 1943-1945, 1948–1951
Sault Ste Marie 1943-1945-1948-1951
Sudbury 1943-1945-1948
Timiskaming 1943-1945-1948-1951
Waterloo North 1943-1945
Waterloo South 1943-1945
Welland 1943-1945
Wellington South 1943-1945 (resigned from CCF caucus in 1944 to sit as Independent Farmer-Labour, did not run in 1945)
Wentworth 1943-1945-1948
Windsor Sandwich 1943-1945
Windsor Walkerville 1943-1945
Woodbine 1943-1945, 1948–1951
York East (East York) 1943-1945 (defeated), 1948–1951 (defeated) first female MPP sworn in, tied with Luckock as first woman elected to legislature
York North 1943-1945
York South 1943-1945, 1948–1951 (CCF leader, 1942-1953)
York West 1943-1945, 1948–1951

First elected in 1945

The CCF won 8 of the 90 seats available in the 1945 election:

First elected in 1948

The CCF won 21 of the 90 seats available in the 1948 election:

Beaches 1948-1951, later NDP MP
Bracondale (Oakwood) 1948-1951
Dovercourt 1948-1951
Essex North 1948-1951
Hamilton East 1948-1951
High Park 1948-1951
Ontario (Durham) 1948-1951-1955, Oshawa 1955-1959-1963
Parkdale 1948-1951
Waterloo South 1948-1951
Wentworth 1948-1951

First elected in 1951

The CCF won two of the 90 seats available in the 1951 election:

First elected in 1955

The CCF won 3 of the 90 seats available in the 1955 election:

Wentworth East 1955-1959-1963-1967, Hamilton East 1967-1971-1975 (retired, NDP won)
York South 1955-1959-1963-1967-1971-1975-1977-1981-1982by (gave up seat for Bob Rae, NDP won) (CCF/NDP leader, 1953-1970)

First elected in 1959

The CCF won five of the 98 seats available in the 1959 election:

Hamilton East 1959-1963-1967, Hamilton Centre 1967-1971-1975
Woodbine 1959-1963-1967 (retired, NDP won)

First elected in 1963

The NDP won 7 of the 108 seats available in the 1963 election:

Scarborough West 1963-1967-1971-1975-1977-1978by (retired, NDP won) (NDP leader, 1970-1978)
Yorkview (North York) 1963-1967-1971-1975-1977-1981, United Church Minister, former North York Alderman

First elected in 1964

The NDP won a seat available in a 1964 by-election:

lawyer; Riverdale 1964by-1967-1971-1975-1977-1981-1984 (died in 1984, NDP won)

First elected in 1967

The NDP won 20 of the 117 seats available in the 1967 election:

Beaches-Woodbine 1967-1971
Timiskaming 1967-1971
Cochrane South 1967-1971-1975-1977
High Park 1967-1971-1975 (retired, NDP won)
Lakeshore 1967-1971-1975-1977-1981
Oshawa 1967-1971
former MP ; Peterborough 1967-1971, NDP MP for Peterborough 60-62, & former Ontario NDP leadership candidate
Scarborough Centre 1967-1971
Sudbury East 1967-1971-1975-1977-1981-1985-1987 (retired, NDP won)
Thunder Bay 1967-1971-1975, Lake Nipigon 1975-1977-1981-1985 (retired, NDP won)
Wentworth 1967-1971-1975-1977-1979by, NDP MP for Hamilton Mountain 1984-1986
Sandwich-Riverside 1967-1975, Windsor Riverside 1975-1977 (retired, NDP won)
Windsor West 1967-1971 (retired, NDP won)

First elected in 1969

The NDP won a seat available in a 1969 by-election:

First elected in 1971

The NDP won 19 of the 117 seats available in the 1971 election:

Nickel Belt 1971-1975-1977-1981-1985-1987-1990-1995-1998by (retired, NDP won)
Ottawa Centre 1971-1975-1977-1981-1984by (ran federally, NDP won), (NDP leader, 1978-1982)
Parkdale 1971-1975-1977-1981 (ran, NDP defeated)
Port Arthur 1971-1975-1977-1981-1985-1987
former MP; Sudbury 1971-1975-1977-1981, former NDP MP 1967-1968 for Sudbury
Windsor West 1971-1975, Windsor Sandwich 1975-1977-1981

First elected in 1974

The NDP won a seat available in a 1974 by-election:

Stormont 1974by-1975, Cornwall 1975-1977-1981-1985

First elected in 1975

The NDP won 38 of the 125 seats available in the 1975 election:

Algoma 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987-1990-1995-1999 (retired, NDP lost)
Beaches-Woodbine 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987-1990 (retired, NDP won)
Bellwoods 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987
Cambridge 1975-1977-1981
Carleton East 1975-1977-1981, Ottawa Centre 1984by-1985-1987, 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Dovercourt 1975-1977-1981-1985-1986 (lost NDP Nomination, became a Liberal, MPP till 1990)
Downsview 1975-1977-1981-1985 (ran, NDP lost),
Durham East 1975-1977
Durham West 1975-1977
Etobicoke 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987, Etobicoke-Rexdale 1987-1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Fort William 1975-1977
Hamilton Centre 1975-1977-1981 (ran, NDP lost), 1984by-1985 (ran, NDP lost)
Hamilton East 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987-1990-1995 (retired, NDP lost)
High Park-Swansea 1975-1977-1981 (ran, NDP lost)
Oakwood 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987 (ran, NDP lost)
Oshawa 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987-1990 (ran Federally, NDP won), former NDP MP for Oshawa 1990-1993
Peterborough 1975-1977
Scarborough Ellesmere 1975-1977-1981, 1985–1987, 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Timiskaming 1975-1977
Welland-Thorold 1975-1977-1981-1985-1987-1988by (?, NDP won)

First elected in 1977

The NDP won 33 of the 125 seats available in the 1977 election:

Hamilton Mountain 1977-1981-1985-1987-1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Windsor Riverside 1977-1981-1985-1987-1990-1995-1998by (retired, NDP won)

First elected in 1979

The NDP won two seat in a 1979 by-elections:

Scarborough West 1979by-1981-1985-1987-1990 (retired, NDP won)

First elected in 1981

The NDP won 21 of the 125 seats available in the 1981 election.

First elected in 1982

The NDP won two seats in 1982 by-elections:

Hamilton West 1982by-1985-1987-1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
York South 1982by-1985-1987-1990-1995-1996by (retired, NDP lost) (NDP leader, 1982-1996, later a Liberal MP and leader)

First elected in 1985

The NDP won 25 of the 125 seats available in the 1985 election:

Riverdale 1985-1987-1990 (retired, NDP won)
Lakeshore 1985-1987, Etobicoke Lakeshore 1987-1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Lake Nipigon 1985-1987-1990-1995-1999 (retired, NDP lost)
Sault Ste Marie 1985-1987-1990 (retired, NDP won)
Timiskaming 1985-1986* (switched to Liberal Party in 1986, retired 2011)

First elected in 1987

The NDP won 19 of the 130 seats available in the 1987 election:

Rainy River 1987-1990-1995-1999, Kenora Rainy River 1999-2003–2007-2011 (retired, NDP won) (NDP leader, 1996-2009)
Sudbury East 1987-1990-1995-1999, Nickle Belt 1999-2003-2007 (retired, NDP won France Gélinas)

First elected in 1988

The NDP won a seat in a 1988 by-election:

Welland Thorold 1988by-1990-1995-1999, Niagara Centre 1999-2003–2007-2011 (retired, NDP won)

First elected in 1990

The NDP won 74 of the 130 seats available in the 1990 election:

Dovercourt 1990-1995-1999 (ran, NDP lost)
Downsview 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost),
Durham Centre 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Durham East 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Durham West 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Durham-York 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost),
Elgin 1990-1993 (quit NDP, sat as independent till 1999)
Fort York 1990-1995-1999, Trinity Spadina 1999-2003–2007-2011-2014 (ran, NDP lost)
Frontenac-Addington 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Guelph 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Halton North 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Hamilton Centre 1990-1995-1999, Hamilton West 1999-2003 (retired, NDP lost)
Hastings Peterborough 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
High Park-Swansea 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Huron 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Kingston and the Islands 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Kitchener 1990-1995 (did not run, NDP lost)
Kitchener Wilmot 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Lincoln 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
London Centre 1990-1995-1999 (ran, NDP lost)
London South 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Middlesex 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Lambton 1990-1995 (did not run, NDP lost)
Muskoka-Georgian Bay 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost),
Niagara Falls 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Niagara South 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Norfolk 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Oakwood 1990
Oshawa 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Oxford 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Perth 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Peterborough 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Prince Edward-Lennox 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Port Arthur 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Riverdale 1990-1995-1999, Broadview Greenwood 1999-2003, Toronto Danforth 2003-2005 (retired, NDP won)
St. Andrew's-St. Patrick 1990-1994
St. Catharines-Brock 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Sarnia 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Sault Ste Marie 1990-1995-1999-2003 (ran, NDP lost), NDP MP Sault Ste Marie 2004–2011
Scarborough Centre 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
doctor ; Scarborough East 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Scarborough West 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost),
Simcoe Centre 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Sudbury 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Wentworth East 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Wentworth North 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost)
Victoria-Haliburton 1990-1993by (quit, NDP lost), Anglican priest
Windsor Sandwich 1990-1995 (did not run, NDP lost)
Windsor Walkerville 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost), Windsor-Riverside 1998by-1999
York East (East York) 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost),
Yorkview 1990-1995 (ran, NDP lost), Toronto City Councillor

First elected in 1995

The NDP won 17 of the 130 seats available in the 1995 election.

First elected in 1998

The NDP won two seats in 1998 by-elections:

Nickle Belt 1998by-1999 (Ridings Merged, Did not seek nomination)
Ottawa West 1997by-1998*-1999 (ran NDP lost)(elected as a Liberal in 1997, he switched to the NDP in 1998 after losing nomination), Ottawa City Councillor

First elected in 1999

The NDP won 9 of the 103 seats available in the 1999 election.

First elected in 2001

The NDP won a seat in a 2001 by-election:

Beaches-East York 2001by-2003–2007-2011-2014 (ran, lost), former mayor of East York

First elected in 2003

The NDP won 7 of the 103 seats available in the 2003 election.

First elected in 2004

The NDP won a seat in a 2004 by-election:

First elected in 2006

The NDP won a seat, and retained one that they already held, in 2006 by-elections:

Toronto-Danforth 2006by-2007-2011-2014–2018-2022-present, former Toronto City Councillor/frm Head of Greenpeace, interim NDP leader and leader of the opposition (2022-2023)
Parkdale-High Park 2006by-2007-2011-2014–2018, (retired, NDP won) United Church Minister

First elected in 2007

The NDP picked up one seat in a by-election, but lost it in the general election. Two MPPs resigned and their seats were retained in the general election in which the NDP won 10 seats, the same number as in the 2003 election. However the size of the legislature increased in this election from 103 to 107 seats.

First elected in 2011

The NDP won 17 seats (out of 107) for a net gain of 7.

First elected in 2012

The NDP picked up 1 seat in a by-election, increasing their total to 18.

First elected in 2013

The NDP picked up 2 seats in by-election, increasing their total to 20.

First elected in 2014

The NDP picked up one seat in a by-election, which was retained in that year's general election, increasing their total to 21. In the general election, 3 seats were gained and 3 seats were lost resulting in no net change. One of the newly elected MPPs, however, resigned later the same year after just six months in office, and the party lost the resulting by-election.

First elected in 2018

See also: 2018 Ontario general election. The NDP picked up 22 seats to become the Official Opposition, with 40 seats

First elected in 2022

See also: 2022 Ontario general election. The NDP was returned as the Official Opposition, with 31 seats, nine fewer than in 2018. Three new MPPs were elected:

First elected in 2023

The NDP elected one MPP in a by-election to replace former NDP leader Andrea Horwath who resigned her seat to run for Mayor of Hamilton.

Prominent Ontario CCF/NDP members and organizers

1930/1940s

1950s

1970s

1980s

1990s

Prominent NDP candidates & past candidates

2011 election

2003 election

1995 election

1987 election

Prominent NDPers/CCFers at the municipal level

Toronto

See also

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