What is Ontario New Democratic Party?
[[Image:Logo ONDP NEW.svg|right|200px]] The '''Ontario New Democratic Party''' ('''ONDP''') is a [[Social democracy|social democratic]] political party in [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It is part of the national [[New Democratic Party]]. It formed in 1961 when the [[Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (Ontario Section)|Ontario section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation]] merged with the [[Ontario Federation of Labour]]. The party formed the government in the [[Ontario general election, 1990|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 [[Ontario general election, 1995|1995 general election]]. The leader of the party since 2009 is [[Andrea Horwath]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/2009/03/07/andrea_horwath_wins_ndp_leadership_race.html|title=Andrea Horwath wins NDP leadership race|date=7 March 2009|last1=Ferguson|first1=Rob|last2=Talaga|first2=Tanya|website=The Star|accessdate=7 June 2019}}</ref> After the [[2018 Ontario general election|2018 election]], the NDP became the [[Official Opposition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-ndp-organizers-laud-historic-moment-as-party-forms-official/|title=Ontario NDP organizers laud ‘historic moment’ as party forms Official Opposition|date=8 June 2018|last1=Hui|first1=Ann|last2=Gray|first2=Jeff|website=The Globe and Mail|accessdate=17 June 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * {{official website|https://www.ontariondp.ca}} [[Category:Political parties of Ontario|New Democratic]] [[Category:1961 establishments in Canada]] {{multistub|politics|Canada}}