New Party (Canada)

New Party was the interim name used by the new political party being established in Canada from 1958 to 1961 by the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC), which eventually defined itself as a social democratic party.^[1] In 1958 a joint CCF-CLC committee, the National Committee for the New Party (NCNP), was formed and spent the next three years laying down the foundations of the 'New Party'.^[2] During the process of founding the party, the New Party name was used in the October 1960 Peterborough, Canadian federal by-election; which was won by its candidate, Walter Pitman.^[3] In August 1961, at the end of a five-day long convention, the New Democratic Party (NDP) was born and T.C. 'Tommy' Douglas was elected its first leader.^[4] Once the NDP was formed, the New Party clubs, and affiliates automatically ceased, and became part of newly formed party.

Notes

1. ^ Young, pp. 132-134
2. ^ Morton, pp.20-24
3. ^ MacDonald, pp. 109-111
4. ^ Stewart (2000), pp. 213-214

References

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• Boyko, John (2006). Into the Hurricane: Attacking Socialism and the CCF. Winnipeg, Canada: J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc. ISBN 189728909. 
• Horowitz, Gad (1968). Canadian Labour in Politics. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802019021. 
• Lewis, David (1981). The Good Fight: Political Memoirs 1909–1958. Toronto: Macmillan of Canada. ISBN 0771595980. 
• MacDonald, Donald C. (1998). The Happy Warrior: Political Memoirs (2 ed.). Toronto, ON, Canada: Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-307-1. 
• McLeod, Thomas; Ian McLeod (2004). The Road to Jerusalem (2 ed.). Calgary: Fifth House. ISBN 1-894856-48-1. 
• Morton, Desmond (1986). The New Democrats, 1961-1986 : the politics of change (3 ed.). Toronto: Copp Clark Pitman. ISBN 0773046186. 
• Shackleton, Doris French (1975). Tommy Douglas. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0771081162. 
• Smith, Cameron (1989). Unfinished Journey: The Lewis Family. Toronto: Summerhill Press. ISBN 0-929091-04-3. 
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• Stewart, Walter (2003). Tommy: the life and politics of Tommy Douglas. Toronto: McArthur & Company. ISBN 1-55278-382-0. 
• Young, Walter D. (1969). The anatomy of a party: the national CCF 1932–61. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802052215. 

See also

• Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
• Ontario CCF
• New Democratic Party
• Major James Coldwell
• Tommy Douglas
• Claude Jodoin
• Stanley Knowles
• David Lewis
• Donald MacDonald
• Donald C. MacDonald