List of Presidents of the New Democratic Party

The Presidents of the New Democratic Party of Canada are the administrative chairperson of the party, chairing party conventions, councils and executive meetings.

List

Order	Years In Office	Photo	Name	Notes
1	1961–1963		Dr. Michael Kelway Oliver	The academic was acclaimed as first president of the NDP; later president of Carleton University
2	1981–1985		Tony Penikett	Subsequently Premier of Yukon territory
3	1985–1987		Marion Dewar	Previously Mayor of Ottawa and subsequently NDP MP for Hamilton Mountain
4	1987–1989		Johanna den Hertog
5	1997–1999		Ed Tchorzewski	Former Saskatchewan cabinet minister
6	2001–2006		Adam Giambrone[1]	At age 24, he was the youngest person to ever become president of a political party.
7	September 10, 2006 – August 16, 2009		Anne McGrath[2]	McGrath was elected at the 2006 party convention in Quebec City.
8	August 15, 2009 – June 18, 2011		Peggy Nash[3]	Elected at the 2009 party convention in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
9	June 18, 2011 – September 12, 2011		Brian Topp[4]
10	2011–present		Rebecca Blaikie[5]

References

1. Connor, Kevin (April 15, 2011). "Sun News talking the talk". Toronto Sun. Retrieved December 23, 2012.
2. "Anne McGrath elected NDP President" (Press release). New Democratic Party. September 10, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
3. Galloway, Gloria (2009-08-15). "Folksy Dexter plays the hero". The Globe and Mail (Toronto). Retrieved 2009-09-22.
4. Smith, Joanna (2011-06-19). "Heated debate as New Democrats defer motion to drop socialist from constitution". The Toronto Star (Toronto). Archived from the original on 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
5. Bryden, Joan (March 26, 2012). "NDP hunts for source of cyber-attack on electronic voting system". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved March 31, 2012.