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.

[New Brunswick] – 10 seats

[Saskatchewan] – 14 seats

[British Columbia] – 36 seats

Abbotsford">Abbotsford (electoral district)">Abbotsford

  • Bonnie Rai

[British Columbia Southern Interior]

[Burnaby—Douglas]

Burnaby—New Westminster">Burnaby—New Westminster (federal electoral district)">Burnaby—New Westminster

[Cariboo—Prince George]

[Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon]

[Delta—Richmond East]

  • Szilvia Barna

[Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca]

  • Jennifer Burgis

[Fleetwood—Port Kells]

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]

Kelowna—Lake Country">Kelowna—Lake Country (federal electoral district)">Kelowna—Lake Country

  • Tish Lakes

[Kootenay—Columbia]

  • Leon Pendleton

Langley">Langley (federal electoral district)">Langley

[Nanaimo—Alberni]

  • Zeni Maartman

[Nanaimo—Cowichan]

[Newton—North Delta]

  • Teresa Townsley

[New Westminster—Coquitlam]

North Vancouver">North Vancouver (electoral district)">North Vancouver

  • Michael Charrois

[Okanagan—Coquihalla]

  • Ralph Poynting

[Okanagan—Shuswap]

  • Alice Brown

[Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission]

[Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam]

[Prince George—Peace River]

  • Betty Bekkering

Richmond">Richmond (British Columbia federal electoral district)">Richmond

[Saanich—Gulf Islands]

  • Julian West

[Skeena—Bulkley Valley]

[South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale]

  • Peter Prontzos

Surrey North">Surrey North (federal electoral district)">Surrey North

  • Rachid Arab

[Vancouver Centre]

Vancouver East">Vancouver East (federal electoral district)">Vancouver East

[Vancouver Island North]

[Vancouver Kingsway]

[Vancouver Quadra]

  • David R. Caplan

Vancouver South">Vancouver South (federal electoral district)">Vancouver South

  • Ann Chambers

Victoria">Victoria (British Columbia federal electoral district)">Victoria

[West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country]

  • Bill Forst

[Yukon] – 1 seat

Yukon">Yukon (electoral district)">Yukon

  • Ken Bolton

[Northwest Territories] – 1 seat

[Western Arctic]

[Nunavut] – 1 seat

Nunavut">Nunavut (electoral district)">Nunavut

  • Paul Irngaut