The New Democratic Party ran a full slate of 295 candidates in the 1988 federal election, and elected 43 members to become the third-largest party in parliament. Many of the party's candidates have their own biography pages; information about others may be found here.
Alberta Calgary RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankCalgary CentreElaine Husband10,73120.022ndCalgary NorthTom Schepens7,6264thCalgary NortheastKen Richmond7,31915.473rdCalgary SoutheastKathy Miller6,83713.192ndCalgary SouthwestVera Vogel5,0248.104thCalgary WestRichard D. Vanderberg6,35511.614th
Edmonton RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankEdmonton EastRoss Harvey15,05138.201stEdmonton NorthNels Rissling15,5832ndEdmonton NorthwestMarie Gordon13,19834.472ndEdmonton SoutheastHarbans Dhillon9,1613rdEdmonton SouthwestBob Friedland8,5983rdEdmonton—StrathconaHalyna Freeland13,68625.322nd
Rural Alberta RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankAthabascaIan Thorn 8,91127.282ndBeaver RiverBrian Luther6,49220.893rdCrowfootFred Rappel2,7257.673rdElk IslandRolf E. Nielsen9,0462ndLethbridgeDon Ferguson4,4899.802ndMacleodGary Taje2,8848.584thMedicine HatJim Ridley 6,45315.142ndPeace RiverNorman Dyck 7,38917.172ndRed DeerGail Garbutt5,71712.63rdSt. AlbertDennis Pawlowski8,37019.602ndVegrevilleRichard Johnson6,0352ndWetaskiwinTerry Atkinson5,74114.32ndWild RoseRobin Slater3,2097.74thYellowheadMuriel Stanley VenneANDP candidate for Edmonton-Meadowlark in the 1986 Alberta provincial electionIndigenous rights activist6,17215.43rd
Newfoundland and Labrador RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankBonavista-Trinity-ConceptionLarry Welsh2,3725.723rdBurin-St. George'sL. Joseph Edwards2,2993rdGander—Grand FallsBryan Blackmore4,6183rdHumber—St. Barbe—Baie VerteMarie Newhook1,4413.683rdLabradorEvelyn Riggs1,50811.323rdSt. John's EastJack HarrisMember of Parliament for St. John's East (1987–1988)17,19835.302ndSt. John's WestAlfred J. Sullivan2,3333rd
Nova Scotia RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankAnnapolis Valley—HantsKeith Collins5,88612.523rdCape Breton—East RichmondJohn Stevens4,4823rdCape Breton Highlands—CansoWilf Cude2,0363rdCape Breton—The SydneysEd MacLeod2,9993rdCentral NovaGloria Murphy5,11013.023rdCumberland—ColchesterBarbara Jack4,1129.323rdDartmouthMarty Zelenietz5,16210.863rdHalifaxRay Larkin9,26917.743rdHalifax WestLois Wiseman9,01116.253rdSouth ShoreBill Zimmerman4,05210.153rdSouth West NovaPeter Zavitz2,3965.693rd
Prince Edward Island RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankCardiganGertrude Partridge8054.463rdEgmontIrene N. Dyment1,4387.523rdHillsboroughDody CraneLawyer1,9845.783rdMalpequeJudy Whitaker1,4347.933rd
New Brunswick RidingCandidate's NameNotes Residence Occupation Votes % RankBeauséjourLyman Dean 3,95810.243rdCarleton—CharlotteBen Kilfoil2,5967.73rdFrederictonAllan Sharp4,92210.323rdFundy—RoyalRosemarie McNairn4,96510.973rdGloucesterSerge Robichaud2,1635.533rdMadawaska—VictoriaRéal Couturier2,4418.03rdMiramichiFrank Clancy1,6866.094thMonctonTerry Boudreau4,9049.663rdRestigoucheNancy Quigley3,27210.63rdSaint JohnJudith Meinert 4,88312.53rd
Quebec Abitibi: Gerry Lemoyne Ahuntsic: Vincent Guadagnano Anjou—Rivière-des-Prairies: Vincent Marchione Marchione' was a forty-nine-year-old educator and social worker in 1988. He focused his campaign on job creation, and won support in his multicultural riding with a nomination speech delivered in French, Italian, Creole, and English.Amorell Saunders, "Marchione acclaimed for NDP," Montreal Gazette, 14 April 1988, p. 7; "Italians fire up interest in new riding," Montreal Gazette, 20 August 1988, p. 6; History of Federal Ridings since 1867: ANJOU--RIVIÈRE-DES-PRAIRIES (1988/11/21), Parliament of Canada, accessed 12 October 2011. Marchione later ran for a school board seat and led an environmental group that opposed the construction of petrochemical plants in east-end Montreal.Allison Hanes, "Petrochemical-plant deal fuels residents' anger," Montreal Gazette, 2 February 2001, p. 3. Argenteuil—Papineau: André Marc Paré Beauce: Danielle Wolfe Beauharnois—Salaberry: Daniel Payette Bellechasse: Gilles Papillon Berthier—Montcalm: Pierre Arès Blainville—Deux-Montagnes: Louisette Tremblay-Hinton Bonaventure—Îles-de-la-Madeleine: Germaine Poirier Bourassa: Kéder Hyppolite Brome—Missisquoi: Paul Vachon Chambly: Phil Edmonston Champlain: Jocelyn Crête Charlesbourg: Denis Courteau Charlevoix: Kenneth Choquette Châteauguay: Pierre Hétu Chicoutimi: Mustapha Elayoubi Drummond: Ferdinand Berner Duvernay: Michel Agnaieff Frontenac: Claude L'Heureux Gaspé: Bertrand Réhel Gatineau—La Lièvre: Marius Tremblay Hochelaga—Maisonneuve: Gaétan Nadeau Hull—Aylmer: Danielle Lapointe-Vienneau Joliette: Claude Hétu Jonquière: Françoise Gauthier Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup: Maurice Tremblay La Prairie: Bruce Katz Lachine—Lac-Saint-Louis: Val Udvarhely Lac-Saint-Jean: Jean Paradis Langelier: Pauline Gingras LaSalle—Émard: Jean-Claude Bohrer Laurentides: Bill Clay Laurier—Sainte-Marie: François Beaulne Laval: Paul Cappon Laval-des-Rapides: John Shatilla Lévis: Jean-Paul Harney Longueuil: Daniel Senez Lotbinière: Richard Lacoursière Louis-Hébert: Pierre Lavigne Manicouagan: Carol Guay Matapédia—Matane: Yves Coté Mégantic—Compton—Stanstead: Jean-Pierre Walsh Mercier: André Cordeau Montmorency—Orléans: Éric Gourdeau Mount Royal: Tariq Alvi Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: Maria Peluso Outremont: Louise O'Neill Papineau—Saint-Michel: Giovanni Adamo Adamo was an executive chef with longstanding ties to his riding's Italian community."Road gets rougher for Ouellet Series: The race in Papineau-Saint-Michel," Montreal Gazette, 21 October 1988, p. 6. Adamo was fifty-two years old during the election. See "The RACE for Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 2 October 1988, p. 6. He received 5,948 votes (15.10%), finishing third against Liberal incumbent André Ouellet.Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-fourth General Election, 1988. Pierrefonds—Dollard: Pierre Razik Pontiac—Gatineau—Labelle: John Trent Portneuf: Jean-Marie Fiset Québec-Est: Jeanne Lalanne Richelieu: Gaston Dupuis Dupuis, an office clerk, ran as a New Democratic Party candidate in two elections.History of Federal Ridings since 1867: RICHELIEU (1988/11/21), Parliament of Canada, accessed 13 August 2009. He ran his 1988 campaign from his work space and acknowledged that his party did not have a strong historical support base in Richelieu.Rudy Le Cours, "Dans Richelieu, Louis Plamondon est d'un optimisme à toute épreuve", La Presse, 16 November 1988, B4. Richmond—Wolfe: Marc-André Péloquin Rimouski—Témiscouata: Pierre Boisjoli Roberval: Réjean Lalancette Rosemont: Giuseppe Sciortino Saint-Denis: Jaime Llambias-Wolff Saint-Henri—Westmount: Ruth Rose Saint-Hubert: Nicole Desranleau Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot: Hélène Lortie-Narayana Saint-Jean: Rezeq Faraj Saint-Laurent: Sid Ingerman Saint-Léonard: Michel Roche Saint-Maurice: Claude Rompré Shefford: Paul Pearson Sherbrooke: Alain Poirier Témiscamingue: Rémy Trudel Terrebonne: Lauraine Vaillancourt Trois-Rivières: Josée Trudel Vaudreuil: Suzanne Aubertin Verchères: Maria Jean Verdun—Saint-Paul: Alain Tassé
Ontario Algoma: Lloyd Greenspoon Beaches—Woodbine: Neil Young Brampton: John Morris Brampton—Malton: Paul Ledgister Brant: Derek Blackburn Broadview—Greenwood: Lynn McDonald Bruce—Grey: Cathy Hird Burlington: Jane Mulkewich Cambridge: Bruce Davidson Carleton—Gloucester: Robert Cottingham Cochrane—Superior: Len Wood Davenport: Anna Menozzi Don Valley East: Brant Loper Don Valley North: Anton Kuerti Don Valley West: Ian Cameron Durham: Margaret Wilbur Eglinton—Lawrence: Vittoria Levi Levi was born in Italy. She was a vocational rehabilitation counsellor and served as a representative of the National Congress for Italian Canadians in the 1980s. Early in 1988, she criticized Robert Elgie's proposals for provincial labour law reform as "a change for the worse" with respect to the rights of injured workers.Pat McNenly, "Reforms for injured workers 'just tinkering', critics say", Toronto Star, 22 April 1988, H11. She was forty-nine years old at the time of the election.Murray Campbell, "Nomination scars Liberals in Eglinton-Lawrence", Globe and Mail, 3 November 1988, A15. She received 6,241 votes (15.57%), finishing third against Liberal candidate Joe Volpe. Elgin: Bob Habkirk Erie: Sean O'Flynn Essex—Kent: John Coggans Essex—Windsor: Steven W. Langdon Etobicoke Centre: Phil Jones Etobicoke North: Ted Humphreys Etobicoke—Lakeshore: Judy Brandow Glengarry—Prescott—Russell: Helena McCuaig Guelph—Wellington: Alex Michalos Haldimand—Norfolk: Eric Butt Halton—Peel: Fern Wolf Hamilton East: Dave Wilson Hamilton Mountain: Marion Dewar Hamilton West: Lesley Russell Hamilton—Wentworth: Julia McCrea Hastings—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington: Bud Acton Huron—Bruce: Tony McQuail Kenora—Rainy River: John Edmund Parry Kent: Leo Rustin Kingston and the Islands: Len Johnson Major-General Leonard V. Johnson is from a military background. He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1950, rose to the rank of major-general and served as Commandant of the National Defence College. He retired from the service in 1984. He represented the New Democratic Party in a national debate on defence issues in 1988 (Kingston Whig-Standard, 31 October 1988), and was the only candidate in Kingston and the Islands to argue that Canada should be made a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (KWS, 11 November 1988). He also called for Canadian soldiers to be returned from Europe, arguing that large expenditures on overseas troops were hindering Canada's ability to run a modern navy (KWS, 11 November 1988). Johnson was considered a star candidate, and was backed by a strong local organization that outspent all other campaigns in the city (KWS, 25 May 1989). His support base was eroded by a strong Liberal campaign, however, and he finished third against Liberal Peter Milliken with 11,442 votes (20.10%). Following the election, Johnson was named Kingston chair of the peace group Project Plowshares (KWS, 21 December 1988). Kitchener: Sue Coulter Lambton—Middlesex: Larry Ross Green Lanark—Carleton: Bill Cox Leeds—Grenville: Barry Grills Lincoln: John Mayer London East: Marion Boyd London West: Bruce Lundgren London—Middlesex: Michael Wyatt Markham: Susan Krone Mississauga East: Walter Grozdanovski Mississauga South: Sue Craig Mississauga West: Paul Simon Nepean: Bea Murray Niagara Falls: Dick Harrington Nickel Belt: John Rodriguez Nipissing: Dawson Pratt Northumberland: Gord Barnes Oakville—Milton: Richard J. Banigan Ontario: Jim Wiseman Oshawa: Ed Broadbent Ottawa Centre: Mike Cassidy Ottawa South: John Fryer Ottawa West: Theresa Kavanagh Ottawa—Vanier: Kathryn Barnard Oxford: Brian Donlevy Parkdale—High Park: Abby Pollonetsky Parry Sound—Muskoka: Joanne Malchuk Perth—Wellington—Waterloo: Linda Ham Peterborough: Gillian Sandeman Prince Edward—Hastings: Don Wilson Renfrew: Elizabeth Ives-Ruyter Rosedale: Doug Wilson Sarnia—Lambton: Julie Foley Sault Ste. Marie: Steve Butland Scarborough Centre: Garth C. Dee Scarborough East: Mary Cook Scarborough West: Dave Gracey Scarborough—Agincourt: Susie Vallance Scarborough—Rouge River: Raymond Cho Scarborough Centre: Judy Watson Simcoe North: Mike McMurter St. Catharines: Rob West St. Paul's: Diane Bull Stormont—Dundas: Steve J. Corrie Sudbury: Bill Major