This is a list of members of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF), and its successor, the New Democratic Party (NDP), social democratic political parties in Canada.
See also List of Labour MPs (Canada), List of Progressive/United Farmer MPs
Articles on former and current Members of Parliament
1932 party founding
MPs who joined the CCF at its founding in 1932 were members of the Ginger Group.
George Gibson Coote – accountant, Macleod, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1921, 1925 Progressive Party, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Robert Gardiner – farmer, Acadia, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1921, 1925 Progressive Party, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Ted Garland – farmer, Bow River, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1921, 1925 Progressive Party, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) William Irvine – author, clergyman, farmer, Wetaskiwin, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1917, 1921, 1925 Labour, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Donald MacBeth Kennedy – farmer, Peace River, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1921, 1925 Progressive Party, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Michael Luchkovich – teacher, Vegreville, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Alfred Speakman – farmer, Red Deer, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Henry Elvins Spencer – farmer, printer, publisher, Battle River, Alberta – United Farmers of Alberta MP (elected 1921, 1925 Progressive Party, 1926, 1930 UFA, def CCF 1935) Angus MacInnis – auto mechanic, street car driver, union leader, school trustee, alderman – Vancouver East – Independent Labour MP 1930, 1935, CCF MP 1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953 (retired, CCF won Harold Edward Winch) Abraham Albert Heaps – upholsterer – Winnipeg North – Labour MP 1925, 1926, 1930, 1935, CCF MP 1935 (ran. 1940, CCF lost) James Shaver Woodsworth – minister, lecturer – Labour MP Winnipeg Centre 1921, Winnipeg North Centre 1925, 1926, 1930, CCF MP Winnipeg Centre 1935 Winnipeg North Centre 1940 (died 1942, CCF won Stanley Knowles) Agnes Macphail – teacher, president of the Ontario CCF – Progressive – Grey-Bruce – (elected 1921, 1925, 1926, 1930 Progressive Party, 1935 United Farmers of Ontario-Labour def. 1940) Macphail was never elected as a CCF MP but sat with the CCF caucus. Later elected CCF MPP to the Ontario legislature 1943–1945 and 1948–1951
1935 general election
Seven MPs were elected as CCFers were elected in the 1935 election. In addition to incumbent MPs A.A. Heaps, Angus MacInnis and J.S. Woodsworth four new MPs are elected. As well, Agnes Macphail, was elected as a "United Farmers of Ontario–Labour" MP but sat with the CCF caucus. Many of these MPs were formerly members of the Ginger Group
James Samuel Taylor – assistant/secretary – CCF – Nanaimo, B.C. – MP elected 1935, became an independent in 1937, did not run 1940, CCF lost) Charles Grant MacNeil – assistant/secretary – CCF – Vancouver Centre – MP 1935 (ran 1940 in Vancouver North, CCF lost) Major James Coldwell – teacher – CCF – Rosetown-Biggar, Saskatchewan – MP 1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Tommy Douglas – minister/clergyman – CCF – Weyburn, Saskatchewan – MP 1935, 1940 (resigned 1944 to lead Saskatchewan CCF, CCF won Eric Bowness McKay), Burnaby-Coquitlam 1962 (by-election), 1963, 1965, (ran 1968, NDP lost), Nanaimo-Cowichan-the Islands 1969 (by-election) – 1972, 1974 (retired 1979, NDP lost)
Additionally, Percy John Rowe was elected as a Social Credit MP in Athabasca in 1935 but ran for re-election under the CCF banner in 1940 and was defeated.
1940 general election
Four CCFers were elected for the first time in the 1940 election, and four were re-elected, for a total of eight MPs: George Hugh Castleden – teacher – CCF – Yorkton, Saskatchewan – MP 1940, 1945 (ran 1949, CCF lost) returned 1953, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Clarence Gillis – miner/union official – CCF – Cape Breton South – MP 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, (ran 1957, CCF lost) Alexander Malcolm Nicholson – clergyman/farmer – CCF – Mackenzie, Saskatchewan – MP 1940, 1945 (ran 1949, CCF lost), 1953, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Percy Ellis Wright – farmer – CCF – Melfort, Saskatchewan – MP 1940, 1945, 1949 (Ridings merged and Wright ran in Melville (electoral district), CCF lost)