2004, 2006, (retired 2008 NDP won Megan Leslie) Gordon Earle – retired senior public servant – NDP – Halifax West – MP 1997, 2000 (ran 2004, NDP lost) Peter Stoffer – customer service lead agent – NDP – Sackville-Eastern Shore – MP 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Peter Mancini – lawyer – NDP – Sydney-Victoria – MP 1997, 2000 (ran 2004, NDP lost) Rick Laliberte – school trustee – NDP – Churchill River – MP 1997, 1999 (Switched to Liberals in 1999, then an Independent MP till 2004) Dick Proctor – communications consultant – NDP – Pallister – MP 1997, 2000, 2004 (ran 2006, NDP lost) Louise Hardy – social worker – NDP – Yukon – MP 1997 (ran 2000, NDP lost) 1999 by-election Dennis Gruending – journalist – NDP – Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar – MP 1999, 2000 (ran 2004, NDP lost) 2000 general election The party won a total of 13 seats in the 2000 election, including one member elected for the first time: Joe Comartin – managing director – NDP – Windsor-St. Clair – MP 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (retired 2015, NDP lost) 2002 by-election One New Democrat was elected in a by-election in 2002, giving the party a total of 14 MPs: Brian Masse – city councillor – NDP – Windsor West – MP 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 2004 general election The party won a total of 19 seats in the 2004 election, including eight members elected for the first time: Bill Siksay – parliamentary assistant – NDP – Burnaby-Douglas, BC – MP 2004, 2006, 2008 (retired 2011, NDP won Kennedy Stewart) Peter Julian – financial administrator – NDP – Burnaby-New Westminster, BC – MP 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, (riding renamed New Westminster—Burnaby) 2015, 2019, 2021 Jean Crowder – municipal councillor – NDP – Nanaimo-Cowichan, BC – MP 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (retired 2015, riding dissolved) Nathan Cullen – consultant – NDP – Skeena-Bulkley Valley, BC – MP 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 (retired 2019 and entered provincial politics, NDP won) Dave Christopherson – executive director, former Ontario NDP MPP – NDP – Hamilton Centre – MP 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 (retired 2019, NDP won) Tony Martin – community development, Assistant Minister – NDP – Sault Ste Marie – MP 2004, 2006, 2008 (ran 2011, NDP lost) Charlie Angus – writer/musician/activist/environmentalist – NDP – Timmins-James Bay – MP