1997 (resigned 1999 to enter provincial cabinet, NDP won Dennis Gruending, Axworthy later unsuccessfully attempted to re-enter parliament as a Liberal in 2004 & 2006) Ron Fisher – hoistman – NDP – Saskatoon-Dundurn – MP 1988 (ran 1993, NDP lost) Len Taylor – journalist – NDP – the Battlefords-Meadow Lake – MP 1988, 1993 (ran 1997, NDP lost) 1990 by-election Two New Democrats were elected in by-elections in 1990, one of them replaced Ed Broadbent, who retired, giving the party a total of 44 MPs: Michael Breaugh – teacher, former Ontario NDP MPP for Oshawa 1975–1990 – NDP – Oshawa – MP 1990 (ran 1993, NDP lost) Phil Edmonston – journalist, writer, consumer advocate – NDP – Chambly, Quebec – MP 1990 (retired 1993, NDP lost) 1993 general election The party won a total of nine seats in the 1993 election, including one member elected for the first time: John Solomon – businessman/former MLA – NDP – Regina-Lumsden – MP 1993, 1997 (ran 2000, NDP lost) 1997 general election The party won a total of 21 seats in the 1997 election, including fifteen members elected for the first time: Libby Davies – human resources co-ordinator – NDP – Vancouver East – MP 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (ret. 2015, NDP won) Bev Desjarlais – ward clerk (Health Care Worker) – NDP – Churchill – MP 1997, 2000, 2004 (lost nomination, quit NDP 2005, NDP lost) Pat Martin – woodworker/union representative – NDP – Winnipeg Centre – MP 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Judy Wasylycia-Leis – legislator/former MLA – NDP – Winnipeg North Centre – MP 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, (retired 2010 to run for Mayor of Winnipeg, NDP lost) Yvon Godin – union representative – NDP – Acadie-Bathurst, N.B. – MP 1997, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (retired 2015, NDP lost) Angela Vautour – union representative – NDP – Beausejour-Petitcodiac, N.B. – MP 1997, 1999 (when she quit to join the PC Party, MP till 2000) Michelle Dockrill – front line health care worker – NDP – Bras d'Or Cape Breton – MP 1997 (ran 2000, NDP lost) Wendy Lill – playwright/historian/writer – NDP – Dartmouth – MP 1997, 2000 (retired 2004, NDP lost) Alexa McDonough – social worker, former federal NDP leader 1995–2003, former Nova Scotia NDP leader 1982–1994, former Nova Scotia NDP MLA – NDP – Halifax – MP 1997, 2000,