for the Grand Council of the Crees, NDP – Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou, QC – MP 2011, 2015 (retired 2019, NDP lost) Lise St-Denis – teacher, NDP – Saint-Maurice—Champlain, QC – MP 2011 (retired 2015, NDP lost) Jasbir Sandhu – building contractor, restaurant owner, taxi driver, truck driver, NDP – Surrey North, BC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Djaouida Sellah – physician, NDP – Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Jinny Sims – guidance counsellor, teacher, NDP – Newton—North Delta, BC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Rathika Sitsabaiesan – community worker, NDP – Scarborough—Rouge River, ON – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Kennedy Stewart – professor, NDP – Burnaby—Douglas, BC – MP 2011, 2015 (resigned in 2018 to run for Mayor of Vancouver, NDP won by-election Jagmeet Singh) Mike Sullivan – union representative, NDP – York South—Weston, ON – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Philip Toone – network administrator, notary, teacher, NDP – Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Jonathan Tremblay – brickmason, NDP – Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Nycole Turmel – municipal administrator, former president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, NDP – Hull—Aylmer, QC – MP 2011 (appointed NDP interim leader July 2011, ran 2015, NDP lost) 2012 by-election A by-election was called to replace former NDP leader Jack Layton, who died of cancer in August 2011. Craig Scott - lawyer and academic, NDP - Toronto-Danforth, ON - MP 2012 (ran 2015, NDP lost) 2015 general election The party won a total of 44 seats in the 2015 federal election. 16 members were elected for the first time: Sheri Benson — Saskatoon West, SK, MP 2015 (ran 2019, NDP lost) Daniel Blaikie — Elmwood—Transcona, MB, MP 2015, 2019, 2021 Rachel Blaney — North Island—Powell River, BC, MP 2015, 2019, 2021 Richard Cannings — South Okanagan—West Kootenay, BC, MP 2015, 2019, 2021 Scott Duvall — Hamilton Mountain, ON, MP 2015, 2019 (retired 2021, NDP lost) Cheryl Hardcastle — Windsor—Tecumseh, ON, MP 2015 (ran 2019, 2021, NDP lost) Gord Johns — Courtenay—Alberni, BC, MP 2015, 2019, 2021 Georgina Jolibois — Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River, MB, MP 2015 (ran 2019, NDP lost) Jenny Kwan — Vancouver East, BC, MP 2015, 2019, 2021 Alistair MacGregor — Cowichan—Malahat—Langford, BC, MP 2015, 2019, 2021 Sheila Malcolmson — Nanaimo—Ladysmith, BC, MP 2015 (resigned January 2, 2019 to enter provincial politics, Greens won