2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 Jack Layton – city councillor/professor – NDP – Toronto Danforth – MP 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011 (died in office 2011, NDP won byelection) 2006 general election The party won a total of 29 seats in the 2004 election, including eleven members elected for the first time: Alex Atamanenko – retired teacher – NDP – BC Southern Interior, BC – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (retired 2015, riding abolished) Penny Priddy – frm BC MLA – NDP – Surrey North, BC – MP 2006, 2008 (retired 2011, NDP lost) Catherine J. Bell – labour leader – NDP – Vancouver Island North, BC – MP 2006 (ran 2008, NDP lost) Denise Savoie – Victoria City Councillor – NDP – Victoria, BC – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (resigned 2012, NDP won byelection) Dennis Bevington – former mayor Fort Smith – NDP – Western Arctic, NWT – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Peggy Nash – CAW negotiator – NDP – Parkdale-High Park, ONT – MP 2006 (ran 2008, NDP lost) returned 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Olivia Chow – city councillor – NDP – Trinity-Spadina, ONT – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (resigned 2014 to run for Mayor of Toronto, NDP lost byelection) Wayne Marston – trade unionist – NDP – Hamilton East-Stoney Creek, ONT – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Chris Charlton – director of government and community relations – NDP – Hamilton Mountain, ONT – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (retired 2015, NDP won) Paul Dewar – teacher – NDP – Ottawa Centre, ONT – MP 2006, 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Irene Mathyssen – teacher, former MPP – NDP – London-Fanshawe – MP 2006, 2008, 2011, 2015 (retired 2019, NDP won) 2007 byelection Thomas Mulcair – former provincial cabinet minister – NDP – Outremont – MP 2007, 2008, 2011, 2015 (resigned 2018, NDP lost byelection) 2008 general election The party won a total of 37 seats in the 2008 federal election, including 11 members elected for the first time, additionally Jack Harris returned after having served 1987–1988: Malcolm Allen – trade union official and local councillor – NDP – Welland, ON – MP 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Niki Ashton – university instructor – NDP – Churchill, MB – MP 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 Don Davies - lawyer - NDP - Vancouver Kingsway, BC, 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019,