elected in a by-election in 1967, giving the party a total of 22 MPs: Bud Germa – armature winder – NDP – Sudbury – MP 1967 (ran 1968, NDP lost, subsequently Ontario NDP MPP 1971–1981 for Sudbury) 1968 general election The party won a total of 22 seats in the 1968 election, including nine members elected for the first time: Mark Rose – professor of education – NDP – Fraser Valley West – MP 1968–1972–1974, Mission-Port Moody 1979–1980–1983 by (ran provincially, NDP lost by-election) Randolph Harding – teacher/former MLA – NDP – Kootenay West – MP 1968, 1972 (ran 1974, NDP lost) Ed Broadbent – leader 1975–1989 – NDP – Oshawa Whitby – MP 1968, 1972, 1974, Oshawa 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 (retired 1990, NDP Won), Ottawa Centre 2004 (retired, NDP won Paul Dewar) Rod Thomson – farmer – NDP – Battleford-Kindersley – MP 1968 (ran 1972, NDP lost) John Skoberg – fire fighter engineman – NDP – Moose Jaw – MP 1968 (ran 1972, NDP lost) John Burton – agricultural economist – NDP – Regina East – MP 1968 (ran 1972, NDP lost) Les Benjamin – secretary, manager – NDP – Regina Lake Centre – MP 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 (retired 1993, riding boundary change, NDP won 1/2, lost 1/2 John Solomon – Regina Lumsden) Alfred Gleave – farmer – NDP – Saskatoon-Biggar – MP 1968, 1972 (ran 1974, NDP lost) Lorne Nystrom – teacher – NDP – Yorkton-Melville – MP 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988, (ran 1993, NDP lost) Qu'Appelle 1997, Regina Qu'Appelle 2000 (ran 2004, NDP lost) 1970 by-election One New Democrat was elected in a by-election in 1970, giving the party a total of 24 MPs: Doug Rowland – special assistant – NDP – Selkirk, Manitoba – MP 1970, 1972 (ran 1974, NDP lost) 1971 by-elections Two New Democrats were elected in by-elections in 1971, giving the party a total of 26 MPs: Bill Knight – teacher – NDP – Assinibola, Saskatchewan – MP 1971, 1972 (ran 1974, NDP lost) Derek Blackburn – teacher – NDP – Brant, Ontario – MP 1971, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988, (retired 1993, NDP lost) 1972 general election The party won a total of 31 seats in the 1972 election, including ten members elected for the first time: Nels Nelson – teacher – NDP – Burnaby-Seymour – MP 1972 (ran 1974, NDP lost) Harry