2021 Linda Duncan – environmental lawyer – NDP – Edmonton—Strathcona, AB, MP 2008, 2011, 2015 (retired 2019, NDP won) Claude Gravelle – machinist, union organizer – NDP – Nickel Belt, ON, MP 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Carol Hughes – union staffer – NDP – Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing, ON, MP 2008, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 Bruce Hyer – eco-entrepreneur – NDP – Thunder Bay—Superior North, ON, MP 2008, 2011 (quit NDP 2011 to sit as Ind., joined Greens in 2013, defeated 2015) Megan Leslie – law professor – NDP – Halifax, NS, MP 2008, 2011 (retired 2015, NDP lost) Jim Maloway – provincial legislator – NDP – Elmwood—Transcona, MB MP 2008 (ran 2011, NDP lost) John Raffety – broadcaster – NDP – Thunder Bay—Rainy River, ON MP 2008, 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Glenn Thibeault – executive director – NDP – Sudbury, ON MP 2008, 2011 (resigned 2014 to run for the Ontario Liberal Party, NDP won byelection) 2011 general election The party won a total of 103 seats in the 2011 federal election, forming Official Opposition for the first time. 68 members were elected for the first time: Robert Aubin – musician, teacher, NDP – Trois-Rivières, QC – MP 2011, 2015 (ran 2019, NDP lost) Paulina Ayala – teacher, NDP – Honoré-Mercier, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Tyrone Benskin – actor, artistic director, composer, writer, NDP – Jeanne-Le Ber, QC – MP 2011 (retired 2015, riding dissolved) Denis Blanchette – computer analyst and public servant, NDP – Louis-Hébert, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe – teacher, NDP – Pierrefonds—Dollard, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Françoise Boivin – lawyer, NDP – Gatineau, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Charmaine Borg – community activist, labour relations officer, NDP – Terrebonne-Blainville, QC – MP 2011 (ran 2015, NDP lost) Alexandre Boulerice – community activist, journalist, union communications adviser, NDP – Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, QC – MP 2011, 2015, 2019, 2021 Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet – teacher, trade unionist, NDP – Hochelaga, QC – MP 2011, 2015 (retired 2019, NDP lost) Tarik Brahmi – engineer, NDP – Saint-Jean, QC – MP 2011 (retired 2015, NDP lost) Ruth Ellen Brosseau – assistant manager, NDP – Berthier—Maskinongé, QC – MP 2011, 2015 (ran 2019, NDP lost) Guy Caron – economist, journalist, researcher, NDP – Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, QC – MP 2011, 2015 (ran 2019, NDP lost) Andrew Cash