– teacher – NDP – Nanaimo-Alberni – MP 1979, 1980 (ran 1984, NDP lost) Pauline Jewett – university professor, former Liberal MP (Northumberland, ON 1963-1965) – NDP – New Westminster-Coquitlam – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 (retired 1993, NDP lost) Jim Fulton – probation officer – NDP – Skeena – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 (retired 1993, NDP lost) Margaret Mitchell – community development worker – NDP – Vancouver East – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 (ran 1993, NDP lost) Ian Waddell – community lawyer – NDP – Vancouver Kingsway – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, Port Moody-Coquitlam 1988 (ran 1993, NDP lost) Rod Murphy – teacher – NDP – Churchill, Manitoba – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988 (ran 1993, NDP lost) Terry Sargeant – office manager – NDP – Selkirk-Interlake – MP 1979, 1980 (ran 1984, NDP lost) Bill Blaikie – clergyman – NDP – Winnipeg-Birds Hill – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, Winnipeg Transcona 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000, Elmwood-Transcona 2004, 2006 (retired 2008, NDP won) Peter Ittinuar – teacher – NDP – Nuntatsiaq, N.W.T. – MP 1979, 1980 (quit NDP in 1982 to become a Liberal on their promise to create a new territory in the Eastern Arctic (later Nunavut); quit Liberals after he lost the Liberal nomination for the 1984 election) Simon De Jong – restaurant owner – NDP – Regina East – MP 1979, 1980, 1984, 1988, Regina Qu-Appelle 1993 (retired 1997, NDP won) Bob Ogle – priest – NDP – Saskatoon East – MP 1979, 1980 (retired 1984, NDP lost) 1979 by-election One New Democrat was elected in a by-election in 1979, giving the party a total of 27 MPs: Stan Hovdebo – educator – NDP – Prince Albert, Saskatchewan – MP 1979–1980–1984–1988, (ridings merged, NDP Won), Saskatoon-Humboldt – MP 1988–1993 (retired, NDP lost) 1980 general election The party won a total of 32 seats in the 1980 election, including ten members elected for the first time: Jim Manly – minister – NDP – Cowichan-Malahat-the Islands – MP 1980–1984–1988 (retired, NDP won David Stupich in Nanaimo-Cowichan & Lynn Hunter in Saanich Gulf Islands) Nelson Riis – college instructor, geographer – NDP – Kamloops-Shuswap – MP 1980–1984–1988, Kamloops 1988–1993–1997–2000 (ran, NDP lost) Sid Parker – train conductor – NDP – Kootenay East-Revelstoke – MP 1980–1984, Kootenay East 1988–1993 (ran, NDP lost) Lyle Kristiansen – financial secretary, woodworker – NDP – Kootenay West – MP 1980–1984, (ran, NDP lost)