Seven MPs were elected as CCFers were elected in the 1935 election. In addition to incumbent MPs A.A. Heaps, Angus MacInnis and J.S. Woodsworth four new MPs are elected. As well, Agnes Macphail, was elected as a "United Farmers of Ontario–Labour" MP but sat with the CCF caucus. Many of these MPs were formerly members of the Ginger Group James Samuel Taylor – assistant/secretary – CCF – Nanaimo, B.C. – MP elected 1935, became an independent in 1937, did not run 1940, CCF lost) Charles Grant MacNeil – assistant/secretary – CCF – Vancouver Centre – MP 1935 (ran 1940 in Vancouver North, CCF lost) Major James Coldwell – teacher – CCF – Rosetown-Biggar, Saskatchewan – MP 1935, 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Tommy Douglas – minister/clergyman – CCF – Weyburn, Saskatchewan – MP 1935, 1940 (resigned 1944 to lead Saskatchewan CCF, CCF won Eric Bowness McKay), Burnaby-Coquitlam 1962 (by-election), 1963, 1965, (ran 1968, NDP lost), Nanaimo-Cowichan-the Islands 1969 (by-election) – 1972, 1974 (retired 1979, NDP lost) Additionally, Percy John Rowe was elected as a Social Credit MP in Athabasca in 1935 but ran for re-election under the CCF banner in 1940 and was defeated. 1940 general election Four CCFers were elected for the first time in the 1940 election, and four were re-elected, for a total of eight MPs: George Hugh Castleden – teacher – CCF – Yorkton, Saskatchewan – MP 1940, 1945 (ran 1949, CCF lost) returned 1953, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Clarence Gillis – miner/union official – CCF – Cape Breton South – MP 1940, 1945, 1949, 1953, (ran 1957, CCF lost) Alexander Malcolm Nicholson – clergyman/farmer – CCF – Mackenzie, Saskatchewan – MP 1940, 1945 (ran 1949, CCF lost), 1953, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Percy Ellis Wright – farmer – CCF – Melfort, Saskatchewan – MP 1940, 1945, 1949 (Ridings merged and Wright ran in Melville (electoral district), CCF lost) 1942 by-elections Three CCFers were elected for the first time in by-elections in 1942, for a total of ten MPs: William Bryce – farmer – CCF – Selkirk, Manitoba – MP 1942, 1945, 1949 (ran 1953, CCF lost) by-election – 1954, 1957 (ran 1958, CCF lost) Stanley Knowles – minister, printer & organizer – CCF – Winnipeg North Centre – MP 1942, 194, 1949, 1953, 1957, (ran 1958) ret. 1962, 1963, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974, 1979, 1980 (retired 1984, NDP Won)