NDP New Democratic Party

Stephen Harper: And after two years at a distant third in national polls it is now at or near the top, according to The Japan Times. The NDP still faces a formidable opponent in the governing Conservatives, who have held power for more than nine years. The New Democratic Party scored a stunning upset in Alberta provincial election this month, ending four decades of Progressive Conservative rule. The party has a large war chest and Prime Minister Stephen Harper is an experienced campaigner. I would have given 1,000-to-1 to anybody — four months ago — that the NDP wouldn’t form a government, he said. But the fact that people are talking about the possibility of a federal NDP government is a shock, said University of Toronto political scientist Nelson Wiseman. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.