Thomas Mulcair Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:24:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Thomas Mulcair Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Mulcair Elected As Leader Of NDP, Official Opposition https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/03/25/mulcair-elected-as-leader-of-ndp-official-opposition/ Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:00:02 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=5977 Thomas Mulcair is the new leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP).

Mulcair was elected, after a gruelling 12 hours of voting, at the NDP’s convention on the weekend.

The NDP is the political party that is Canada’s “official opposition” to the country’s governing party, the Conservatives.

As leader of the federal NDP, Mulcair will also become the leader of the Official Opposition.

The NDP had to elect a new leader after their last leader, Jack Layton, passed away from cancer in August 2011.

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