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New Democracy (Canada)
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New Democracy was a political party in Canada founded by William Duncan Herridge in 1939. Herridge, a former Conservative government minister, was the Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 1931-35 during the government of R. B. Bennett.
Herridge advocated monetary reform and government intervention in the economy as a means of fighting the Great Depression. His ideas were similar to those of the social credit movement, and in the 1940 election, the Social Credit Party of Canada joined with Herridge to run candidates jointly under the New Democracy umbrella.
The experiment was unsuccessful as Herridge failed to win a seat, and the seven New Democracy MPs elected were Social Crediters.
The party should not be confused with the subsequent New Democratic Party.
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See also: List of political parties in Canada
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| Represented in the House of Commons | Conservative - Liberal - Bloc Québécois - New Democratic |
| Other parties recognized by Elections Canada | Green - Christian Heritage - Progressive Canadian - Marxist-Leninist - Marijuana - Canadian Action - Communist - Libertarian - First Peoples - Western Block - Animal Alliance-Environment Voters - Neorhino.ca - People's Political Power - Work Less Party |
| Notable historic parties | Anti-Confederate - Alliance - Bloc populaire - Canadian Alliance - Conservative (historical) - Co-operative Commonwealth - Labour - Labour-Progressive - New Democracy - Progressive Conservative - Progressive - Ralliement créditiste - Reform - Rhino - Social Credit - Unionist - United Farmers |
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