Saskatchewan New Democratic Party

Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
Abbreviation	NDP
Leader	Carla Beck
President	Judy Bradley
Founded	1932; 92 years ago (1932)
Preceded by	Farmer-Labour Group (1932–1935) Saskatchewan CCF (1935–1961) CCF-NDP (1961–1967)
Headquarters	1122 Saskatchewan Drive Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 0C4
Membership	7,294 (2022)[1]
Ideology	Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left
National affiliation	New Democratic Party
Colours	Orange
Seats in Legislature	14 / 61
Website
Official website
Politics of Saskatchewan Political parties

The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The party was founded in 1932 as the Farmer-Labour Group and was known as the Saskatchewan section of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) from 1935 until 1967. The NDP currently forms the Official Opposition and is led by Carla Beck.

The CCF emerged as a dominant force in provincial politics under the leadership of Tommy Douglas, forming five consecutive majority governments from 1944 through 1964. The first social democratic government elected in Canada, the CCF created a wide range of crown corporations, normalized government involvement in the economy, and pioneered elements of the modern Canadian welfare state, most notably universal healthcare. With the NDP forming government again from 1971 to 1982 and from 1991 to 2007, the party was long considered Saskatchewan's natural governing party.^[2][3] Moreover, Saskatchewan was long seen as the regional centre for CCF and NDP politics on the national stage. However, the party has seen its influence diminish since losing government in 2007, posting its weakest election results since the party's earliest days in the 1930s.

While the Saskatchewan NDP is affiliated with its federal counterpart, the party is considered to be a "distinctly homegrown" party given the role of the province in its development and the party's history in the province.^[4]