Party Leaders
Co-operative Commonwealth Federation
- Donald MacDonald (1941–1945)
- Russell Cunningham (1945–1953)
- Michael James MacDonald (1953–1963)
New Democratic Party
- James H. Aitchison (1963 - November 1968)
- Jeremy Akerman (November 1968 - May 1980)
- James 'Buddy' MacEachern (1980) interim leader
- Alexa McDonough (1980–1994)
- John Holm (1994–1996)
- Robert Chisholm (1996–2000)
- Helen MacDonald (2000–2001)
- Darrell Dexter (2001–present)
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