Federal NDP has more than 124,000 members, tripling March membership numbers
OTTAWA — Despite the fact it hasn’t exactly dominated headlines, the federal New Democrat leadership race helped the third-place party more than triple its membership ranks since March, numbers released Tuesday suggest.
The party said it now has more than 124,000 members — 32,000 of them in B.C. — who will be eligible to choose from among the four candidates who are vying to replace Tom Mulcair as the party’s federal leader.
The overall figure represents a big boost for the New Democrats, who had just 41,000 members at the end of March.
Party president Marit Stiles cited the numbers as evidence of renewed public enthusiasm towards the NDP.