Heather McPherson

• NDP leadership candidates pitch their rebuilding plans in final debate

  Four of the five candidates said they are running to rebuild the party, while Tony McQuail was the lone candidate who said he is eyeing the Prime Minister's Office.

  Politics

  Feb 20
  
• Edmonton MP launches bid for leadership of federal New Democrats

  Edmonton Strathcona MP Heather McPherson has announced she is joining the race to be the new leader of the federal New Democratic Party.

  Politics

  Sep 29, 2025
  
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• NDP calls Russian sanctions ‘political theatre’ as data shows little action on assets

  Publicly released RCMP data show barely any change in the amount of money frozen in Canadian bank accounts between June and December of last year.

  Politics

  Jan 31, 2023
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• Canada election results: Edmonton Strathcona

  Edmonton Strathcona is the only federal riding in Alberta not held by the Conservatives.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2021
• Alberta New Democrat MP tables bill, wants federal assessment of coal projects

  Heather McPherson says her private member's bill would remove a threshold on size that new mines must now cross before they are federally reviewed.

  Canada

  Jun 8, 2021
• ‘You have to show up’: NDP MP questions virtual attendance of Alberta Tories

  Alberta's only non-Conservative member of Parliament says she's disappointed some of the province's Tory MPs haven't been participating in virtual House of Commons special COVID-19 committee meetings.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2020
• Canadians detained in Ethiopia granted bail: Alberta MP

  Edmonton-Strathcona MP and the NDP's international development critic Heather McPherson said she has been keeping a very close eye on the situation and her first priority is the safety of the detainees.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2020
• Edmonton Strathcona becomes the only non-Conservative seat in Alberta after voting in NDP Heather McPherson

  Every federal riding in Alberta voted in a Conservative MP Monday, except for one: Edmonton Strathcona remained NDP.

  Politics

  Oct 21, 2019
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• Edmonton-Strathcona Green Party candidate withdraws from race, suggests voters in riding support NDP

  Michael Kalmanovitch announced Wednesday that he is ceasing his campaign, and hopes that Green Party voters in the riding will support the NDP.

  Politics

  Oct 16, 2019