The All-Party Party
Politics Mar 4, 2009 The Waffle No Comments NDP MP Peter Stoffer hosted his 12th All-Party Party last night. The Sackville–Eastern-Shore MP was first elected in 1997 as part of the NDP wave led by Alexa McDonough. As the story goes, or at least as he tells it, Stoffer was surprised to find out that Christmas parties on the Hill were held by each party, as opposed to a joint Parliament Christmas party for all Hillites. Peter therefore decided to hold a party for everyone – he bought booze, some snacks, and invited people over and held the First All-Party Party on December 12, 1997, in the rotunda outside his office, on the 3rd floor of the Confederation building. To his surprise, hundreds came. The party grew over the years, with Stoffer doing a better marketing job to invite people and moved it to 200 WB. It is now the most attended Party on the Hill, and the declared…