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Jack Layton

John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC, MP is a Canadian social democratic politician, who has been the leader of the New Democratic Party since 2003. He previously served on Toronto City Council, also serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of Toronto, Ontario. On June 28, 2004, he was elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of Toronto—Danforth. He is married to fellow MP Olivia Chow.
The son of a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, Layton was raised in Hudson, Quebec. He rose to prominence in Toronto municipal politics where he was one of the most prominent left-wing voices on city and metro council, and was also a Board member for the Toronto Port Authority. In 1991 he ran for mayor, but lost to June Rowlands. Remaining on council he rose to become head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. In 2003 he was elected head of the NDP on the first ballot of the convention.
Under his leadership, the NDP considerably increased their support, almost doubling the party's popular vote in the 2004 election, though vote splitting with the Liberals limited their gain in seats. Layton's NDP held balance of power in Paul Martin's ... » Read more on Wikipedia.org

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 HEBERT: BC experience should be wake-up call for NDP
2013-05-20
His strategy borrowed heavily from Jack Layton's 2011 recipe. As an aside, it makes matters worse for the New Democrats that the masterminds in charge of the B.C. campaign were the same people who had earned bragging rights by bringing the party to the ...
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  1. I'm breaking up with pollsters
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 BC's bland New Democrats fail the test
2013-05-17
But it was also a test run for the new, moderate, incrementalist NDP — the NDP that, in its federal form, Jack Layton refashioned and Tom Mulcair inherited. Indeed, three members of Layton's brain trust — Brian Topp, Brad Lavigne and Anne McGrath ...
(Waterloo Record)
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  2. Arrogant Dix handed Liberals win - The Province
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 Horwath, Mulcair should examine BC election outcome
2013-05-16
His strategy borrowed heavily from Jack Layton's 2011 recipe. As an aside, it makes matters worse for the New Democrats that the masterminds in charge of the B.C. campaign were the same people who had earned bragging rights by bringing the party to the ...
(Waterloo Record)
  1. What BC's election means for Canada's new and ever-so-moderate NDP: Walkom
  2. Smyth: Awkward, arrogant Dix gave Liberals victory - The Province
  3. Why BC voters nixed Dix
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 Jack Layton never too far from Adrian Dix's BC New Democrat campaign
2013-05-05
NDP Leader Jack Layton raises his cane as he takes to the stage in Vancouver, B.C., on June 19, 2011. He died almost two years ago, but every day in British Columbia's election campaign Jack Layton seems to make some kind of appearance, whether it be ...
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  1. Jack Layton never too far from Adrian Dix's BC NDP campaign
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 Jack Layton never too far from Adrian Dix's BC New Democrat campaign
2013-05-05
NDP Leader Jack Layton raises his cane as he takes to the stage in Vancouver, B.C., on June 19, 2011. He died almost two years ago, but every day in British Columbia's election campaign Jack Layton seems to make some kind of appearance, whether it be ...
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  1. Not politics as usual
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 Andrea Horwath is ready to take your budget call — please: Cohn
2013-05-04
If she knew (as Jack Layton sensed federally in late 2005) that defeating a minority Liberal government would yield exponential gains for her New Democrats, she might jump. But recent public opinion polls tell us everything and nothing about the NDP's ...
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  1. An austerity agenda hidden in an 'NDP budget' - Ottawa Citizen
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 Liberals defensive as NDP laughs off Clark's 'Comeback Kid' ad
2013-05-02
Liberals countered criticism about the ad by noting that the federal NDP bought a front-page ad in the Toronto edition of Metro newspaper during the 2011 election. However, that ad, featuring the late Jack Layton, was a more straightforward appeal for ...
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  1. Front-page BC Liberal election ad an 'illusion,' says NDP leader Adrian Dix
  2. Dix, Clark tout their jobs plans - The Province
  3. Jack Layton never too far from Adrian Dix's BC New Democrat campaign
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 The Liberals took out a full page, front cover ad on a free daily
2013-05-02
But Clark defended the advertisement, saying all parties use political ads to get their message across. The Liberals also say in the 2011 federal election, the NDP ran an ad featuring Jack Layton on the cover of the Toronto edition of the Metro newspaper.
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  1. NDP laughs at front-page ad of Clark, Liberals become defensive
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 Front-page BC Liberal election ad an 'illusion,' says NDP leader Adrian Dix
2013-05-01
The near-full-page picture shows a smiling Jack Layton with the headline: "On May 2, Vote For A Leader You Can Trust" and below the picture are brief sentences about some of the federal NDP's campaign pledges. Readers are notified it's paid advertising ...
(Victoria Times Colonist)
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