About Jack Layton:
NDP leader Jack Layton was a left-wing Toronto city councillor for 17 years. Jack Layton spent a year as head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities and is familiar with problems facing cities across Canada. Jack Layton is fluently bilingual, glib, sometimes flashy, and always media-friendly. Transit and the environment are hot-button issues for Jack Layton.
Federal NDP Leader:
2003 to present
Birth:
July 18, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec. Raised in Hudson, Quebec.
Education:
- BA - McGill University
- MA, Ph.D. - York University
Profession:
- Professor - Ryerson Polytechnic University
- Founder - Green Catalyst Group Inc.
Political Party:
Riding:
Toronto-Danforth
Political Career of Jack Layton:
- Jack Layton was a City of Toronto councillor from 1982 to 1991.
- He was a Metro Toronto councillor from 1984 to 1988.
- Jack Layton was Deputy Mayor of the City of Toronto in 1990.
- From 1994 to 1997, Jack Layton again served as a Metro Toronto councillor.
- He was a City of Toronto councillor from 1997 to 2003.
- In 2001, Jack Layton became President of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
- In 2003, Jack Layton was elected federal NDP leader.
- Jack Layton was first elected to the House of Commons in the 2004 general election.
