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Jack Layton

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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:

New Democratic Party - NDP

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.
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