Electoral history of Jack Layton explained

This is the electoral history of Jack Layton, the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. From 2004 to 2011, he was the NDP member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto—Danforth. Previous to his career in federal politics, Layton sat on Toronto City Council from 1982 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 2003, and was the runner up in the 1991 mayoral election.

Overview

Year! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;"
TypePartyVotesSeatsPosition
Total%Total±
2004FederalNew Democratic2,127,40315.68%+7.17%+6
20062,589,59717.48%+1.80%+10
20082,515,28818.18%+0.70%+6
20114,508,47430.63%+12.45%+66
Year! rowspan="2" style="background:#eaecf0;"
TypeRidingPartyVotes for LaytonResultSwing
Total%.
1982Toronto wardWard 6Independent9,89227.392ndN/AN/A
19859,03762.631st+35.24%N/A
19885,48678.751st+16.12%N/A
1991Toronto mayoralN/ANew Democratic64,04432.882ndN/AN/A
1994Toronto wardDon River10,11749.191stN/AN/A
1997Ward 2515,04529.171stN/AN/A
2000Ward 308,67159.741stN/AN/A
2004Federal generalToronto—DanforthNew Democratic22,19846.341stN/AGain
200624,41248.421st+2.08%Hold
200820,32344.781st−3.64%Hold
201129,23560.801st+16.02%Hold

Municipal ward elections

1982 election

1982 election — Ward 6
CandidateVotes%
John Sewell (x)13,41937.16
Jack Layton9,89227.39
Gordon Chong (x)8,21322.74
Oscar Wong2,4796.86
Bill Beatty1,5634.33
Martin Amber5461.51
Total36,112100.00
Source: Toronto Star[1]

1985 election

1985 election — Ward 6 Metro
CandidateVotes%
Jack Layton (x)9,03762.63
Pearl Loo1,97213.67
Edward Jackson1,82412.64
Lex Dunkelman1,1838.20
Citizen Amber4142.87
Total14,430100.00
Source: Toronto Star[2]

1988 election

1988 election — Ward 6
CandidateVotes%
Jack Layton (x)5,48678.75
Lois MacMillan-Walker1,48021.25
Total6,966100.00
Source: Toronto Star[3]

1994 election

1994 election — Don River
CandidateVotes%
Jack Layton10,11749.19
Paul Raina3,92719.09
Nola Crew3,89818.95
John Stavropoulos2,08010.11
Amber Martin5462.65
Total20,568100.00
Source: City of Toronto[4]

1997 election

1997 election — Ward 5 (Don River)
CandidateVotes%
Jack Layton15,04529.97
Pam McConnell8,35916.65
Peter Tabuns8,14116.21
Soo Wong7,21214.36
Spiros Papathanasakis6,59013.12
Terry Brackett1,5463.08
Mike Armstrong1,4292.85
Wendy Forrest9471.89
Larry Tabin9391.87
Total50,208100.00
Source: City of Toronto[5]

2000 election

2000 election – Ward 30
CandidateVotes%
Jack Layton (x)8,67159.74
Linda Lynch3,75025.84
Ty Daniels8175.63
Jeff Layton6274.32
Ghuffar Rabbani5233.60
Joseph Norte1260.87
Total14,514100.00
Source: City of Toronto

Municipal mayoral election

1991 election

1991 election — Mayor
CandidateVotes%
June Rowlands113,99358.53
Jack Layton64,04432.88
Susan Fish8,1234.17
Don Andrews1,9681.01
Jim Harris1,7600.90
Ken Campbell1,7080.88
Joe Young1,1960.61
William McKeown1,0230.53
Ben Kerr9520.49
Total194,767100.00
Source: Toronto Star[6]

Federal constituency elections

2011 general election

Federal general elections

Layton led the New Democratic Party in four general elections.

2004 general election

Canadian Federal Election, 2004 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
Paul Martin113536.7%
Stephen Harper29929.6%
Gilles Duceppe5412.4%
New Democratic PartyJack Layton1915.7%
Independent - 10.5%
Total30894.9%3
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election.
3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

2006 general election

Canadian Federal Election, 2006 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
Stephen Harper112436.3%
Paul Martin210330.2%
Gilles Duceppe5110.5%
New Democratic PartyJack Layton2917.5%
Independent - 10.6%
Total30895.1%3
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

1 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
2 Prime Minister when election was called; Member of Parliament after the election.
3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

2008 general election

Canadian Federal Election, 2008 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
Stephen Harper114337.7%
Stéphane Dion27726.3%
Gilles Duceppe4910.0%
New Democratic PartyJack Layton3718.2%
Independent - 20.7%
Total30892.9%3
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
2 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election.
3 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

2011 general election

Canadian Federal Election, 2011 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote
PartyLeadersSeats WonPopular Vote
Stephen Harper116639.6%
New Democratic PartyJack Layton210330.6%
Michael Ignatieff33418.9%
Gilles Duceppe46.0%
Elizabeth May13.9%
Total30899.0%4
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

1 Prime Minister when election was called; Prime Minister after election.
2 Leader of a third party when election was called; Leader of the Opposition after the election.
3 Leader of the Opposition when election was called; not a Member of Parliament after the election.
4 Table does not include parties which received votes but did not elect any members.

Party leadership elections

Layton participated in one leadership election: the 2003 New Democratic Party leadership election.

CandidateMember votesLabour votesPoints won
Jack Layton22,45351.4%57259.8%31,15053.5%
Bill Blaikie10,91425.0%22723.7%14,36524.7%
Lorne Nystrom4,86511.1%353.7%5,3979.3%
Joe Comartin3,2897.5%798.3%4,4907.7%
Pierre Ducasse1,5773.6%384.0%2,1553.7%
Bev Meslo5541.3%60.6%6451.1%
Total43,652100.0%957100.0%58,202100.0%

External links

Notes and References

  1. Toronto Star November 9, 1982 edition
  2. Toronto Star November 13, 1985 edition
  3. Toronto Star November 15, 1988 edition
  4. Web site: 1994 Toronto general election results (former Metropolitan Toronto) . https://web.archive.org/web/20130501150112/http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1994.htm . 1 May 2013 . 1994 . City of Toronto . 12 July 2013.
  5. Web site: 1997 Toronto general election results . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021141358/http://www.toronto.ca/elections/results/results_1997.htm . October 21, 2012 . 1997 . City of Toronto . July 12, 2013.
  6. Toronto Star November 14, 1991 edition

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