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Broadbent was a university professor when he ran and won election to the Canadian House of Commons from Oshawa in the 1968 general election. In 1971 he ran for the leadership of the party but lost to David Lewis at the NDP leadership convention. He won the 1975 contest to succeed Lewis and went on to lead the party through three elections.
At various times in the 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 Hes polls showed that Broadbent was the most popular party leader in Canada.
Under his leadership, the NDP reached its highest number of seats (43) in the 1988 federal election. Broadbent was also the only leader ever to take the NDP to first place in public opinion polling, although he was not successful in translating this into an election victory.
When Broadbent stepped down after 15 years as federal leader of the NDP in 1989, he was succeeded by Audrey McLaughlinAudrey Marlene McLaughlin (born November 7, 1936) was leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, and the first woman leader of a major Canadian federal party. She was born in Dutton, Ontario. She worked as a social worker in Toronto, Ontario and in Ghana.. In the decade following Broadbent's retirement from politics, the federal NDP flagged.
Broadbent was director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development from 1989 to 19961996 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty''. Events January January 5 Hamas operative Yahya Ayyash is killed by an Israeli-planted booby-trapped cell phone Jan. In 1993 he was made an Officer of the Order of CanadaThe Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian honour, awarded to those who adhere to the Order's motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam meaning "they desire a better country. The Order was created on July 1, 1967, on the country's 100th anniversary, to re and was promoted to Companion in 2001.
With the encouragement of the new federal NDP leader, Jack LaytonJohn Gilbert "Jack" Layton (b. 1950, Montreal, Quebec) is a former Toronto, Ontario city councillor and the current leader of Canada's New Democratic Party. On June 28, 2004 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Toronto%97Danf, Broadbent returned to politics (with the aid of a humorous and popular TV commercial wmv format) to successfully run for Parliament in the riding of Ottawa Centre, where he now lives. He defeated Liberal Party of Canada candidate Richard Mahoney, a close ally of Prime Minister Paul Martin.
In the NDP shadow cabinet, Broadbent is Critic for Democracy: Parliamentary & Electoral Reform, Corporate Accountability as well as Child Poverty.
He has a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Toronto ( 1965).
| Preceded by: David Lewis | NDP leaders |
Succeeded by: |
| Preceded by: electoral district created in 1966 |
Members of Parliament from Oshawa—Whitby | Succeeded by: electoral district abolished in 1976 |
| Preceded by: electoral district created in 1976 |
Members of Parliament from Oshawa | Succeeded by: Mike Breaugh , NDP |
| Preceded by: Mac Harb , Liberal |
Members of Parliament from Ottawa Centre | Succeeded by: in office |
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