1. Ed Broadbent was leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989, and a member of Parliament from 1968 to 1990 and from 2004 to 2006.
19 Facts About Ed Broadbent
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Ed Broadbent oversaw a period of growth for the party with its parliamentary representation rising from 17 to 43 seats as of the 1988 federal election.
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Ed Broadbent served as a vice-president of Socialist International from 1979 to 1989 and director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development from 1990 to 1996.
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Ed Broadbent later chaired the Broadbent Institute, a policy think tank founded in 2011.
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John Edward Ed Broadbent was born in Oshawa, Ontario, the son of Percy, who worked at General Motors, and Mary Ed Broadbent, a homemaker.
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Ed Broadbent defeated Progressive Conservative MP Michael Starr, a former cabinet minister and acting leader of the opposition, by fifteen votes in a close three-way race.
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Ed Broadbent began his parliamentary service in the 28th Canadian Parliament.
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Ed Broadbent won the 1975 leadership election to succeed Lewis, going on to lead the party through four national elections.
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Ed Broadbent stepped down after 14 and a half years as leader of the federal NDP at the 1989 Winnipeg Convention, when he was succeeded by Audrey McLaughlin.
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Ed Broadbent resigned his Oshawa seat in the House of Commons that year.
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Ed Broadbent was director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development from 1990 to 1996.
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Ed Broadbent defeated the Liberal candidate, Richard J Mahoney, a close ally of Prime Minister Paul Martin.
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Ed Broadbent announced the creation of the Ed Broadbent Institute on June 17,2011, to explore social-democratic policy and ideas.
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In 2017, Ed Broadbent voiced his support for the campaign for the establishment of a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly, an organization that advocates for democratic reform in the United Nations, and the creation of a more accountable international political system.
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In 1971, Ed Broadbent married a young Franco-Ontarian widow, Lucille Munroe.
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Ed Broadbent married the Marxist historian and political theorist Ellen Meiksins Wood, an old friend, in 2014.
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Ed Broadbent was a political theorist and socialist historian, author of several books, and a professor at York University for three decades.
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Ed Broadbent died of cancer at the couple's Ottawa home at 73 in January 2016.
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Ed Broadbent died on January 11,2024, at the age of 87.