Ian Deans was a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1967 to 1979 and was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1986.
11 Facts About Ian Deans
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Ian Deans moved to Canada as a youth and found work as a firefighter.
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Ian Deans met his wife, Diane, when she was a staffer on Parliament Hill.
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Ian Deans helped her launch her own political career as an Ottawa-area city councillor.
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Ian Deans was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a New Democratic Member in the 1967 provincial election representing the Hamilton area riding of Wentworth.
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Ian Deans objected to the organization because it recruited its own members, raised its own funds, and created its own policy, called 'The Manifesto'.
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In 1970, Ian Deans broke with most of his colleagues by expressing support for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's implementation of the War Measures Act during the FLQ Crisis.
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Ian Deans moved to federal politics and won a seat in the House of Commons of Canada during the 1980 federal election representing Hamilton Mountain.
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Ian Deans served as House Leader for the New Democratic Party during the illness of Stanley Knowles, and became official House Leader following the 1984 federal election.
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In 2007, Ian Deans returned to politics and was acclaimed as the federal NDP's candidate in Brant.
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In 2010, Ian Deans said in an interview that he might run in the Hamilton Municipal Election in 2010 if his Parkinson's hasn't progressed any farther.