Electoral history of Jack Layton

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.

Year	Type	Party		Votes			Seats		Position
Year	Type	Party		Total	%	±%	Total	±	Position
2004	Federal		New Democratic	2,127,403	15.68%	+7.17%	19 / 308	+6	Fourth party
2006				2,589,597	17.48%	+1.80%	29 / 308	+10	Fourth party
2008				2,515,288	18.18%	+0.70%	37 / 308	+6	Fourth party
2011				4,508,474	30.63%	+12.45%	103 / 308	+66	Official opposition

Year	Type	Riding	Party		Votes for Layton				Result	Swing
Year	Type	Riding	Party		Total	%	P.	±%	Result	Swing
1982	Toronto ward	Ward 6		Independent	9,892	27.39	2nd	-	Lost	-
1985					9,037	62.63	1st	+35.24%	Elected	-
1988					5,486	78.75	1st	+16.12%	Elected	-
1991	Toronto mayoral	N/A		New Democratic	64,044	32.88	2nd	-	Lost	-
1993	Federal general	Rosedale		New Democratic	5,547	10.78	4th	-4.28%	Lost		Gain
1994	Toronto ward	Ward 25		New Democratic	10,117	49.19	1st	-	Elected	-
1997	Federal general	Broadview—Greenwood		New Democratic	13,903	32.77	2nd	+18.82%	Lost		Hold
1997	Toronto ward	Ward 25		New Democratic	15,045	29.17	1st	-20.02%	Elected	-
2000	Toronto ward	Ward 30		New Democratic	8,671	59.74	1st	+30.57%	Elected	-
2004	Federal general	Toronto—Danforth		New Democratic	22,198	46.34	1st	+18.69%	Elected		Gain
2006					24,412	48.42	1st	+2.08%	Elected		Hold
2008					20,323	44.78	1st	−3.64%	Elected		Hold
2011					29,235	60.80	1st	+16.02%	Elected		Hold

Candidate	Votes	%
1982 election — Ward 6
John Sewell (x)	13,419	37.16
Jack Layton	9,892	27.39
Gordon Chong (x)	8,213	22.74
Oscar Wong	2,479	6.86
Bill Beatty	1,563	4.33
Martin Amber	546	1.51
Total	36,112	100.00
Source: Toronto Star^[1]

Candidate	Votes	%
1985 election — Ward 6 Metro
Jack Layton (x)	9,037	62.63
Pearl Loo	1,972	13.67
Edward Jackson	1,824	12.64
Lex Dunkelman	1,183	8.20
Citizen Amber	414	2.87
Total	14,430	100.00
Source: Toronto Star^[2]

Candidate	Votes	%
1988 election — Ward 6
Jack Layton (x)	5,486	78.75
Lois MacMillan-Walker	1,480	21.25
Total	6,966	100.00
Source: Toronto Star^[3]

Electoral history of Jack Layton

Overview

Municipal ward elections

1982 election

1985 election

1988 election

1994 election

1997 election

2000 election

Municipal mayoral election

1991 election

Federal constituency elections

1993 general election

1997 general election

2004 general election

2006 general election

2008 general election

2011 general election

Federal general elections

2004 general election

2006 general election

2008 general election

2011 general election

Party leadership elections

References

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Candidate	Votes	%
1994 election — Ward 25
Jack Layton	10,117	49.19
Paul Raina	3,927	19.09
Nola Crew	3,898	18.95
John Stavropoulos	2,080	10.11
Amber Martin	546	2.65
Total	20,568	100.00
Source: City of Toronto^[4]

Candidate	Votes	%
1997 election — Ward 25 (Don River)
Jack Layton	15,045	29.97
Pam McConnell	8,359	16.65
Peter Tabuns	8,141	16.21
Soo Wong	7,212	14.36
Spiros Papathanasakis	6,590	13.12
Terry Brackett	1,546	3.08
Mike Armstrong	1,429	2.85
Wendy Forrest	947	1.89
Larry Tabin	939	1.87
Total	50,208	100.00
Source: City of Toronto^[5]

Candidate	Votes	%
2000 election – Ward 30
Jack Layton (x)	8,671	59.74
Linda Lynch	3,750	25.84
Ty Daniels	817	5.63
Jeff Layton	627	4.32
Ghuffar Rabbani	523	3.60
Joseph Norte	126	0.87
Total	14,514	100.00
Source: City of Toronto

Candidate	Votes	%
1991 election — Mayor
June Rowlands	113,993	58.53
Jack Layton	64,044	32.88
Susan Fish	8,123	4.17
Don Andrews	1,968	1.01
Jim Harris	1,760	0.90
Ken Campbell	1,708	0.88
Joe Young	1,196	0.61
William McKeown	1,023	0.53
Ben Kerr	952	0.49
Total	194,767	100.00
Source: Toronto Star^[6]

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Liberal	Paul Martin¹	135	36.7%
	Conservative	Stephen Harper²	99	29.6%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	54	12.4%
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton	19	15.7%
	Independent	–	1	0.5%
Total			308	94.9%³
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Conservative	Stephen Harper¹	124	36.3%
	Liberal	Paul Martin²	103	30.2%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	51	10.5%
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton	29	17.5%
	Independent	–	1	0.6%
Total			308	95.1%³
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Conservative	Stephen Harper¹	143	37.7%
	Liberal	Stéphane Dion²	77	26.3%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	49	10.0%
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton	37	18.2%
	Independent	–	2	0.7%
Total			308	92.9%³
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Party		Leaders	Seats Won	Popular Vote
	Conservative	Stephen Harper¹	166	39.6%
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton²	103	30.6%
	Liberal	Michael Ignatieff³	34	18.9%
	Bloc Québécois	Gilles Duceppe	4	6.0%
	Green	Elizabeth May	1	3.9%
Total			308	99.0%⁴
Sources: Library of Parliament – History of Federal Ridings since 1867

Candidate		Member votes		Labour votes		Points won
	Jack Layton	22,453	51.4%	572	59.8%	31,150	53.5%
	Bill Blaikie	10,914	25.0%	227	23.7%	14,365	24.7%
	Lorne Nystrom	4,865	11.1%	35	3.7%	5,397	9.3%
	Joe Comartin	3,289	7.5%	79	8.3%	4,490	7.7%
	Pierre Ducasse	1,577	3.6%	38	4.0%	2,155	3.7%
	Bev Meslo	554	1.3%	6	0.6%	645	1.1%
Total		43,652	100.0%	957	100.0%	58,202	100.0%

v t e 1993 Canadian federal election: Rosedale
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Graham	27,707	49.98	+8.78	$54,087
	Progressive Conservative	David MacDonald	12,018	21.68	-20.12	$60,961
	Reform	Daniel Jovkovic	7,048	12.71	–	$25,016
	New Democratic Party	Jack Layton	5,937	10.71	-4.28	$44,872
	National	Martin Lanigan	1,091	1.97	–	$6,964
	Natural Law	Doug Henning	839	1.51	–	$37,086
	Green	Leslie Hunter	479	0.86	+0.22	$380
	N/A (Christian Freedom)	Linda Dale Gibbons	214	0.39	–	$200
	Marxist-Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	61	0.11	–	$205
	Abolitionist	Y. Patrice d'Audibert-Garcien	43	0.08	–	$0
Total valid votes			55,437	99.12
Total rejected ballots			491	0.88
Turnout			55,928	61.71
Electors on the lists			90,630
	Liberal gain from Progressive Conservative		Swing		-14.5
Source(s) Source: Thirty-fifth General Election, 1993: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Financial figures taken from official contributions and expenses provided by Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election: Broadview—Greenwood
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	21,108	49.76	-11.31	–
	New Democratic	Jack Layton	13,903	32.77	+18.82	–
	Reform	Brian Higgins	3,247	7.65	-3.64	–
	Progressive Conservative	Dianne Garrels	3,238	7.63	-1.71	–
	Green	Karen McCarthy	426	1.00	–	–
	Independent	Kevin Mark Clarke	211	0.50	–	–
	Natural Law	Bob Hyman	205	0.48	-0.53	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Gurdev Singh	85	0.20	-0.04	–
Total valid votes			42,423	100.00
	Liberal hold		Swing		-15.1
Source(s) Source: Thirty-sixth General Election, 1997: Official Voting Results, Published by the Chief Electoral Officer of Canada. Elections Canada.

v t e 2004 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Danforth
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Layton	22,198	46.34	+18.69	$ 72,751.01
	Liberal	Dennis Mills	19,803	41.34	-10.56	73,909.41
	Conservative	Loftus Cuddy	2,975	6.21	-9.51	12,400.00
	Green	Jim Harris	2,575	5.38	+3.42	11,139.51
	Marijuana	Scott Yee	265	0.55	-0.76	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Marcell Rodden	84	0.18	-0.03	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,900	99.44		$ 75,271.84
Total rejected ballots			269	0.56
Turnout			48,169	64.10
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		-14.6
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Thirty-eighth General Election". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014. "Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

2006 Canadian federal election: Toronto—Danforth
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Layton	24,412	48.42	+2.08	$ 74,966.33
	Liberal	Deborah Coyne	17,256	34.23	-7.11	74,304.11
	Conservative	Kren Clausen	4,992	9.90	+3.69	32,138.91
	Green	Al Hart	3,583	7.11	+1.73	6,770.73
	Marxist–Leninist	Marcell Rodden	172	0.34	+0.16	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			50,415	99.52	–	$ 76,419.79
Total rejected ballots			242	0.48	-0.08
Turnout			50,657	67.67	+3.57
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+4.6
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Thirty-ninth General Election". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014. "Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.