Electoral history of Jack Layton

Layton, 2008

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

Electoral history of Jack Layton — Federal general elections

Year	Type	Party		Votes			Seats		Position
				Total	%	±%	Total	±
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

Electoral history of Jack Layton — Municipal and federal constituency elections

Year	Type	Riding	Party		Votes for Layton				Result	Swing
					Total	%	P.	±%
1982	Toronto ward	Ward 6		Independent	9,892	27.39	2nd	N/A	Elected	N/A
1985					9,037	62.63	1st	+35.24%	Elected	N/A
1988					5,486	78.75	1st	+16.12%	Elected	N/A
1991	Toronto mayoral	N/A		New Democratic	64,044	32.88	2nd	N/A	Lost	N/A
1994	Toronto ward	Don River			10,117	49.19	1st	N/A	Elected	N/A
1997		Ward 25			15,045	29.17	1st	N/A	Elected	N/A
2000		Ward 30			8,671	59.74	1st	N/A	Elected	N/A
2004	Federal general	Toronto—Danforth		New Democratic	22,198	46.34	1st	N/A	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

Municipal ward elections

1982 election

1982 election — Ward 6
Candidate	Votes	%
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

1985 election

1985 election — Ward 6 Metro
Candidate	Votes	%
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

1988 election

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

1994 election

1994 election — Don River
Candidate	Votes	%
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

1997 election

1997 election — Ward 5 (Don River)
Candidate	Votes	%
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

2000 election

2000 election – Ward 30
Candidate	Votes	%
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

Municipal mayoral election

1991 election

1991 election — Mayor
Candidate	Votes	%
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

Federal constituency elections

2004 general election

2004 Canadian federal election
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	100.00		$ 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 general election

2006 Canadian federal election
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	100.00	–	$ 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.

2008 general election

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Layton	20,323	44.78	-3.64	$ 79,280.87
	Liberal	Andrew Lang	13,336	29.38	-4.85	65,423.39
	Green	Sharon Howarth	5,995	13.21	+6.10	37,793.55
	Conservative	Christina Perreault	5,287	11.65	+1.75	16,514.92
	Animal Alliance	Marie Crawford	175	0.39	–	–
	Independent	John Richardson	130	0.29	–	38.98
	Marxist–Leninist	Marcell Rodden	87	0.19	-0.15	–
	Canadian Action	Bahman Yazdanfar	54	0.12	–	125.00
Total valid votes/Expense limit			45,387	100.00	–	$ 82,496.98
Total rejected ballots			191	0.42	-0.06
Turnout			45,578	60.91	-6.76
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+0.6
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Fortieth General Election 2008". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014. "Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

2011 general election

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jack Layton	29,235	60.80	+16.02	$ 71,037.96
	Liberal	Andrew Lang	8,472	17.62	-11.76	62,218.04
	Conservative	Katarina Von Koenig	6,885	14.32	+2.67	4,113.58
	Green	Adriana Mugnatto-Hamu	3,107	6.46	-6.75	47,241.28
	Animal Alliance	Marie Crawford	387	0.80	+0.41	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			48,086	100.00	–	$ 84,621.69
Total rejected ballots			284	0.59	+0.17
Turnout			48,370	64.90	+3.99
	New Democratic hold		Swing		+13.9
Source(s) "Official Voting Results – Forty-First General Election 2011". (Table 12). Retrieved October 29, 2014. "Financial Reports: Candidate's Electoral Campaign Return". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 29, 2014.

Federal general elections

Layton led the New Democratic Party in four general elections.

2004 general election

For more detailed tables of election results, see 2004 Canadian federal election.

For information about the 38th Parliament, 2004 to 2005, see 38th Canadian Parliament.

Canadian Federal Election, 2004 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote

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

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

For more detailed tables of election results, see 2006 Canadian federal election.

For information about the 39th Parliament, 2006 to 2008, see 39th Canadian Parliament.

Canadian Federal Election, 2006 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote

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

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

For more detailed tables of election results, see 2008 Canadian federal election.

For information about the 40th Parliament, 2008 to 2011, see 40th Canadian Parliament.

Canadian Federal Election, 2008 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote

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

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

For more detailed tables of election results, see 2011 Canadian federal election.

For information about the 41st Parliament, 2011 to 2015, see 41st Canadian Parliament.

Canadian Federal Election, 2011 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular Vote

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

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.

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%

External links

• Library of Parliament: History of Federal Ridings since 1867