2012 New Democratic Party leadership election
The 2012 New Democratic Party leadership election (NDP), was held March 24, 2012, to elect a permanent successor to Jack Layton, who had died the previous summer.
Image: Thomas Mulcair, Lac des Castors, juin 2012 (cropped)
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Image: Peggy Nash in 2014 (cropped)
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John Gilbert Layton was a Canadian academic and politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2003 to 2011 and leader of the Official Opposition in 2011. He previously sat on Toronto City Council, occasionally holding the title of acting mayor or deputy mayor of Toronto during his tenure as city councillor. Layton was the member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto—Danforth from 2004 until his death.
Layton in 2008
Layton and Olivia Chow on their way to vote in 2011
Layton wearing a custom-made uniform at a Star Trek convention in 1991
Layton speaks at an NDP rally in Courtenay, British Columbia, in 2006