About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Jack Layton, Norm Gardner, Mel Lastman, Esther Shiner, Barbara Hall, Michael Colle, True Davidson, Maria Augimeri, John Sewell, Michael Prue, Allan A. Lamport, Paul Cosgrove, Art Eggleton, Chris Stockwell, Marilyn Mushinski, Raymond Cho, Fergy Brown, Brian Ashton, William Dennison, Doug Holyday, David Crombie, Frank Faubert, Paul Christie, Robert Yuill, Leslie Howard Saunders, Frances Nunziata, Nathan Phillips, David Johnson, Derwyn Shea, Ying Hope, Colin Vaughan, Gus Harris, June Rowlands, Philip Givens, Ken Morrish, Joyce Trimmer, Mario Sergio, Maureen Prinsloo, Ed Fulton, Alan Redway, Fred Beavis, Donald Dean Summerville, Charles O. Bick, Joseph Cornish, Gordon Chong, June Marks, William Archer, Donald R. Russell, Lois Griffin, Bruce Sinclair. Excerpt: John Gilbert "Jack" Layton, PC, MP (born July 18, 1950) is a Canadian social democratic politician and the Leader of the Opposition, who has been the leader of the New Democratic Party since 2003. He previously served on Toronto City Council, also serving at times during that period as acting mayor and deputy mayor of Toronto, Ontario. On June 28, 2004, he was elected Member of Parliament for the constituency of Toronto-Danforth. He is married to fellow MP Olivia Chow. The son of a Progressive Conservative cabinet minister, Layton was raised in Hudson, Quebec. He rose to prominence in Toronto municipal politics where he was one of the most prominent left-wing voices on city and metro council, and was also a Board member for the Toronto Port Authority. In 1991, he ran for mayor, but lost to June Rowlands. Remaining on council he rose to become head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities. In 2003, he was elected head of the NDP on the first ballot of the convention. Under his leadership, the NDP considerably increased their support, almost doubling the...
