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 — NDP federal election performance as leaderYearTypePartyVotesSeatsPositionTotal %Total±2004FederalNew Democratic2,127,40315.68% +7.17% +620062,589,59717.48% +1.80% +1020082,515,28818.18% +0.70% +620114,508,47430.63% +12.45% +66 +Electoral history of Jack Layton — Municipal and federal constituency electionsYearTypeRidingPartyVotes for LaytonResultSwingTotal %.1982Toronto wardWard 6Independent9,89227.392nd - -19859,03762.631st +35.24% -19885,48678.751st +16.12% -1991Toronto mayoralN/ANew Democratic64,04432.882nd - -1993Federal generalRosedaleNew Democratic5,54710.784th -4.28%Gain1994Toronto wardWard 25New Democratic10,11749.191st - -1997Federal generalBroadview—GreenwoodNew Democratic13,90332.772nd +18.82%Hold1997Toronto wardWard 25New Democratic15,04529.171st -20.02% -2000Ward 308,67159.741st +30.57% -2004Federal generalToronto—DanforthNew Democratic22,19846.341st +18.69%Gain200624,41248.421st +2.08%Hold200820,32344.781st−3.64%Hold201129,23560.801st +16.02%Hold

Municipal ward elections

1982 election 1982 election — Ward 6CandidateVotes%John Sewell (x)13,41937.16Jack Layton9,89227.39Gordon Chong (x)8,21322.74Oscar Wong2,4796.86Bill Beatty1,5634.33Martin Amber5461.51Total36,112100.00Source: Toronto StarToronto Star November 9, 1982 edition

1985 election 1985 election — Ward 6 MetroCandidateVotes%Jack Layton (x)9,03762.63Pearl Loo1,97213.67Edward Jackson1,82412.64Lex Dunkelman1,1838.20Citizen Amber4142.87Total14,430100.00Source: Toronto StarToronto Star November 13, 1985 edition

1988 election 1988 election — Ward 6CandidateVotes%Jack Layton (x)5,48678.75Lois MacMillan-Walker1,48021.25Total6,966100.00Source: Toronto StarToronto Star November 15, 1988 edition

1994 election 1994 election — Ward 25CandidateVotes%Jack Layton10,11749.19Paul Raina3,92719.09Nola Crew3,89818.95John Stavropoulos2,08010.11Amber Martin5462.65Total20,568100.00Source: City of Toronto

1997 election 1997 election — Ward 25 (Don River)CandidateVotes%Jack Layton15,04529.97Pam McConnell8,35916.65Peter Tabuns8,14116.21Soo Wong7,21214.36Spiros Papathanasakis6,59013.12Terry Brackett1,5463.08Mike Armstrong1,4292.85Wendy Forrest9471.89Larry Tabin9391.87Total50,208100.00Source: City of Toronto

2000 election 2000 election – Ward 30CandidateVotes%Jack Layton (x)8,67159.74Linda Lynch3,75025.84Ty Daniels8175.63Jeff Layton6274.32Ghuffar Rabbani5233.60Joseph Norte1260.87Total14,514100.00Source: City of Toronto

Municipal mayoral election 1991 election 1991 election — MayorCandidateVotes%June Rowlands113,99358.53Jack Layton64,04432.88Susan Fish8,1234.17Don Andrews1,9681.01Jim Harris1,7600.90Ken Campbell1,7080.88Joe Young1,1960.61William McKeown1,0230.53Ben Kerr9520.49Total194,767100.00Source: Toronto StarToronto Star November 14, 1991 edition

Federal constituency elections

1993 general election

|Progressive Conservative |David MacDonald | style="text-align:right;" |12,018 | style="text-align:right;" |21.68 | style="text-align:right;" |-20.12 | style="text-align:right;" |$60,961

|Reform |Daniel Jovkovic | style="text-align:right;" |7,048 | style="text-align:right;" |12.71 | style="text-align:right;" |– | style="text-align:right;" |$25,016

|New Democratic Party |Jack Layton | style="text-align:right;" |5,937 | style="text-align:right;" |10.71 | style="text-align:right;" |-4.28 | style="text-align:right;" |$44,872

|National |Martin Lanigan | style="text-align:right;" |1,091 | style="text-align:right;" |1.97 | style="text-align:right;" |– | style="text-align:right;" |$6,964

|Natural Law |Doug Henning | style="text-align:right;" |839 | style="text-align:right;" |1.51 | style="text-align:right;" |– | style="text-align:right;" |$37,086

|N/A (Christian Freedom) |Linda Dale Gibbons | style="text-align:right;" |214 | style="text-align:right;" |0.39 | style="text-align:right;" |– | style="text-align:right;" |$200

|Marxist-Leninist |Steve Rutchinski | style="text-align:right;" |61 | style="text-align:right;" |0.11 | style="text-align:right;" |– | style="text-align:right;" |$205

|Abolitionist |Y. Patrice d'Audibert-Garcien | style="text-align:right;" |43 | style="text-align:right;" |0.08 | style="text-align:right;" |– | style="text-align:right;" |$0

1997 general election

2004 general election

2006 general election

2008 general election

2011 general election

Federal general elections

Layton led the New Democratic Party in four general elections.

2004 general election

+ Canadian Federal Election, 2004 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular VotePartyLeadersSeats WonPopular VotePaul Martin113536.7%Stephen Harper29929.6%Gilles Duceppe5412.4%New Democratic PartyJack Layton1915.7%Independent–10.5%Total 308 94.9%3Sources: 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

+ Canadian Federal Election, 2006 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular VotePartyLeadersSeats WonPopular VoteStephen Harper112436.3%Paul Martin210330.2%Gilles Duceppe5110.5%New Democratic PartyJack Layton2917.5%Independent–10.6%Total 308 95.1%3Sources: 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

+ Canadian Federal Election, 2008 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular VotePartyLeadersSeats WonPopular VoteStephen Harper114337.7%Stéphane Dion27726.3%Gilles Duceppe4910.0%New Democratic PartyJack Layton3718.2%Independent–20.7%Total 308 92.9%3Sources: 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

+ Canadian Federal Election, 2011 - Parties, Leaders, Seats Won and Popular VotePartyLeadersSeats WonPopular VoteStephen Harper116639.6%New Democratic PartyJack Layton210330.6%Michael Ignatieff33418.9%Gilles Duceppe46.0%Elizabeth May13.9%Total 308 99.0%4Sources: 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. CandidateMember votesLabour votesPoints wonJack Layton22,45351.4%57259.8%31,15053.5%Bill Blaikie10,91425.0%22723.7%14,36524.7%Lorne Nystrom4,86511.1%353.7%5,3979.3%Joe Comartin3,2897.5%798.3%4,4907.7%Pierre Ducasse1,5773.6%384.0%2,1553.7%Bev Meslo5541.3%60.6%6451.1%Total43,652100.0%957100.0%58,202100.0%

References

External links Library of Parliament: History of Federal Ridings since 1867