Ed Broadbent
John Edward "Ed" Broadbent (born March 21, 1936) is a Canadian social-democratic politician, political scientist, and political activist. He is the chair of the Broadbent Institute. Broadbent was born in Oshawa, Ontario.
He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989.
In the 2004 federal election, he returned to Parliament for one additional term as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre.[1] Before, he represented Oshawa in the parliament between 1968 to 1990.
Between 2014 until her death in 2016, he was married to historian Ellen Meiksins Wood.
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Broadbent and Jack Layton at a 2008 election rally in Toronto
References
- ↑ "Broadbent returns to political stage". The Chronicle Herald. December 19, 2003. Archived from the original on January 13, 2004. Retrieved 2015-05-18.