Ed Broadbent
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The Honourable Ed Broadbent PC, CC |
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Ed Broadbent in 2008
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| Leader of the New Democratic Party | |
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In office July 7, 1975 – December 5, 1989 |
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| Preceded by | David Lewis |
| Succeeded by | Audrey McLaughlin |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Oshawa Oshawa—Whitby (1968-1979) |
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In office June 25, 1968 – February 1, 1990 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Starr |
| Succeeded by | Mike Breaugh |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Ottawa Centre |
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In office June 28, 2004 – January 23, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Mac Harb |
| Succeeded by | Paul Dewar |
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John Edward Broadbent March 21, 1936 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | NDP |
| Spouse(s) | Yvonne Yamaoka (1961-1967, div.); Lucille Broadbent (1971-2006, dec.); Ellen Meiksins Wood (2014-2016, dec.) |
| Residence | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Toronto |
| Profession | Politician, Professor, Pilot |
John Edward "Ed" Broadbent, PC CC (born March 21, 1936) is a Canadian social-democratic politician and political scientist. He was leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) 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.
Broadbent was born in Oshawa, Ontario. His father, Percy Edward, was a General Motors clerk, and his mother, Mary Welsh, was an Irish Catholic homemaker. Ed is the middle of three children. He studied philosophy at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, graduating in 1959 first in his class.
Broadbent trained as a Pilot Officer in the RCAF's University Reserve Training Plan.
In 1961, he married Yvonne Yamaoka, a Japanese Canadian town planner whose family was interned by the federal government in World War II. They divorced in 1967. On September 22, 1988, when the Mulroney government apologized for the internment, Broadbent brought up Yamaoka's experiences during his remarks in the House of Commons.
In 1971, he married a young Franco-Ontarian widow, Lucille Munroe; he had no children with her but did become the stepfather to Lucille's son Paul Broadbent, who is a defence policy specialist with the Ministry of Defence in London, England; the couple also adopted a baby girl, Christine. He has four grandchildren. Lucille Broadbent died in 2006.
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