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Thomas Mulcair

The Honourable
Tom Mulcair
PC MP
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Leader of the Opposition
In office
March 24, 2012 – November 4, 2015
Monarch Elizabeth II
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
Preceded by Nycole Turmel
Succeeded by Rona Ambrose
Leader of the New Democratic Party
Assumed office
March 24, 2012
Preceded by Nycole Turmel (Interim)
Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons
In office
May 26, 2011 – October 12, 2011
Leader Jack Layton
Nycole Turmel (Acting)
Preceded by David McGuinty
Succeeded by Joe Comartin
Quebec Minister of the Environment
In office
April 29, 2003 – February 27, 2006
Premier Jean Charest
Preceded by André Boisclair
Succeeded by Claude Béchard
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Outremont
Assumed office
September 17, 2007
Preceded by Jean Lapierre
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec
for Chomedey
In office
September 12, 1994 – March 26, 2007
Preceded by Lise Bacon
Succeeded by Guy Ouellette
Personal details
Born Thomas Joseph Mulcair
(1954-10-24) October 24, 1954 (age 62)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada, France
Political party New Democratic Party (1974–present)
Other political
affiliations
Quebec Liberal Party (Provincial, 1994–2007)
Spouse(s) Catherine Pinhas (m. 1976)
Alma mater McGill University

Thomas Joseph "Tom" MulcairPC MP (born October 24, 1954) is a Canadian politician who is the leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada. A Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Outremont in Quebec since 2007, he was selected as the leader of the NDP at a leadership election on March 24, 2012, on the fourth ballot. He then served as Leader of the Official Opposition until the NDP lost just over half of its seats in the 2015 federal election and resumed third-place status. At a leadership review vote held at the 2016 federal NDP convention, 52% of the delegates voted to hold a leadership election. Mulcair stated he would remain leader until the party chooses a replacement. Convention delegates, in an emergency motion, voted to give the party up to two years to choose a new head. Mulcair later announced in May that he would retire from politics, and would not contest his riding in the next federal election.

A lawyer by profession, Mulcair joined the federal NDP in 1974. He was the provincial Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Chomedey in Laval from 1994 to 2007, holding the seat for the Liberal Party of Quebec. He served as the Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks from 2003 until 2006, in the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest. Elected MP for Outremont in a by-election in 2007, he was named co-Deputy Leader of the NDP shortly afterwards, and has won re-election to his seat, three times.


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