Steven W. Langdon
Steven Langdon | |
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Member of Parliament for Essex—Windsor | |
In office 1984–1993 | |
Preceded by | Eugene Whelan |
Succeeded by | Susan Whelan |
Personal details | |
Born | (1946-07-15) July 15, 1946 (age 78) Stratford, Ontario, Canada |
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Alma mater | University of Sussex University of Toronto |
Occupation | Professor |
Steven W. Langdon (born July 15, 1946) is a Canadian academic, politician, economist, and former parliamentarian.
Born in Stratford, Ontario, Langdon graduated from the University of Trinity College in the University of Toronto in 1969.[1] He also has a doctorate from the University of Sussex.
He ran for the New Democratic Party four times before being elected to the House of Commons from Essex in the 1984 election.
Langdon was re-elected in the 1988 election and stood as a left-wing candidate to succeed Ed Broadbent in the 1989 NDP leadership convention. He finished third behind Audrey McLaughlin, the eventual winner, and Dave Barrett.
He lost his seat in the 1993 election along with all of Ontario's federal NDP MPs.
Since leaving politics, Langdon has worked as an adjunct research professor in the department of economics at Carleton University in Ottawa.
Electoral record
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Susan Whelan | 25,200 | 55.1% | +13.8% | ||||
New Democratic | Steven W. Langdon | 12,650 | 27.7% | -16.4% | ||||
Reform | John Larsen | 6,029 | 13.2% | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Brian Payne | 1,481 | 3.2% | -11.1% | ||||
National | George Opacic | 194 | 0.4% | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Paul Hawkins | 83 | 0.2% | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Vlado Zugaj | 67 | 0.1% | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,704 | 100.0% |
Candidate | 1st ballot | 2nd ballot | 3rd ballot | 4th ballot | ||||
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Name | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % | Votes cast | % |
Audrey McLaughlin | 646 | 26.9% | 829 | 34.3% | 1,072 | 44.4% | 1,316 | 55.1% |
Dave Barrett | 566 | 23.6% | 780 | 32.3% | 947 | 39.3% | 1,072 | 44.9% |
Steven W. Langdon | 351 | 14.6% | 519 | 21.5% | 393 | 16.3% | ||
Simon De Jong | 315 | 13.1% | 289 | 12.0% | ||||
Howard McCurdy | 256 | 10.7% | ||||||
Ian Waddell | 213 | 8.9% | ||||||
Roger Lagasse | 53 | 2.2% | ||||||
Total | 2,400 | 100.0% | 2,417 | 100.0% | 2,412 | 100.0% | 2,388 | 100.0% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Steven W. Langdon | 18,926 | 44.1% | +4.8% | ||||
Liberal | Ray Robinet | 17,715 | 41.3% | +12.2% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Ted Aver | 6,154 | 14.3% | -17.3% | ||||
Independent | Margaret Villamizar | 98 | 0.2% | |||||
Total valid votes | 42,893 | 100.0% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
New Democratic | Steven W. Langdon | 18,746 | 39.3% | -0.5% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | John Martel | 15,073 | 31.6% | +22.9% | ||||
Liberal | Brian Ducharme | 13,866 | 29.1% | -22.2% | ||||
Total valid votes | 47,685 | 100.0% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Eugene Whelan | 24,651 | 51.3% | +7.0% | ||||
New Democratic | Steven W. Langdon | 19,123 | 39.8% | -0.7% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kathy Flood | 4,184 | 8.7% | -6.2% | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Peter Ewart | 103 | 0.2% | -0.1% | ||||
Total valid votes | 48,061 | 100.0% |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Eugene Whelan | 20,373 | 44.3% | -10.9% | ||||
New Democratic | Steven W. Langdon | 18,603 | 40.4% | +5.0% | ||||
Progressive Conservative | Kathy Flood | 6,875 | 14.9% | 5.6% | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Pete Ewart | 144 | 0.3% | |||||
Total valid votes | 45,995 | 100.0% |
References
- ^ Trinity College list of distinguished alumni
External links
- Steven W. Langdon – Parliament of Canada biography
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