- Layton passes away at 61
Aug 22, 2011"We deeply regret to inform you that The Honourable Jack Layton, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, passed away at 4:45 am today, Monday, August 22," said a statement from his wife Olivia Chow and his children Sarah and Michael Layton.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1042988
- Layton steps down as party leader
Jul 25, 2011Layton announced July 25 that he would take a leave of absence as party leader to fight a second, and evidently much more serious, bout of cancer.
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1030194
- Layton receives the keys to Stornoway
Jun 15, 2011Jack Layton takes his place as the Leader of the Opposition.
- Layton leads NDP to record number of seats
May 2, 2011The party won a landslide 59 seats.
- Layton announces he has cancer
Feb 2010“Like my dad, I am a fighter. And I will beat this,” Layton told reporters in February 2010 as he announced that he had been battling prostate cancer for the previous few months.
- Layton re-elected
Oct 14, 2008Layton is re-elected in his Toronto-Danforth riding.
- Layton signs coalition accord
2008With Liberal Leader Stephane Dion and Bloc Leader Gilles Duceppe, Layton signs an historic accord to form a coalition government to replace Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives in December 2008. The coalition fell apart, but Layton remained steadfast in defeating the Conservatives.
- Layton maintains strong party support
Sep 10, 2006Layton receives a 92 per cent approval rating from the NDP in Quebec City.
- Layton campaigns in the 2006 election
2006Layton picked up seven seats, to 29, in the election. Among the new NDP members was his wife Olivia Chow.
- Layton is re-elected
Jan 23, 2006Layton is re-elected in the Toronto-Danforth riding.
- Layton is elected in Toronto-Danforth
Jun 28, 2004Layton is voted in as MP for the riding of Toronto-Danforth
- Layton heads to Ottawa as NDP leader
2003Although he didn't have a seat in the House of Commons, Layton used the media to his advantage in attacking Liberal policies.
- Layton runs for NDP leadership
2003With the endorsement of former federal NDP leader Ed Broadbent, Layton won on the first ballot.
- Another run at Parliament
1997Layton runs in Broadview-Greenwood, losing.
- Federation of Canadian Municipalities head
1994Layton is elected head of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
- Layton runs for Parliament
1993Layton runs for Parliament in Rosedale and loses.
- Layton runs for mayor
1991Layton made an unsuccessful bid for mayor in 1991.
- Layton marries Olivia Chow
Jul 1988Jack Layton, ten a councillor, and Olivia Chow, then a trustee, who both represented Toronto's Ward 6, were wed on Algonquin Island. It's Layton's second marriage.
- Layton returns to Toronto City Council
1988After running and winning a seat on the Metro Toronto council, he returned to Toronto City Council in 1988.
- Layton and his first wife separate
1985Layton, pictured here in 1988, married his high school sweetheart Sally Halford, with whom he had two children, Sarah and Michael, when he was 19.
- Layton runs for Metro Toronto council
1985Jack Layton ran and won a seat on the Metro Toronto council.
- Layton earns masters, PhD
1983Layton earns a master's degree and his PhD in political science at York University in 1983
- Layton runs for council
1982He continues to study while running for city council.
- Layton graduates from McGill
1970Layton studied political science and economics at McGill University, graduating in 1970.
- Layton born in Montreal
Jul 18, 1950
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