Neil Young (politician)
Neil Young (August 28, 1936 – March 7, 2015) was a Canadian politician. He was a New Democratic member of the Canadian parliament from 1980 to 1993. He represented the downtown Toronto ridings of Beaches and Beaches-Woodbine.
Neil Young | |
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Member of Parliament for Beaches-Woodbine | |
In office 1988–1993 | |
Preceded by | New riding |
Succeeded by | Maria Minna |
Member of Parliament for Beaches | |
In office 1980–1988 | |
Preceded by | Robin Richardson |
Succeeded by | Riding abolished |
Personal details | |
Born | Edinburgh, Scotland | August 28, 1936
Died | March 7, 2015 78) Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged
Political party | New Democrat |
Spouse(s) | Vivien |
Children | 4 |
Profession | Machinist, consultant |
Background
Young was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1936. He emigrated to Canada in the 1950s and worked as a machinist in the electrical industry. He later became an organizer for the United Electrical Workers Union. After leaving politics he worked as a consultant on people with disabilities. He and his wife Vivien raised four children.[1] He died on March 7, 2015 in Toronto.[1]
Politics
He ran unsuccessfully for Toronto City Council's Ward 9 in 1976. He came in 6th place behind winners Pat Sheppard and Tom Wardle Jr.[2] In a closely contested nomination race, he won the NDP nomination for the Beaches federal electoral district by two votes in 1977.[3] In the federal election of 1979 he lost narrowly to Progressive Conservative candidate Robin Richardson by 518 votes. The PC's won and Richardson served in the short lived Joe Clark minority government.[4] In 1980, Young faced Richardson again, this time defeating him by 1,496 votes.[5] He represented the electoral districts of Beaches from 1980 to 1988, and Beaches—Woodbine from 1988 to 1993, in the House of Commons of Canada as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP). Young served as the NDP critic on several portfolios such as pensions and veteran's affairs. He was the party's whip from 1981 to 1984.
He was defeated in the 1993 election by Liberal Party of Canada candidate Maria Minna.[6]
Electoral record
1993 Canadian federal election: Beaches—Woodbine | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Maria Minna | 17,582 | 40.0 | +6.7 | ||||
New Democratic | Neil Young | 8,151 | 18.5 | -16.6 | ||||
Reform | Hugh Prendergast | 6,773 | 15.4 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Denise Cole | 4,693 | 10.7 | -18.6 | ||||
Independent | Terry Kelly | 4,525 | 10.3 | |||||
National | John-Frederick Cameron | 1,214 | 2.8 | |||||
Green | Leane Haze | 357 | 0.8 | +0.1 | ||||
Natural Law | Donalda Fredeen | 276 | 0.6 | |||||
Independent | Keith Meadowcroft | 195 | 0.4 | |||||
Abolitionist | Zahid Tirmizi | 120 | 0.3 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Pierre Chénier | 96 | 0.2 | |||||
Total valid votes | 43,982 | 100.0 |
1988 Canadian federal election: Beaches—Woodbine | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
New Democratic | Neil Young | 15,760 | 35.2 | |||||
Liberal | Terry Kelly | 14,900 | 33.2 | |||||
Progressive Conservative | Jim O'Malley | 13,107 | 29.2 | |||||
Libertarian | Dennis Corrigan | 351 | 0.8 | |||||
Green | Michael Tegtmeyer | 317 | 0.7 | |||||
Independent | Ronald Clifford | 259 | 0.6 | |||||
Independent | Wally Pearson | 71 | 0.2 | |||||
Commonwealth of Canada | Charles Odell | 48 | 0.1 | |||||
Total valid votes | 44,813 | 100.0 |
References
- "Obituary: Neil Young". Canadian obituaries. 7 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 June 2015.
- "Voting Results". Toronto Star. 7 December 1976. p. A11.
- York, Marty (26 November 1977). "Brewin ends long career, heir picked". The Globe and Mail. p. 5.
- "Counting the votes: The Liberals watch from their Quebec fortress...as Conservatives sweep most of the West". The Globe and Mail. 24 May 1979. pp. 10–11.
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(help) - "Federal general election results listed riding-by-riding". The Ottawa Citizen. 19 February 1987. pp. 29–30.
- "Results may be more complete than as published Riding-by-riding results from across Canada Ontario Algoma". Toronto Star. 26 October 1993. p. B10.