Jack Layton political timeline
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This article was published 26/07/2011 (5225 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
1981: First elected to Toronto City Council.
1984: Elected to board of Metropolitan Toronto.
1988: Marries Olivia Chow.
1990: Serves as deputy mayor of City of Toronto.
1991: As an official NDP candidate, runs for Toronto mayoralty. Loses to June Rowland.
1993: Runs in Toronto riding of Rosedale and loses.
1997: Runs in the Toronto riding of Broadview-Greenwood and loses.
2001: Elected president of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities.
2003: Becomes leader of the NDP in January.
Jan. 27: Officially resigns from Toronto city council, ending a 20-year run in municipal politics.
2004: Wins a seat in the House of Commons in the riding of Toronto-Danforth. The NDP win 19 seats in the June election.
2006: Leads the NDP to 29 seats in the January election.
2008: Leads NDP to 37 seats in October election.
2010: Announces he has prostate cancer.
2011: Has hip surgery in the spring, just weeks before the government is defeated and a federal election called.
April 30: The Toronto Sun runs a story that suggests Layton was caught by police naked in a massage parlour in 1996, but was never charged.
May 2: Leads NDP to official Opposition status with 103 seats.
June 15: Gets the keys to Stornoway, the residence of the leader of the official Opposition.
— Postmedia News
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