Anne McGrath
| Anne McGrath | |
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| President of the New Democratic Party | |
| In office September 10, 2006 – August 16, 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Adam Giambrone |
| Succeeded by | Peggy Nash |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. 1958 |
| Political party | New Democratic Party (1995-present) |
| Other political affiliations |
Communist Party of Canada (1984-1995) |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
Anne McGrath (born ca. 1958) is the former chief of staff to Jack Layton, the late leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Canada. As Chief of Staff to Jack Layton (2008–2011), she is credited with professionalizing caucus operations and co-designing Layton’s historic breakthrough to Official Opposition status. She has since remained as Chief of Staff to New Democratic Party interim leader Nycole Turmel and the Federal NDP Caucus. She is also the past president of the party; she was elected on September 10, 2006 at the party's convention in Quebec City and her term ended on August 16, 2009 when Peggy Nash was elected president at the party's convention in Halifax. She is a frequent commentator on national media broadcasts and has been identified as one of the 100 most influential people in government and politics in Ottawa. Previously, she was an activist in the labour, student and women's movements [1] and has been employed by CUPE National & Oxfam Canada. In 1995, McGrath was the Alberta New Democratic Party's candidate in a provincial by-election in Calgary-McCall and came in third place.[2] In the 1984 federal election, while a student, she ran as candidate for the Communist Party of Canada in Edmonton-Strathcona,[3] placing seventh.
[edit] Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 1984 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±pp | ||
| Progressive Conservative | (x)David Kilgour | 33,712 | 61.43% | +2.05% | ||
| New Democratic | Doris S. Burghardt | 11,095 | 20.22% | +8.21% | ||
| Liberal | Sandra Douglas-Tubb | 8,500 | 15.49% | -11.66% | ||
| Confederation of Regions | Lorne Cass | 749 | 1.36% | |||
| Green | Russell John Mulvey | 466 | 0.85% | |||
| Social Credit | Norman Utz | 218 | 0.40% | |||
| Communist | Anne McGrath | 137 | 0.25% | -0.01% | ||
| Total valid votes | 54,877 | 100% | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ "Anne McGrath elected NDP President" (Press release). New Democratic Party. September 10, 2006. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. http://web.archive.org/web/20080930233031/http://www.ndp.ca/page/4280. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ http://www.electionsalberta.ab.ca/pastbyelection.html#april1995[dead link]
- ^ "Election '84 - Edmonton Strathcona (Canadidate profiles)". Edmonton Journal. August 31, 1984. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IChlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZogNAAAAIBAJ&pg=5386,3967962&dq=anne-mcgrath+alberta&hl=en. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
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