Ed Broadbent

John Edward "Ed" Broadbent  (March 21, 1936 – January 11, 2024) was a Canadian social-democratic politician, political scientist, and political activist. He was the chair of the Broadbent Institute. Broadbent was born in Oshawa, Ontario.

He was leader of the New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989. 

In the 2004 federal election, he returned to Parliament for one additional term as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa Centre. Before, he represented Oshawa in the parliament between 1968 and 1990.

Broadbent also was a vice-president of Socialist International from 1979 to 1989 and director of the International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development from 1990 to 1996.

Between 2014 until her death in 2016, he was married to historian Ellen Meiksins Wood.

Until his death, he was a fellow in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University.

Broadbent died on January 11, 2024 in Ottawa, Ontario at the age of 87.Ed Broadbent, former NDP leader, dead at 87, at CBC.ca; published January 11, 2024; retrieved January 11, 2024 His state funeral was held on January 28 in Ottawa. It was the first Canadian state funeral for a party leader who was never prime minister nor leader of the official opposition.

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