Editing Ed Broadbent (section)

{{Short description|Canadian politician and political scientist (1936–2024)}}
{{For|persons of a similar name|Edward Broadbent (disambiguation){{!}}Edward Broadbent|John Broadbent (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = [[The Honourable]]
| birthname           = John Edward Broadbent
| honorific-suffix    = {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|PC|CC|size=100%}}
| image               = Ed Broadbent 1980 (cropped).jpg
| caption             = Broadbent, {{circa|1980}}
| office              = [[Leader of the New Democratic Party]]
| term_start          = July 7, 1975
| term_end            = December 5, 1989
| predecessor         = [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]]
| successor           = [[Audrey McLaughlin]]
| parliament1         = Canadian
| riding1             = [[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa Centre]]
| term_start1         = June 28, 2004
| term_end1           = January 23, 2006
| predecessor1        = [[Mac Harb]]
| successor1          = [[Paul Dewar]]
| parliament2         = Canadian
| riding2             = [[Oshawa (federal electoral district)|Oshawa]]<br /><small>[[Oshawa—Whitby]] (1968–1979)</small>
| term_start2         = June 25, 1968
| term_end2           = February 1, 1990
| predecessor2        = [[Michael Starr (politician)|Michael Starr]]
| successor2          = [[Michael Breaugh]]
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1936|3|21}}
| birth_place         = [[Oshawa]], Ontario, Canada
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2024|1|11|1936|3|21}}
| death_place         = [[Ottawa]], Ontario, Canada
| alma_mater          = [[Trinity College, Toronto]]
| profession          = politician and professor
| party               = [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
| residence           = Ottawa, Ontario
| spouse              = {{ubl | {{marriage|Yvonne Yamaoka|1961|1967|end=div}} | {{marriage|Lucille Broadbent|1971|2006|end=died}} | {{marriage|[[Ellen Meiksins Wood]]|2014|2016|end=died}}}}
}}
'''John Edward Broadbent''' (March 21, 1936 – January 11, 2024) was a Canadian [[social democracy|social-democratic]] politician and political scientist. He was leader of the [[New Democratic Party]] (NDP) from 1975 to 1989, and a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|member of Parliament]] from 1968 to 1990 and from 2004 to 2006. He led the NDP through four federal elections. He oversaw a period of growth for the party with its parliamentary representation rising from 17 to 43 seats as of the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]].

Broadbent also served as 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. Returning to politics in the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]], he was elected to represent [[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa Centre]]. He later chaired the [[Broadbent Institute]], a policy think tank founded in 2011.<ref>{{cite web | title=Statement on the passing of Ed Broadbent | website=Broadbent Institute | date=January 11, 2024 | url=https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/statement-passing-ed-broadbent | access-date=January 12, 2024 | archive-date=January 12, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112000541/https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/statement-passing-ed-broadbent | url-status=live }}</ref>