Editing Ed Broadbent (section)

==Early political career (1968–1975)==
Broadbent was a university professor when he won a seat in the [[House of Commons of Canada]] in the riding of [[Oshawa (federal electoral district)|Oshawa—Whitby]] during the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968 federal election]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Kincaid |first=Keith |date=June 26, 1968 |title=Ontario Bubbles Over With Trudeau Enthusiasm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-ontario-bubbles-over-with/138552620/ |work=[[Times Colonist]] |location=Victoria, British Columbia |page=7 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112022801/https://www.newspapers.com/article/times-colonist-ontario-bubbles-over-with/138552620/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He defeated [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] MP [[Michael Starr (politician)|Michael Starr]], a former cabinet minister (under [[John Diefenbaker]]) and acting [[Leader of the Official Opposition (Canada)|leader of the opposition]], by fifteen votes in a close three-way race.<ref>{{cite news |last=Harding |first=Katherine |date=June 15, 2004 |title=For Broadbent, campaign is like '68 all over again |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/for-broadbent-campaign-is-like-68-all-over-again/article4089513/ |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Oshawa, Ontario |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112023134/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/for-broadbent-campaign-is-like-68-all-over-again/article4089513/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He began his parliamentary service in the [[28th Canadian Parliament]].

After [[Tommy Douglas]] retired from the leadership of the party, Broadbent stood to succeed him but was eliminated on the second ballot of the [[1971 New Democratic Party leadership election|1971 leadership convention]]; [[David Lewis (Canadian politician)|David Lewis]] became leader.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wong |first=Jan |date=December 31, 2005 |title=Ed Broadbent, 2005 |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ed-broadbent-2005/article4392156/ |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location= |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112023401/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ed-broadbent-2005/article4392156/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1974, Lewis himself retired as leader, due to a disappointing electoral result for the NDP in [[1974 Canadian federal election|that year's federal election]] and ill health. Broadbent won the [[1975 New Democratic Party leadership election|1975 leadership election]] to succeed Lewis, going on to lead the party through four national elections.<ref name="CBCJanuary2024">{{cite news |last=Tunney |first=Catharine |date=January 11, 2024 |title=Ed Broadbent, former NDP leader, dead at 87 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ed-broadbent-dies-1.7080936 |work=[[CBC News]] |location= |access-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-date=January 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240111195319/https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ed-broadbent-dies-1.7080936 |url-status=live }}</ref>