Editing Ed Broadbent (section)

==Leader of the NDP (1975–1989)==
In the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979 federal election]], the NDP under Broadbent boosted their seat count from 17 to 26 seats.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Neill |first=Juliet |date=May 23, 1979 |title=Broadbent mum on plans |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-broadbent-mum-on-plans/138554101/ |work=[[St. Catharines Standard]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |location=Oshawa, Ontario |page=45 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112033819/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-broadbent-mum-on-plans/138554101/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 election nine months later]], Broadbent's NDP again experienced a boost of support from 27 to 32 seats.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--not stated--> |date=February 19, 1980 |title=Broadbent happy with showing |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-mcmurray-today-broadbent-happy-with/138554482/ |work=[[Fort McMurray Today]] |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |location=Oshawa, Ontario |page=5 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112030811/https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-mcmurray-today-broadbent-happy-with/138554482/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the election, Prime Minister [[Pierre Trudeau]] approached Broadbent about the possibility of forming a [[coalition government]] even though his [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberals]] had just won a working [[majority government]]. Broadbent declined Trudeau's offer.<ref name="Globe obit"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Tierney |first=Ben |date=April 2, 1980 |title=Liberals, NDP discussed coalition |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-liberals-ndp-dis/138555025/ |work=[[The Hamilton Spectator]] |agency=[[Postmedia Network|Southam News]] |location=Hamilton, Ontario |page=1 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |via=newspapers.com |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112030814/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-hamilton-spectator-liberals-ndp-dis/138555025/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]], the NDP finished with 30 seats, just ten behind the Liberal Party led by [[John Turner]].<ref name="Historica bio"/>

After the election, Broadbent's personal popularity was consistently in first place among the leaders of federal parties.<ref name="Historica bio"/> In 1987, he became the first NDP leader who took the party to first place in public opinion polling since it was founded. Some pundits predicted that the NDP could supplant Turner's Liberals as the primary opposition to the [[Brian Mulroney]]-led Progressive Conservatives.<ref name="Globe obit"/> Like Turner, Broadbent supported Mulroney's proposed [[Meech Lake Accord]] (which proposed recognizing [[Quebec]] as a [[distinct society]] and extending provincial powers), which led to some dissent within the NDP.<ref name="Historica bio"/>

In the [[1988 Canadian federal election|1988 federal election]], the NDP under Broadbent won 43 seats, a record unchallenged until the [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011 federal election]], when it won 103 seats.<ref name="Globe obit"/> Despite the polling milestones prior to the election, the NDP was not successful in translating this into a major breakthrough, as they remained in third place (behind the second-place Liberals). Broadbent gained criticism for not making the NDP's opposition to the [[Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement]] the main issue during the campaign, as the Liberals reaped most of the benefits from opposing the agreement.<ref name="Globe obit"/><ref name="Historica bio">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Stevenson|first=Garth|editor-last=|editor-first=|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|title=Ed Broadbent|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-edward-broadbent|date=September 30, 2007|access-date=January 11, 2024|volume=|publisher=Historica Canada|archive-date=January 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112042248/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/john-edward-broadbent|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the international front, Broadbent served as a vice-president of [[Socialist International]] from 1979 to 1989,<ref>{{cite news|title=Oshawa breaks ground on Ed Broadbent Waterfront Park|url=https://www.insauga.com/oshawa-breaks-ground-on-ed-broadbent-waterfront-park/|first=Glenn|last=Hendry|date=May 31, 2022|access-date=January 11, 2024|website=insauga.com|archive-date=January 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112050351/https://www.insauga.com/oshawa-breaks-ground-on-ed-broadbent-waterfront-park/|url-status=live}}</ref> during which time [[Willy Brandt]], the former [[Chancellor of Germany#Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1949–present)|chancellor]] of [[West Germany]], was its president.<ref>{{cite news|title=New Democratic Party leader Ed Broadbent leaves today for...|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/05/23/New-Democratic-Party-leader-Ed-Broadbent-leaves-today-for/6206359438400/|date=May 23, 1981|accessdate=January 11, 2024|work=United Press International}}</ref>

Broadbent stepped down after 14 and a half years as leader of the federal NDP at the [[1989 New Democratic Party leadership election|1989 Winnipeg Convention]], when he was succeeded by [[Audrey McLaughlin]].<ref name="Historica bio"/> He also resigned his Oshawa seat in the House of Commons that year. The [[1990 Oshawa federal by-election]] was held for the NDP by [[Michael Breaugh]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=oshawaexpress |date=2019-12-03 |title=Former MPP, MP Michael Breaugh passes away |url=http://oshawaexpress.ca/former-mpp-mp-michael-breaugh-passes-away-2/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=The Oshawa Express |language=en-CA}}</ref>