Editing Ed Broadbent (section)

==Member of Parliament (2004–2006)==
[[File:Ed is back! (68511503).jpg|thumb|Broadbent in 2005]]
At Layton's invitation, Broadbent returned to politics in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/12/19/fCanada126.raw.html|title=Broadbent returns to political stage|work=The Chronicle Herald|date=December 19, 2003|access-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040113090331/http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2003/12/19/fCanada126.raw.html|archive-date=January 13, 2004}}</ref> With the aid of a humorous and popular video clip,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/broadbent-eds-back|title=Broadbent raps with 'Ed's back!' – CBC Archives}}</ref> he successfully ran for Parliament in the riding of [[Ottawa Centre (federal electoral district)|Ottawa Centre]], where he lived later in life. He defeated the Liberal candidate, [[Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election#Richard Mahoney (Ottawa Centre)|Richard J. Mahoney]], a close ally of Prime Minister [[Paul Martin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=bf4a113c-9555-4f6c-8e9f-a0b4d91c8596|title=Broadbent returns to House|work=The Ottawa Citizen|date=June 29, 2004|access-date=May 18, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324215901/http://www.canada.com/story.html?id=bf4a113c-9555-4f6c-8e9f-a0b4d91c8596|archive-date=March 24, 2016}}</ref> In the NDP [[shadow cabinet]], Broadbent was Critic for Democracy: Parliamentary & Electoral Reform, Corporate Accountability as well as Child Poverty. On May 4, 2005, he announced that he would not seek re-election in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|39th federal election]] so that he could spend time with his wife, Lucille, who was suffering from cancer.<ref name="quit2005">{{cite news |date=May 4, 2005 |title=Broadbent to quit politics to care for ailing wife |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/broadbent-to-quit-politics-to-care-for-ailing-wife-1.520755 |access-date=January 11, 2024 |publisher=CBC News |archive-date=January 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240112050352/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/broadbent-to-quit-politics-to-care-for-ailing-wife-1.520755 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/broadbent-wont-run-again/article1118325/|title=Broadbent won't run again|work=The Globe and Mail|date=May 4, 2005|access-date=May 18, 2015|archive-date=May 18, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518104846/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/broadbent-wont-run-again/article1118325/|url-status=live}}</ref> She died on November 17, 2006.<ref name="GlobeandMailNovember2006"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/wife-of-former-ndp-leader-broadbent-dies-1.620542|title=Wife of former NDP leader Broadbent dies|work=CBC News|date=November 19, 2006|access-date=May 18, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924192042/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/wife-of-former-ndp-leader-broadbent-dies-1.620542|url-status=live}}</ref>