Blair Longley
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Blair Longley | |
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Born | Blair Timmothy Longley September 25, 1950 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
Occupation | Politician, activist |
Known for | Leader of Marijuana Party |
Blair Timmothy Longley (born September 25, 1950) is a Canadian politician and activist.[1]
Early life and career[edit]
Blair Longley was born in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Longley attended the founding meeting of the Green Party of Canada in 1983. He went on to be an active member of the Rhinoceros Party of which he was an official agent from 1985 to 1987.
He joined the Marijuana Party shortly after its foundation and became the leader of the Marijuana Party in 2005, following the resignation of Marc-Boris St-Maurice.[2]
He has been a candidate for the House of Commons of Canada on three occasions, each time with a different party label. He ran for the Green Party in the 1984 election in the riding of Burnaby placing a distant fourth of four candidates with 364 of 58,991 votes.[citation needed] In 1988 he ran against opposition leader John Turner, with no party affiliation, and placed ninth of twelve candidates with 52 of 54,654 votes.[citation needed]
Longley ran for the Bloc pot in the 2003 Quebec provincial election.[citation needed] He later ran for the Marijuana Party in the riding of North Okanagan—Shuswap in 2004 and placed fifth of eight candidates with 492 of 51,765 votes,[citation needed] then in 2008 in the riding of Hochelaga, Quebec, placing eighth of nine with 183 of 45,683 votes.[citation needed]
Electoral record[edit]
2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Réal Ménard | 22,720 | 49.73% | -5.84% | ||||
Liberal | Diane Dicaire | 9,442 | 20.66% | +3.42% | ||||
New Democratic | Jean-Claude Rocheleau | 6,600 | 14.44% | +5.53% | ||||
Conservative | Luc Labbe | 4,201 | 9.19% | -3.01% | ||||
Green | Philippe Larochelle | 1,946 | 4.25% | -0.60% | ||||
Rhinoceros | Simon Crédible Berlingot Landry | 230 | 0.50% | – | ||||
Communist | Marianne Breton-Fontaine | 184 | 0.40% | – | ||||
Marijuana | Blair Longley | 183 | 0.40% | -0.32% | ||||
Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 177 | 0.38% | -0.09% | ||||
Total valid votes | 45,683 | 100.00% | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 644 | 1.39% | ||||||
Turnout | 46,327 | 58.24% | ||||||
Bloc Québécois hold | Swing | -4.6 |
2004 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Conservative | Darrel Stinson | 24,014 | 46.39% | – | $73,168 | |||
New Democratic | Alice Brown | 12,528 | 24.20% | – | $36,696 | |||
Liberal | Will Hansma | 11,636 | 22.47% | – | $51,772 | |||
Green | Erin Nelson | 2,333 | 4.50% | – | $960 | |||
Marijuana | Blair Longley | 492 | 0.95% | – | $400 | |||
Independent | Gordon Campbell | 401 | 0.77% | – | ||||
Canadian Action | Claire Foss | 257 | 0.49% | – | $1,558 | |||
Independent | K. No. Daniels | 104 | 0.20% | – | ||||
Total valid votes | 51,765 | 100.00% | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 174 | 0.34% | ||||||
Turnout | 51,939 |
Nelligan | Quebec provincial by-election, September 20, 2004:||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Yolande James | 7,812 | 52.58 | |||||
Independent | Michel Gibson | 4,038 | 27.18 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Sahar Hawili | 1,538 | 10.35 | |||||
Action démocratique | Tom Pentefountas | 1,039 | 6.99 | |||||
Green | Ryan Young | 251 | 1.69 | – | ||||
UFP | Josée Larouche | 120 | 0.81 | – | ||||
Bloc Pot | Blair Longley | 58 | 0.39 | |||||
Total valid votes | 14,856 | 100.00 | ||||||
Rejected and declined votes | 62 | |||||||
Turnout | 14,918 | 28.60 | ||||||
Electors on the lists | 52,163 | |||||||
Sources: Official Results, Government of Quebec |
1988 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
Liberal | John Turner | 24,021 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Clarke | 16,664 | ||||||
New Democratic | Gerry Scott | 11,687 | ||||||
Reform | J.R. Jack Ford | 1,112 | ||||||
Rhinoceros | John Turner (no relation) | 760 | ||||||
Libertarian | Walter Boytinck | 129 | ||||||
Communist | Bert Ogden | 75 | ||||||
Independent | Albert A. Ritchie | 74 | ||||||
Independent | Blair T. Longley | 52 | ||||||
Confederation of Regions | Nora Galenzoski | 35 | ||||||
Commonwealth of Canada | G.J. Joseph Jackman | 23 | ||||||
Independent | Allen Soroka | 22 |
1984 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
New Democratic | Svend Robinson | 28,318 | ||||||
Progressive Conservative | Bill Langas | 20,697 | ||||||
Liberal | Mike Hillman | 9,612 | ||||||
Green | Blair T. Longley | 364 |
References[edit]
- ^ Bio from the Marijuana Party website
- ^ "Leaders and Parties -Blair Longley Marijuana Party". CBC.ca. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2010.
See also[edit]
Preceded by Marc-Boris St-Maurice |
Marijuana Party of Canada leaders 2004-present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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