Lloyd Longfield
MP
Member of Parliament
for Guelph
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byFrank Valeriote
Personal details
Born (1956-10-08) October 8, 1956 (age 67)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Residence(s)Guelph, Ontario, Canada[1]
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba
Red River College Polytechnic

Lloyd Longfield MP (born October 8, 1956)[2] is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Guelph in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[3] The riding was previously held by Liberal MP Frank Valeriote who had opted not to run for re-election.[4]

Early life

A native of Winnipeg, he moved to Guelph in 1992. Longfield has a BA in English and Mathematics from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Red River College.[5] Prior to running for federal office, Longfield was the president of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce for "about" eight years.[6]

Political career

Longfield was successful in retaining the Guelph seat in the House of Commons for the Liberals in 2015 by an overwhelming margin, with nearly 50 percent of the popular vote or over 15,000 votes ahead of the Conservative candidate Gloria Kovach.[7]

After being elected, Longfield promised to vote to increase funding to the CBC and to stop the phase-out of door-to-door mail delivery.[8] The latter was a part of the Liberal platform as described by Justin Trudeau in a September 25, 2015 letter: "we will also stop the Harper Conservatives' plan to end door-to-door mail delivery and ensure Canadians receive the postal service on which they rely."[9]

He was re-elected in the 2019 federal election. On 28 June 2023, Longfield announced that he would finish his term, but would not run in the 45th Canadian federal election.[10]

Personal life

Longfield and his wife, Barbara, have three daughters and four grandchildren.[5][6]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Guelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lloyd Longfield 29,382 42.10 +1.74
Conservative Ashish Sachan 16,795 24.07 -1.39
New Democratic Aisha Jahangir 14,713 21.09 +8.79
Green Michelle Bowman 5,250 7.52 -17.94
People's Joshua Leier 3,182 4.56 +3.12
Animal Protection Karen Levenson 262 0.38 New
Communist Tristan Dineen 187 0.27 +0.05
Total valid votes 69,771 100.00
Total rejected ballots 434 0.62
Turnout 70,205 66.38
Eligible voters 105,863
Source: Elections Canada[11]


2019 Canadian federal election: Guelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lloyd Longfield 30,497 40.36 -8.74 $108,379.67
Green Steve Dyck 19,236 25.46 +14.14 $99,922.31
Conservative Ashish Sachan 14,568 19.28 -7.07 $66,688.03
New Democratic Aisha Jahangir 9,297 12.30 +0.29 $24,447.54
People's Mark Paralovos 1,087 1.44 - $1,793.83
Christian Heritage Gordon Truscott 498 0.66 - $39,351.25
Communist Juanita Burnett 166 0.22 +0.01 none listed
Independent Michael Wassilyn 133 0.18 - none listed
Independent Kornelis Klevering 86 0.11 - none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 75,568 100.0   $127,407.04
Total rejected ballots 452
Turnout 76,020 72.33%
Eligible voters 105,106
Liberal hold Swing -11.44
Source: Elections Canada[12][13][14]
2015 Canadian federal election: Guelph
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lloyd Longfield 34,303 49.10 +5.80
Conservative Gloria Kovach 18,407 26.35 -6.52
New Democratic Andrew Seagram 8,392 12.01 -4.72
Green Gord Miller 7,909 11.32 +5.19
Libertarian Alex Fekri 520 0.74  
Marijuana Kornelis Klevering 193 0.28  
Communist Tristan Dineen 144 0.21  
Total valid votes 69,868 100.0    
Total rejected ballots 298 0.42 –
Turnout 70,166 71.3 –
Eligible voters 98,453
Source: Elections Canada[15]

References

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Lloyd Longfield on Twitter: "What a great gift!"". twitter.com. Twitter. October 8, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  3. ^ "In battle with no incumbent, Guelph remains Liberal red". 19 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Liberal MP Frank Valeriote won't run in next federal election". 14 November 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Biography | Lloyd Longfield | Federal Liberal Candidate for Guelph".
  6. ^ a b O'Flanagan, Rob. "Longfield touts Guelph's qualities after cruising to election win". guelphmercury.com. Metroland Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  7. ^ "Longfield not overwhelmed by overwhelming victory".
  8. ^ "Guelph's new MP reinforces Liberal promises to bolster CBC and keep door-to-door mail delivery".
  9. ^ "Liberal Party shouldn't wait to deliver mail".
  10. ^ Cassidy, Lianne (28 June 2023). "News release". mplongfield.ca. Archived from the original on 28 June 2023. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Election Night Results - Guelph". Elections Canada. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
  12. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Latest results for all electoral districts (tab-delimited format)". Elections Canada. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  14. ^ "Final Expense Limits for Candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved 15 December 2020.
  15. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Guelph, 30 September 2015

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