Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index The 2003 New Democratic Party leadership race to replace leader Alexa McDonough ended January 25, 2003 with the first ballot victory of popular Toronto city councillor Jack Layton. Candidates Jack Layton - Toronto City Councillor (winner, 53.5%) Bill Blaikie - Member of Parliament (24.7%) Lorne Nystrom - Member of Parliament (9.3%) Joe Comartin - Member of Parliament (7.7%) Pierre Ducasse - Associate President of the NDP (3.7%) Bev Meslo - feminist (1.1%) This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.