Lloyd Longfield
Lloyd Longfield | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Guelph | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Frank Valeriote |
| Succeeded by | Dominique O'Rourke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 8, 1956 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | University of Manitoba Red River College Polytechnic |
Lloyd Longfield (born October 8, 1956)[1] is a Canadian politician who represented the riding of Guelph in the House of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025.
Early life
A native of Winnipeg, Longfield moved to Guelph in 1992. He has a Bachelor of Arts in English and mathematics from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in mechanical engineering from Red River College.[2] Prior to running for federal office, Longfield was the president of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce for about eight years.[3]
Political career
Longfield ran as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Guelph in the 2015 federal election.[4] The riding was previously held by Liberal member of Parliament (MP) Frank Valeriote who had opted not to run for re-election.[5] Longfield was successful in retaining the Guelph seat for the Liberals by a wide margin, earning nearly 50 per cent of the popular vote and finishing more than 15,000 votes ahead of Conservative candidate Gloria Kovach.[6]
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.[7] 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."[8]
Longfield was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.[9] On June 28, 2023, he 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.[2][3]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Guelph | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lloyd Longfield | 29,382 | 42.10 | +1.74 | $69,585.36 | |||
| Conservative | Ashish Sachan | 16,795 | 24.07 | +4.79 | $9,009.95 | |||
| New Democratic | Aisha Jahangir | 14,713 | 21.09 | +8.79 | $37,654.74 | |||
| Green | Michelle Bowman | 5,250 | 7.52 | -17.94 | $48,178.88 | |||
| People's | Joshua Leier | 3,182 | 4.56 | +3.12 | $6,430.47 | |||
| Animal Protection | Karen Levenson | 262 | 0.38 | New | $8,444.49 | |||
| Communist | Tristan Dineen | 187 | 0.27 | +0.05 | $0.00 | |||
| 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
- ↑ "Lloyd Longfield on Twitter: "What a great gift!"". twitter.com. Twitter. October 8, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
- 1 2 "Biography | Lloyd Longfield | Federal Liberal Candidate for Guelph".
- 1 2 O'Flanagan, Rob. "Longfield touts Guelph's qualities after cruising to election win". guelphmercury.com. Metroland Media Group Ltd. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
- ↑ "In battle with no incumbent, Guelph remains Liberal red". October 19, 2015.
- ↑ "Liberal MP Frank Valeriote won't run in next federal election". November 14, 2014.
- ↑ "Longfield not overwhelmed by overwhelming victory".
- ↑ "Guelph's new MP reinforces Liberal promises to bolster CBC and keep door-to-door mail delivery".
- ↑ "Liberal Party shouldn't wait to deliver mail".
- ↑ Hashizume, Ken (June 28, 2023). "Longfield won't seek re-election as MP for Guelph". CTV News. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
- ↑ Cassidy, Lianne (June 28, 2023). "News release". mplongfield.ca. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Election Night Results - Guelph". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Latest results for all electoral districts (tab-delimited format)". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ↑ "Final Expense Limits for Candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Guelph, 30 September 2015