Lloyd Longfield

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Lloyd Longfield
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Guelph
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by Frank Valeriote
Personal details
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Barbara
Children 3
Alma mater University of Manitoba
Red River College

Lloyd Longfield is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Guelph in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1] The riding was previously held by Liberal MP Frank Valeriote who had opted not to run for re-election.[2]

Longfield has a BA in English and Mathematics from the University of Manitoba and a diploma in Mechanical Engineering from Red River College.[3] Prior to running for federal office, Longfield was the president of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce for "about" eight years.[4] A native of Winnipeg, Longfield and his wife of 37 years, Barbara, moved to Guelph in 1992. The couple has three daughters and one grandchild.[3][4] He was successful in retaining the Guelph seat in the House of Commons for the Liberals on October 19, 2015 by an overwhelming margin, with nearly 50% of the popular vote or over 15,000 votes ahead of the Conservative candidate Gloria Kovach.[5]

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.[6] 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."[7]

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party Candidate Votes % ∆% Expenditures
Liberal Lloyd Longfield 34,303 49.1 +5.73
Conservative Gloria Kovach 18,407 26.4 -6.25
New Democratic Andrew Seagram 8,372 12.0 -4.68
Green Gord Miller 7,909 11.3 +5.01
Libertarian Alex Fekri 520 0.7 +0.38
Marijuana Kornelis Klevering 193 0.3 +0.01
Communist Tristan Dineen 144 0.2 +0.03
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0%     $238,871.52
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 69,848 72.94%
Eligible voters 95,761
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]

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