Edwin Anthony Holder PC (born July 14, 1954) is a retired Canadian politician who served as the 64th mayor of London from 2018 to 2022.[1] He was previously the federal Member of Parliament for London West from 2008 to 2015 as a member of the Conservative Party.
Ed Holder | |
|---|---|
| 64th Mayor of London | |
| In office December 1, 2018 – November 14, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Matt Brown |
| Succeeded by | Josh Morgan |
| Minister of State for Science and Technology | |
| In office March 19, 2014 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Prime Minister | Stephen Harper |
| Preceded by | Greg Rickford |
| Succeeded by | Kirsty Duncan |
| Member of Parliament for London West | |
| In office October 14, 2008 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Sue Barnes |
| Succeeded by | Kate Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edwin Anthony Holder July 14, 1954 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Independent |
| Other political affiliations | Conservative (Federal) Progressive Conservative (Provincial) |
| Residence | London |
| Profession | Politician |
Political career
editIn the 1993 Canadian federal election, Holder stood as the Progressive Conservative candidate in London—Middlesex losing to Pat O'Brien.
He was elected to the House of Commons in the 2008 Canadian federal election in London West.
On March 19, 2014, Holder was appointed Minister of State (Science and Technology)[2] and sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.[3]
On October 19, 2015, Holder was defeated in the Canadian federal election, losing in the riding of London West to Kate Young.
In October 2017, Holder announced that he was seeking the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario nomination in London West for the 42nd Ontario general election. In January 2018, he withdrew from the nomination contest.[4]
On July 12, 2018, Holder declared his candidacy for the mayoralty of London, Ontario to be decided during the 2018 municipal election.[5] On October 23, 2018, Holder was elected mayor, winning on the 14th round of counting in the city's and Canada's first-ever ranked ballot municipal election.[1]
Holder was mayor of London during the aftermath following the London, Ontario truck attack on June 6, 2021. He attended a large memorial for the family who were killed in the attack. The memorial was one of the largest such gatherings in Ontario since the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario had begun.[6] In May 2022, he announced that he would not run for a second term as mayor and that he would be retiring from politics. During the 2022 mayoral election campaign, Holder endorsed Deputy Mayor Josh Morgan.[7] Morgan would go on to win the mayoral election on October 24, 2022 after capturing 65% of the vote.[8]
Electoral record
editMayoral race
edit| London, Ontario mayoral election, 2018[9] | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | Count 9 | Count 10 | Count 11 | Count 12 | Count 13 | Count 14 | |
| Ed Holder | 34.2 | 33,042 | 33,056 | 33,073 | 33,101 | 33,135 | 33,183 | 33,240 | 33,280 | 33,325 | 33,391 | 33,543 | 38,690 | 44,373 | 57,609 | |
| Paul Paolatto | 22.2 | 21,456 | 21,464 | 21,471 | 21,487 | 21,516 | 21,541 | 21,579 | 21,604 | 21,637 | 21,675 | 21,856 | 25,943 | 31,061 | ||
| Tanya Park | 20.3 | 19,656 | 19,676 | 19,690 | 19,740 | 19,781 | 19,801 | 19,828 | 19,960 | 20,071 | 20,199 | 20,434 | 22,415 | |||
| Paul Cheng | 19.8 | 19,161 | 19,175 | 19,190 | 19,211 | 19,238 | 19,254 | 19,329 | 19,362 | 19,396 | 19,442 | 19,616 | ||||
| Mohamed Moussa | 1.0 | 919 | 922 | 925 | 933 | 949 | 1,023 | 1,035 | 1,043 | 1,063 | 1,077 | |||||
| Sean M. O'Connell | 0.4 | 370 | 372 | 380 | 389 | 401 | 406 | 416 | 442 | 483 | ||||||
| David Millie | 0.3 | 337 | 343 | 347 | 358 | 380 | 385 | 391 | 401 | |||||||
| Nina McCutcheon | 0.4 | 340 | 344 | 351 | 361 | 364 | 375 | 384 | ||||||||
| Vahide Bahramporian | 0.4 | 348 | 351 | 351 | 357 | 363 | 368 | |||||||||
| Ali Hamadi | 0.3 | 304 | 304 | 304 | 306 | 311 | ||||||||||
| Dan Lenart | 0.3 | 255 | 258 | 263 | 275 | |||||||||||
| Jordan Minter | 0.2 | 212 | 217 | 224 | ||||||||||||
| Carlos Murray | 0.1 | 127 | 131 | |||||||||||||
| Jonas White | 0.1 | 111 | ||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 244,962 Valid: 96,638 Spoilt: 1,297 Quota: 48,320 Turnout: 40.0% | ||||||||||||||||
Federal races
edit| 2015 Canadian federal election: London West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Kate Young | 31,167 | 45.8 | +19.07 | – | |||
| Conservative | Ed Holder | 24,306 | 35.3 | −9.77 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Matthew Rowlinson | 10,087 | 14.8 | −10.62 | – | |||
| Green | Dimitri Lascaris | 1,918 | 2.8 | +0.12 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Jacques Y. Boudreau | 732 | 1.1 | – | – | |||
| Communist | Michael Lewis | 87 | 0.1 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 68,027 | 100.0 | $234,017.17 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 286 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 68,313 | 73.9% | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,326 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +14.42 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: London West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Ed Holder | 27,675 | 44.49 | +5.40 | – | |||
| Liberal | Doug Ferguson | 16,652 | 26.77 | -8.64 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Peter Ferguson | 16,109 | 25.90 | +11.33 | – | |||
| Green | Brad Arthur Corbett | 1,703 | 2.74 | -7.01 | – | |||
| United | Rod Morley | 65 | 0.10 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes | 62,204 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 273 | 0.44 | +0.08 | – | ||||
| Turnout | 62,477 | 67.49 | +4.35 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 92,572 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election: London West | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Ed Holder | 22556 | 39.09% | |||||
| Liberal | Sue Barnes | 20435 | 35.42% | |||||
| New Democratic | Peter Ferguson | 8409 | 14.57% | |||||
| Green | Monica Jarabek | 5601 | 9.71% | |||||
| Progressive Canadian | Steve Hunter | 443 | 0.77% | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Leslie Bartley | 253 | 0.44% | |||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | – | % | ||||||
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Ed Holder is London's new mayor after historic vote". CBC London, October 23, 2018.
- ^ Josh Wingrove, Steven Chase, Bill Curry And Shawn McCarthy (March 19, 2014). "New Finance Minister Joe Oliver enters with a whisper". The Globe and Mail.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Counsel to the Clerk - Privy Council Office". Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2019-12-04.
- ^ "Ed Holder | Electipedia". Archived from the original on 2018-08-25. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
- ^ "Former Conservative MP Ed Holder officially declares candidacy for London mayor". CBC London, July 12, 2018.
- ^ "Thousands pack London, Ont. vigil as PM Justin Trudeau calls attack on Muslim family an 'act of evil'". London. June 8, 2021.
- ^ "London Mayor Ed Holder endorses Deputy Mayor Josh Morgan's mayoral run - London | Globalnews.ca". 980 CFPL. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Josh Morgan elected 65th mayor of London, Ont. with 65 per cent of vote - London | Globalnews.ca". 980 CFPL. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ "Mayor". london.ca. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved October 23, 2018.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Error page". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
External links
edit- Ed Holder Archived 2009-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- Ed Holder – Parliament of Canada biography