Leo Jordan

Leo Jordan
Ontario MPP
In office 1990–1999
Preceded by	Douglas Wiseman
Succeeded by	Riding abolished
Constituency	Lanark—Renfrew
Personal details
Born	William Leo Jordan December 29, 1929 Almonte, Ontario
Died	February 15, 2015 (aged 85) Montague, Ontario
Political party	Progressive Conservative
Occupation	Farmer

William Leo Jordan (December 29, 1929 – February 15, 2015) was a politician in Ontario, Canada. He was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1999.

Background

Jordan studied Public Administration at Carleton University. He worked for thirty-nine years at Ontario Hydro, in the fields of operations, customer service, property and marketing. He was also a beef farmer, and served for a time as reeve of Montague Township and a member of the Lanark County council. He died on February 15, 2015.^[1]

Politics

He was elected to the Ontario legislature in the 1990 provincial election, defeating Liberal Guin Persaud by about 1,500 votes in the riding of Lanark—Renfrew.^[2] This election was won by the Ontario New Democratic Party, and Jordan sat on the opposition benches for the next five years.

The PC party won the 1995 provincial election, in which Jordan defeated his Liberal opponent by more than 10,000 votes.^[3] In 1997 he was appointed as Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Tourism.

In 1996, the Harris government reduced the number of provincial ridings from 130 to 103. This meant that a number of sitting Members of Provincial Parliament MPPs had to compete against one another for re-election. Jordan ran against veteran Liberal MPP Sean Conway in the new riding of Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke in the 1999 provincial election, and lost by almost 6,000 votes.^[4]

In 2000, Jordan sought the federal Canadian Alliance nomination in Lanark—Carleton, but lost to Scott Reid.^[5]

Electoral record (partial)

Ontario general election, 1995: Lanark—Renfrew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Progressive Conservative	Leo Jordan	19,959	55.79		$39,952
	Liberal	June Timmons	9,956	27.83	–	$35,655
	New Democratic	Don Page	3,455	9.66		$8,809
	Confederation of Regions	Murray Reid	867	2.42		$2,797
	Family Coalition	Kilian O'Donovan	745	2.08	–	$3,251
	Independent	Mike Dubroy	557	1.56		$6,162
	Natural Law	Rick Alexander	237	0.66		$0
Total valid votes			35,776	100.00
Rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			305
Turnout			36,081
Electors on the lists			60,270

Sources: Official results, Elections Ontario and Financial statements, Elections Ontario.

References

1. "Former MPP Leo Jordan dies at 85". Inside Ottawa Valley (Metroland Media). February 17, 2015.
2. "Ontario election: Riding-by-riding voting results". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 1990. p. A12.
3. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 8, 1995. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
4. "Summary of Valid Ballots by Candidate". Elections Ontario. June 3, 1999. Retrieved 2014-03-02.
5. "Election Results". Star - Phoenix (Saskatoon, SK). November 28, 2000. p. A8.

External links

• Ontario Legislative Assembly Parliamentarian History