Lloyd Longfield

Lloyd Longfield
Member of Parliament
for Guelph
In office
October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded byFrank Valeriote
Succeeded byDominique O'Rourke
Personal details
Born (1956-10-08) October 8, 1956
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
PartyLiberal
Alma materUniversity of Manitoba
Red River College Polytechnic

Lloyd Longfield (born October 8, 1956)[2] 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.[3] Prior to running for federal office, Longfield was the president of the Guelph Chamber of Commerce for about eight years.[4]

Political career

Longfield ran as the Liberal candidate for the riding of Guelph in the 2015 federal election.[5] The riding was previously held by Liberal member of Parliament (MP) Frank Valeriote who had opted not to run for re-election.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8] 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."[9]

Longfield was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections.[10] On June 28, 2023, he announced that he would finish his term, but would not run in the 45th Canadian federal election.[11]

Personal life

Longfield and his wife, Barbara, have three daughters and four grandchildren.[3][4]

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[12]
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[13][14][15]
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[16]

References

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Lloyd Longfield on Twitter: "What a great gift!"". twitter.com. Twitter. October 8, 2015. Retrieved June 24, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Biography | Lloyd Longfield | Federal Liberal Candidate for Guelph".
  4. ^ a b O'Flanagan, Rob. "Longfield touts Guelph's qualities after cruising to election win". guelphmercury.com. Metroland Media Group Ltd. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "In battle with no incumbent, Guelph remains Liberal red". October 19, 2015.
  6. ^ "Liberal MP Frank Valeriote won't run in next federal election". November 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "Longfield not overwhelmed by overwhelming victory".
  8. ^ "Guelph's new MP reinforces Liberal promises to bolster CBC and keep door-to-door mail delivery".
  9. ^ "Liberal Party shouldn't wait to deliver mail".
  10. ^ Hashizume, Ken (June 28, 2023). "Longfield won't seek re-election as MP for Guelph". CTV News. Retrieved May 20, 2025.
  11. ^ Cassidy, Lianne (June 28, 2023). "News release". mplongfield.ca. Retrieved June 28, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  12. ^ "Election Night Results - Guelph". Elections Canada. Archived from the original on December 8, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
  13. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "Latest results for all electoral districts (tab-delimited format)". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  15. ^ "Final Expense Limits for Candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  16. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Guelph, 30 September 2015
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