Blair Longley

Blair Timmothy Longley (born September 25, 1950) is a Canadian politician and activist.[1]

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Longley attended the founding meeting of the Green Party of Canada in 1983 and went on to be an active member of the Rhinoceros Party of which he was official agent from 1985 to 1987.

He joined the Marijuana Party shortly after its founding and he became the leader of the Marijuana Party in 2005, following the resignation of Marc-Boris St-Maurice.[2]

He has been a candidate for the Canadian House of Commons on three occasions, each time with a different party label. He ran for the Green Party in the 1984 election in the riding of Burnaby placing a distant fourth of four candidates with 364 of 58,991 votes. In 1988 he ran against opposition leader John Turner, with no party affiliation, and placed ninth of twelve candidates with 52 of 54,654 votes.

Longley ran for the Bloc pot in the 2003 Quebec provincial election. He later ran for the Marijuana Party in the riding of North Okanagan—Shuswap in 2004 and placed fifth of eight candidates with 492 of 51,765 votes, then in 2008 in the riding of Hochelaga, Quebec, placing eighth of nine with 183 of 45,683 votes.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
Bloc QuébécoisRéal Ménard 22,720 49.73% -5.84%
LiberalDiane Dicaire 9,442 20.66% +3.42%
New DemocraticJean-Claude Rocheleau 6,600 14.44% +5.53%
ConservativeLuc Labbe 4,201 9.19% -3.01%
GreenPhilippe Larochelle 1,946 4.25% -0.60%
RhinocerosSimon Crédible Berlingot Landry 230 0.50% –
CommunistMarianne Breton-Fontaine 184 0.40% –
MarijuanaBlair Longley 183 0.40% -0.32%
Marxist–LeninistChristine Dandenault 177 0.38% -0.09%
Total valid votes 45,683 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 644 1.39%
Turnout 46,327 58.24%
Bloc Québécois hold Swing -4.6
Canadian federal election, 2004
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativeDarrel Stinson 24,014 46.39% – $73,168
New DemocraticAlice Brown 12,528 24.20% – $36,696
LiberalWill Hansma 11,636 22.47% – $51,772
GreenErin Nelson 2,333 4.50% – $960
MarijuanaBlair Longley 492 0.95% – $400
IndependentGordon Campbell 401 0.77% –
Canadian ActionClaire Foss 257 0.49% – $1,558
IndependentK. No. Daniels 104 0.20% –
Total valid votes 51,765100.00%
Total rejected ballots 1740.34%
Turnout 51,939
Quebec provincial by-election, September 20, 2004: Nelligan
Party Candidate Votes%∆%
LiberalYolande James 7,812 52.58
     Independent Michel Gibson 4,038 27.18
Parti QuébécoisSahar Hawili 1,538 10.35
Action démocratiqueTom Pentefountas 1,039 6.99
GreenRyan Young 251 1.69 –
UFPJosée Larouche 120 0.81 –
Bloc PotBlair Longley 58 0.39
Total valid votes 14,856 100.00
Rejected and declined votes 62
Turnout 14,918 28.60
Electors on the lists 52,163
Sources: Official Results, Government of Quebec
Canadian federal election, 1988
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalJohn Turner 24,021
Progressive ConservativeBill Clarke 16,664
New DemocraticGerry Scott 11,687
ReformJ.R. Jack Ford 1,112
RhinocerosJohn Turner (no relation) 760
LibertarianWalter Boytinck 129
CommunistBert Ogden 75
IndependentAlbert A. Ritchie 74
IndependentBlair T. Longley 52
Confederation of RegionsNora Galenzoski 35
Commonwealth of CanadaG.J. Joseph Jackman 23
IndependentAllen Soroka 22
Canadian federal election, 1984
Party Candidate Votes
New DemocraticSvend Robinson 28,318
Progressive ConservativeBill Langas 20,697
LiberalMike Hillman 9,612
GreenBlair T. Longley 364

References

  1. ↑ Bio from the Marijuana Party website
  2. ↑ "Leaders and Parties -Blair Longley Marijuana Party". CBC.ca. Retrieved 29 August 2010.

See also

Preceded by
Marc-Boris St-Maurice		 Marijuana Party of Canada leaders
2004-present 		Succeeded by
incumbent


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