February 9 Toronto Dan Leckie […]
When
1981-02-09
Description
February 9 Toronto Dan Leckie, former Toronto School Board chairman and one-time assistant to former mayor John Sewell, won the NDP St. George riding nomination for the March 19 Ontario provincial election by a vote of 130 to 106. Leckie had delivered a speech condemning the February 5 bathhouse raids and the NDP's own flip-flop on the question of gay rights. His opponent for the nomination, gay activist John Argue, was a member of the St. George NDP executive and NDP Metro chairman, and was more moderate. On February 10, Ontario NDP leader Michael Cassidy stated that gay rights were not an immediate priority for the NDP caucus.
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TorontoAll People
Michael CassidyJohn B. ArgueJohn SewellDan LeckieAll Organizations
New Democratic Party OntarioToronto Board of EducationAll Citations
Peter Young, "Open Season on Gays: NDP Man: Election '81," Toronto Sun, 10 February 1981, p. 25.Ted Welch, "NDP Closets Its Principles," Toronto Sun, 17 March 1981, p. 40Wendy Warburton, "Cassidy Silent on Gay Threat," Ottawa Citizen, 26 February 1981, p. 15"Smith, Cassidy Agree: 'Gay Rights Not Issue in Campaign': Election '81," Toronto Sun, 26 February 1981, p. 59Michael McAteer, "Police Too Powerful NDP Supporters Told," Toronto Star, four star ed., 10 February 1981, p. A13Robert Matas, "Party Lines in St. George Vanish, Candidates Rush to Fill Vacuum," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 10 March 1981, p. 15Kirk Makin, "Cassidy Still Cautious on Need for Inquiry into Steambath Raids," Globe and Mail, metro ed., 16 February 1981, p. 4Claire Hoy, "Gay Issue Won't Go Away" (column), Toronto Sun, Sunday ed., 15 February 1981, p. 40Rick Haliechuk, "Two NDP Hopefuls Vow to Fight for Homosexuals," Toronto Star, Sunday ed., 15 February 1981, p. A6Rick Haliechuk, "Homosexuals Not an Election Issue—Cassidy," Toronto Star, four star ed., 17 March 1981, p. A12Rick Haliechuk, "Cassidy Won't Push for More Homosexual Rights," Toronto Star, four star ed., 11 February 1981, p. A4"Cassidy Sticks to Guns, Says Gay Rights No Issue," Globe and Mail, national ed., 17 March 1981, p. 1Chris Bearchell, "The Election in St. George Riding: Hopping on the Gay Bandwagon," Body Politic, no. 71 (1981), p. 15
