Libby Davies

Libby Davies, MP (born February 27, 1953 in Aldershot, United Kingdom) is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. She has been the Member of Parliament for Vancouver East since 1997, House Leader from 2003 to 2011, and the Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2007 (alongside Thomas Mulcair under the leadership of Jack Layton and alongside Halifax MP Megan Leslie, and Hamilton MP David Christopherson since Mulcair became leader in 2012). Prior to entering federal politics, Davies helped found the Downtown Eastside Residents Association and she served as a Vancouver City Councillor from 1982 to 1993.

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    He types his laboured column—weary drudge!
    Senile fudge and solemn:
    Spare, editor, to condemn
    These dry leaves of his autumn.
    —Robertson Davies (b. 1913)