Edwin Anthony Holder (born July 14, 1954) is a retired

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politician who served as the 64th

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from 2018 to 2022."Ed Holder is London's new mayor after historic vote"
CBC London, October 23, 2018. He was previously the federal Member of Parliament for London West from 2008 to 2015 as a member of the Conservative Party.

Political career

In the

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, Holder stood as the Progressive Conservative candidate in London—Middlesex losing to Pat O'Brien. He was elected to the House of Commons in the

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in London West. On March 19, 2014, Holder was appointed Minister of State (Science and Technology) and sworn in as a member of the

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. On October 19, 2015, Holder was defeated in the Canadian federal election, losing in the riding of London West to Kate Young. In October 2017, Holder announced that he was seeking the

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nomination in London West for the 42nd Ontario general election. In January 2018, he withdrew from the nomination contest. On July 12, 2018, Holder declared his candidacy for the

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to be decided during the 2018 municipal election. On October 23, 2018, Holder was elected mayor, winning on the 14th round of counting in the city's and Canada's first-ever ranked ballot municipal election. Holder was mayor of London during the aftermath following the London, Ontario truck attack on June 6, 2021. He attended a large memorial for the family who were killed in the attack. The memorial was one of the largest such gatherings in Ontario since the

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had begun. In May 2022, he announced that he would not run for a second term as mayor and that he would be retiring from politics. During the 2022 mayoral election campaign, Holder endorsed Deputy Mayor Josh Morgan. Morgan would go on to win the mayoral election on October 24, 2022 after capturing 65% of the vote.

Electoral record

Mayoral race

Federal races

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Ed Holder
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