The real Jack Layton

About a month after he led the NDP for its election break on May 2, Jack Layton, was still at a loss to explain what really happened during the campaign. The result will change is clear enough: the New Democrats had vaulted to second place for the first time, ahead of the Liberals. But what alchemy had taken place in the minds of so many Canadian voters, particularly in Quebec, for a personal call from Mr. Layton to lift his party in government in waiting status?

Layton, a pro meticulous policy never went into an interview without a firm solution to what he meant, for once, seemed stuck in the issue. "I want to go into the crowd and people would stop and have a word. There was a lot of personal words, I do not know," he said at Maclean asked him to return in early June which was different this time. "There was certainly enthusiastic, but something deeper. I did not put my finger on emotions, but there was more emotion here than in previous campaigns."

Moreover, it would have done.After his death last week following his second bout with cancer quickly, these emotions find release a torrent of national grief. And Jack Layton himself had used in his last days to channel the outpouring to come. In an extraordinary fusion of deeply personal and honest politician, he has worked with its advisers to ensure that his death has drawn attention to the conviction that drove him in life. Both the farewell letter, they wrote and funerals, they planned to inspire the Social Democrats. Friends and family had often said that trying to draw a line between public and private side Layton was difficult.In passing, they became indistinguishable.

From childhood and throughout his political career, Mr. Layton was known for his constant smile, boundless energy and talent at times, too obvious to attract attention. Starting early last year, when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, his fight with dignity, poor health erased any lingering suspicion that her stage covered with a lack of substance or character. Its first round of cancer therapy seemed successful, but obviously took its toll on an already physical tonic cycling and gym workouts.Earlier this year, just when he seemed to be rebounding, a mysterious hip fracture required surgery.

He needs a cane to get around during the elections in the spring. With a practiced eye for an accessory, Layton has turned it into a talisman, and provocative campaign-trail earned him the admiration of new vigor. Even worship. Layton felt the change, literally. "The way people hug me as I passed," he said. "It was different.

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