of Canada. In that election, she ran in the electoral district of Toronto—Danforth as a Liberal Party candidate against New Democratic Party leader Jack Layton. Coyne finished second to Layton with 17,256 votes, or 34.2%. Coyne was nominated in March 2007 as the Liberal Party of Canada candidate in Toronto Danforth but withdrew later in the year. In 2008, she sought the federal Liberal nomination in the riding of Don Valley West but withdrew in favour of Rob Oliphant. Liberal leadership campaign On June 27, 2012, Coyne announced that she would be a candidate for leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, during the Party's 2013 leadership contest, which was won ultimately by Justin Trudeau. Her campaign was managed by blogger Jeff Jedras. Following the leadership campaign, Coyne made an unsuccessful bid for the Liberal Party of Canada's nomination in Ottawa West—Nepean in 2014. Move to the Green Party On February 26, 2015, Green Party of Canada Leader Elizabeth May announced that Coyne had been appointed as a senior policy advisor, noting "Deborah's thoughtful approach to One Canada for all Canadians complements the vision of the Green Party of Canada." Coyne was the Green Party of Canada candidate in the Ottawa riding of Carleton for the 2015 federal election, where she finished fourth with just over 3% of the vote. Since the 2015 federal election, Coyne has stepped away from partisan politics and no longer holds a membership in any political party. Electoral record Published works References External links deborahcoyne.ca Canadians Without Borders 1955 births Alumni of the University of Oxford Canadian women in federal politics 20th-century Canadian women writers Deborah Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Lawyers in Ontario Candidates in the 2006 Canadian federal election Living people Ontario candidates for Member of Parliament Osgoode Hall Law School alumni Politicians from Ottawa Trudeau political family University of Toronto Faculty of Law faculty Women in Ontario politics Canadian women lawyers Canadian women academics Canadian scholars of constitutional law Queen's University at Kingston alumni Writers from Ottawa 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian women writers 21st-century Canadian women politicians Liberal Party of Canada candidates for the Canadian House of Commons Canadian women non-fiction writers Women legal scholars