John Duffy | |
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Born | Toronto, Ontario, Canada | November 5, 1963
Died | March 3, 2022 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | (aged 58)
Occupation | Political scientist, biographer |
Nationality | Canadian |
Notable works | Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership and the Making of Canada |
Spouse | Jill Presser |
Children | 2 |
John Duffy (November 5, 1963 – March 3, 2022) was a Canadian political strategist and writer.
He was a principal at StrategyCorp, a public affairs, communications, and management consulting firm in Toronto and Ottawa. He was best known to the general public for Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership and the Making of Canada, his 2002 book which analyzed five historically important Canadian federal elections.[1] The book won the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.[2]
Duffy was a former strategist for the Liberal Party of Canada. He served as a policy advisor to Paul Martin, and was involved in the development of the Red Book, the Liberals' platform in the 1993 election.[3] Following his departure from electoral politics, he cofounded StrategyCorp.[3]
He died in Toronto on March 3, 2022, at the age of 58.[4]