Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election
This is a list of nominated candidates for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 40th Canadian federal election.[1] The party nominated 307 out of a possible 308 candidates, Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier was the only riding not to field a Conservative candidate.
Newfoundland and Labrador - 7 seats
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Avalon | Fabian Manning | incumbent MP | M | St. Bride's | Parliamentarian | 11,542 | 35.2% | 2nd |
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor | Andrew House | M | Gander | Lawyer | 4,354 | 15.2% | 2nd | |
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte | Lorne Robinson | M | Pasadena | Financial Planner | 2,799 | 10.6% | 3rd | |
Labrador | Lacey Lewis | F | Ottawa | Office Assistant | 615 | 8.0% | 3rd | |
Random—Burin—St. George's | Herb Davis | M | Gatineau | Policy Advisor | 4,791 | 20.5% | 3rd | |
St. John's East | Craig Westcott | M | Conception Bay South | Journalist | 3,836 | 9.3% | 3rd | |
St. John's South—Mount Pearl | Merv Wiseman | M | North Harbour | Maritime Search & Rescue Coordinator | 4,324 | 12.6% | 3rd |
Prince Edward Island - 4 seats
Riding | Candidate | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Cardigan | Sid McMullin | M | Georgetown | Human Resource Officer | 5,661 | 29.6% | 2nd | |
Charlottetown | Thomas L. DeBlois | M | Charlottetown | Business Manager | 5,704 | 32.1% | 2nd | |
Egmont | Gail Shea | Former Provincial MLA | F | Tignish | Former Civil Servant | 8,110 | 43.9% | 1st |
Malpeque | Mary Crane | F | Kensington | Educator | 7,388 | 39.3% | 2nd |
Nova Scotia - 11 seats
Allan R. Murphy
Peter MacKay, incumbent MP and Minister of National Defence
Joel Bernard
Wanda Webber
Halifax
Ted Larsen
Rakesh Khosla
Rosemary Segado
David K. Montgomery
Gerald Keddy, incumbent MP
Kristen Rudderham
New Brunswick - 10 seats
Jean-Guy Dubé
Beauséjour
Omer Léger, former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield
Fredericton
Keith Ashfield, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord
Rob Moore - Incumbent MP
Jean-Pierre Ouellet former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield
Miramichi
Tilly Gordon
Daniel Allain, CEO of Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville.
Greg Thompson - Incumbent MP and Minister of Veteran Affairs
Saint John
Rodney Weston, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord
Mike Allen - Incumbent MP
Quebec - 75 seats
Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
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Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour | Réjean Bériault | Bériault was born in March 1961 in Lachine. He holds a diploma in public administration from HEC Montréal, a certificate in law from the University of Montreal, and a Bachelor's Degree in legal sciences at the University of Quebec in Montreal.[2] | M | 8,904 | 18.15 | 2nd | ||
Brome—Missisquoi | Mark Quinlan | Quinlan was born in Cowansville. He has bachelor's degrees in civil law and finance and a graduate diploma from Université de Sherbrooke in notarial law.[3] He joined the Canadian Alliance in 2000, ran for the party in that year's federal election, and was later employed by the party as a press secretary. A Stockwell Day loyalist, he was dismissed from office when Stephen Harper succeeded Day as party leader in March 2002.[4] After the Conservatives formed a minority government in 2006, he was hired as a press secretary for Justice Minister Vic Toews, and later followed Toews to a new posting at the Treasury Board of Canada.[5] He became the press secretary for Christian Paradis later in the same year and continued to serve with Paradis after the 2008 election.[6] Quinlan's mother, Pauline Quinlan, is the mayor of Bromont.[7][8] | M | 9,309 | 18.66 | 3rd | ||
Outremont | Lulzim Laloshi | Laloshi was thirty-two years old at the time of the election and was described as the leader of Quebec's Albanian Community in Montreal.[9] | M | Computer Specialist[10] | 3,820 | 10.53 | 4th | |
Shefford | Jean Lambert | Lambert was born and raised in Granby and has worked in public relations and advertising in Granby, Montreal, and Quebec City.[11] He was at one time a vice-president of Groupaction and testified before the Gomery Commission on the firm's activities.[12][13] | M | 9,927 | 19.63 | 3rd |
Jean-Maurice Matte Abitibi
Abitibi—Témiscamingue
Pierre Grandmaitre
Ahuntsic
Jean Précourt
Alfred-Pellan
Alexandre Salameh
Scott Pearce
Beauce
Maxime Bernier, incumbent MP.
Dominique Bellemare
Sylvie Boucher
Marie-Claude Godue
Bourassa
Michelle Allaire
Maurice Brossard
Suzanne Chartand
Daniel Petit, incumbent MP.
Pierre-Paul Routhier
Jean-Guy Maltais
Michel Gagné
Drummond
André Komlosy
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Darryl Gray
Gatineau
Denis Tassé
Jérôme Landry
Hochelaga
Luc Labbé
Honoré-Mercier
Rodrigo Alfaro
Paul Fréchette
Jeanne-Le Ber
Joliette
Sylvie Lavallée
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, incumbent MP and Minister of Labour
La Pointe-de-l'Île
Hubert Pichet
Lac-Saint-Louis
Andrea Paine
Béatrice Guay-Pepper
Guy Joncas
Laval
Jean-Pierre Bélisle
Agop Evereklian
Steven Blaney
Jacques Bouchard
Jacques Gourde
Louis-Hébert
Luc Harvey
Louis-Saint-Laurent
Josée Verner
Manicouagan
Pierre Breton
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Claude Moreau
Christian Paradis
Montcalm
Claude Marc Boudreau
Denis Laflamme
Guy-Léonard Tremblay
Mount Royal
Rafael Tzoubari
Carmine Pontillo
Papineau
Mustague Sarker
Pierre-Olivier Brunelle
Pontiac
Lawrence Cannon, incumbent MP.
No Candidate
Québec
Myriam Taschereau
Repentigny
Bruno Royer
Éric Lefebvre
Gaston Noël
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Claude Carignan
Rivière-du-Nord
Gilles Duguay
Denis Lebel
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Sylvie Boulianne
Nicole Charbonneau Barron
René Vincelette
Saint-Jean
Marie-Josée Mercier
Saint-Lambert
Patrick Clune
Dennis Galiatsatos
Lucie Le Tourneau
Stéphane Roof
Sherbrooke
André Bachand
Daniel Lebel
Trois-Rivières
Claude Durand
Vaudreuil—Soulanges
Michael Fortier, Minister of Public Works
Benoît Dussault
Guy Dufort
Ontario - 106 seats
Rick Johnson
Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing
Dianne Musgrove
Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale
David Sweet
Barrie
Patrick Brown
Beaches—East York
Caroline Alleslev
Bramalea—Gore—Malton
Stella Ambler
Brampton—Springdale
Brampton West
Kyle Seeback
Brant
Phil McColeman
Larry Miller
Burlington
Mike Wallace
Cambridge
Gary Goodyear
Gordon O'Connor, incumbent MP and Minister of National Revenue.
Chatham-Kent—Essex
Dave Van Kesteren
Davenport
Theresa Rodriguez
Don Valley East
Eugene McDermott
Don Valley West
John Carmichael
David Tilson
Durham
Bev Oda, incumbent MP.
Eglinton—Lawrence
Joe Oliver
Elgin—Middlesex—London
Joe Preston
Essex
Jeff Watson
Etobicoke Centre
Axel Kuhn
Etobicoke—Lakeshore
Patrick Boyer
Etobicoke North
Bob Saroya
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell
Pierre Lemieux
Guelph
Gloria Kovach
Diane Finley, incumbent MP and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock
Barry Devolin
Halton
Lisa Raitt is the president and chief executive officer of the Toronto Port Authority (TPA), a Canadian federal corporation that manages commerce, transportation (including the Toronto City Centre Airport) and recreation in the Toronto harbour. She has also served as the TPA's corporate secretary and general counsel,[14] and harbourmaster. She is believed to have been the first female harbourmaster of a Canadian port.[15] She is currently on unpaid leave from the TPA for the duration of the election. Lisa Raitt's OFFICIAL Campaign Website Lisa Raitt's Campaign Blog
Hamilton Centre
Leon O'Connor
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek
Frank Rukavina
Hamilton Mountain
Terry Anderson
Huron—Bruce
Ben Lobb
Kenora
Greg Rickford
Kingston and the Islands
Brian Abrams
Kitchener Centre
Stephen Bonner
Kitchener—Conestoga
Harold Albrecht
Kitchener—Waterloo
Peter Braid
Lambton—Kent—Middlesex
Bev Shipley
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington
Scott Reid
Gord Brown
London—Fanshawe
Mary Lou Ambrogio
London North Centre
Paul Van Meerbergen
London West
Ed Holder
Markham—Unionville
Duncan Fletcher
Salma Ataullahjan is a current Canadian Senator appointed on July 9, 2010.
Mississauga East—Cooksville
Melissa Bhagat
Bob Dechert
Hugh Arrison
Mississauga—Streetsville
Wajid Khan, incumbent MP.
Nepean—Carleton
Newmarket—Aurora
Lois Brown
Niagara Falls
Rob Nicholson, incumbent MP and Minister of Justice.
Dean Allison, incumbent MP.
Nickel Belt
Ian McCracken
Joe Sinicrope
Northumberland—Quinte West
Rick Norlock
Oak Ridges—Markham
Paul Calandra
Oakville
Terence Young
Oshawa
Colin Carrie
Ottawa Centre
Brian McGarry
Royal Galipeau
Elie Salibi
Ottawa—Vanier
Patrick Glémaud
John Baird, incumbent MP and Minister of the Environment.
Oxford
Dave MacKenzie
Jilian Saweczko
Parry Sound-Muskoka
Tony Clement, incumbent MP and Minister of Health.
Perth Wellington
Gary Schellenberger, incumbent MP
Peterborough
Dean Del Mastro, incumbent MP
Pickering—Scarborough East
George Khouri
Prince Edward—Hastings
Daryl Kramp, incumbent MP
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke
Cheryl Gallant, incumbent MP.
Richmond Hill
St. Catharines
Rick Dykstra, incumbent MP
St. Paul's
Heather Jewell
Sarnia—Lambton
Pat Davidson, incumbent MP
Sault Ste. Marie
Cameron Ross
Scarborough—Agincourt
Benson Lau
Scarborough Centre
Roxanne James
Scarborough-Guildwood
Chuck Konkel
Scarborough—Rouge River
Jerry Bance
Scarborough Southwest
Greg Crompton
Simcoe—Grey
Helena Guergis, incumbent MP
Simcoe North
Bruce Stanton, incumbent MP
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Guy Lauzon
Sudbury: Gerry Labelle
Gerry Labelle was born in Mattawa and raised in Sudbury. He is a businessperson and community activist in Sudbury, where he operates a consulting firm.[16] Labelle is a founding member of Music and Film in Motion and has served on the board of several non-profit organizations. At the time of the election, he was a member of the Make Poverty History committee on the city's Social Planning Council.[17]
Labelle became involved in a minor controversy during the 2008 campaign when he made statements in a French-language interview that seemed critical of the Conservative government. According to a press release from Liberal incumbent Diane Marleau, Labelle criticized Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for describing Ontario as "the last place" to invest, took issue with the government's decision to abolish the Court Challenges Program of Canada, and said that he was not impressed with the Conservative Party's environmental record. He later issued a retraction, saying that he had not expressed himself clearly and was fully supportive of the Harper government.[18] Labelle also spoke in support of the arts community and rejected arguments that his party was hostile to the arts.[19] Late in the campaign, the Sudbury Star newspaper noted that he "did not come across as a Harper Conservative".[20]
Labelle received 11,073 votes (25.79%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Glenn Thibeault. He has said that he will probably run for Conservatives again.[21]
Thornhill
Richard Neumann
Thunder Bay—Superior North
Bev Sarafin
Timmins-James Bay
Bill Greenberg
Toronto Centre
David Gentili
Toronto—Danforth
Christina Perreault
Trinity—Spadina
Christine McGirr
Vaughan
Richard Lorello
Welland
Alf Kiers
Wellington—Halton Hills
Michael Chong, incumbent MP.
Jim Flaherty, incumbent MP and Minister of Finance.
Willowdale
Jake Karns
Windsor—Tecumseh
Denise Ghanam
Windsor West
Lisa Lumley
York Centre
Rochelle Wilner
York—Simcoe
Peter Van Loan, incumbent MP.
York South—Weston
Aydin Cocelli
Kevin Nguyen
Manitoba - 14 seats
Merv Tweed, incumbent MP.
Steven Fletcher, incumbent MP.
Churchill
Wally Daudrich
Inky Mark, incumbent MP.
Joy Smith, incumbent MP.
Candice Hoeppner
Vic Toews, incumbent MP.
Saint Boniface
Shelly Glover
James Bezan, incumbent MP.
Kenny Daodu
Ray Larkin
Rod Bruinooge, incumbent MP.
Saskatchewan - 14 seats
Gerry Ritz, incumbent MP and Minister of Agriculture.
Blackstrap
Lynne Yelich, incumbent MP.
David L. Anderson, incumbent MP.
Rob Clarke, incumbent MP.
Palliser
Prince Albert
Tom Lukiwski, incumbent MP.
Andrew Scheer, incumbent MP.
Brad Trost, incumbent MP.
Maurice Vellacott, incumbent MP.
Ed Komarnicki, incumbent MP.
Wascana
Garry Breitkreuz, incumbent MP.
Alberta - 28 seats
Lee Richardson, incumbent MP.
Jim Prentice, incumbent MP.
Deepak Obhrai, incumbent MP.
Diane Ablonczy, incumbent MP.
Jason Kenney, incumbent MP.
Stephen Harper, incumbent MP and Prime Minister of Canada.
Rob Anders, incumbent MP.
Crowfoot
Kevin Sorenson, incumbent MP.
Laurie Hawn, incumbent MP.
Peter Goldring, incumbent MP.
James Rajotte, incumbent MP.
Mike Lake, incumbent MP.
Brent Rathgeber, former MLA for Edmonton-Calder.
Edmonton—Sherwood Park
Tim Uppal
Rona Ambrose, incumbent MP.
Edmonton—Strathcona
Rahim Jaffer, incumbent MP.
Brian Jean, incumbent MP.
Lethbridge
Rick Casson, incumbent MP.
Macleod
Ted Menzies, incumbent MP.
Medicine Hat
Peace River
Chris Warkentin, incumbent MP.
Red Deer
Leon Benoit, incumbent MP.
Brian Storseth, incumbent MP.
Wetaskiwin
Blaine Calkins, incumbent MP.
Wild Rose
Yellowhead
Rob Merrifield, incumbent MP.
British Columbia - 36 seats
Abbotsford
Ed Fast, incumbent MP since 2006.
Rob Zandee
Ronald Leung
Sam Rakhra
Dick Harris, incumbent MP.
Chuck Strahl, incumbent MP and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.
John Cummins, incumbent MP.
Troy DeSouza
Nina Grewal, incumbent MP.
Kelowna—Lake Country
Ron Cannan, incumbent MP.
Jim Abbott, incumbent MP.
Langley
Mark Warawa, incumbent MP since 2004 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment.
Sandeep Pandher
Yonah Martin
North Vancouver
Andrew Saxton
Stockwell Day, incumbent MP and Minister for Public Safety.
Colin Mayes, incumbent MP.
Randy Kamp, incumbent MP.
James Moore, incumbent MP.
Jay Hill, incumbent MP.
Richmond
Alice Wong
Gary Lunn, incumbent MP and Minister of Natural Resources.
Sharon Smith
Russ Hiebert, incumbent MP.
Vancouver East
Ryan Warawa
John Duncan
Salomon Rayek
Deborah Meredith
Vancouver South
Wai Young
Victoria
Jack McClintock
John Weston
Yukon - 1 seat
Yukon
Northwest Territories - 1 seat
Brendan Bell
Nunavut - 1 seat
Nunavut
Leona Aglukkaq, MLA for Nattilik and Health Minister for the Government of Nunavut
See also
- Results of the Canadian federal election, 2008
- Results by riding for the Canadian federal election, 2008
References
- ^ Elections Canada
- ^ Canada Votes 2008: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 9 August 2009.
- ^ Canada Votes 2008: Brome—Missisquoi, Candidate Profiles, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 22 November 2010. One of Quinlan's degrees is a Bachelor of Commerce from Concordia University. See Shawn Berry, "Canadian Alliance fields candidate in Sherbrooke," Sherbrooke Record, 25 October 2000, p. 5.
- ^ Graham Fraser, "Race for the right," Toronto Star, 13 June 2000, p. 1; Sheldon Alberts, "Day aides threaten to sue Strahl," National Post, 17 May 2001, A1; Brian Laghi, "Harper fires four former Day staff," Globe and Mail, 23 March 2002, A8.
- ^ Randy Boswell, "U.S. murder case to test Tories on extradition," National Post, 28 June 2006, A6; "Media Advisory - President of the Treasury Board in Greater Toronto Area" [press release], Canada NewsWire, 16 January 2007, 8:24.
- ^ "Minister of Finance to Address the Conseil du patronat du Québec and to Visit Varennes, Quebec" [press release], Canada NewsWire, 27 March 2007, 15:16.
- ^ Sarah Rogers, "Quinlan promises anglo attention; B-M Tory," Sherbrooke Record, 9 April 2008, p. 4.
- ^ Quinlan's electoral record is as follows:
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2000 federal Sherbrooke Canadian Alliance 2,284 4.51 3/8 Serge Cardin, Bloc Québécois 2008 federal Brome—Missisquoi Conservative 9,309 18.66 3/6 Christian Ouellet, Bloc Québécois
Sources: Official results, Elections Canada: 2000 and 2008 - ^ "'Campaign about ideas' drives Mulcair; Outremont," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 2008, B4.
- ^ OUTREMONT (2008/10/14), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada], accessed 24 March 2017.
- ^ Rita Legault, "Facing opposition in Shefford," Sherbrooke Record, 24 September 2008, p. 1.
- ^ Maurice Crossfield, "Whistleblower in to win for Conservatives in Shefford," Sherbrooke Record, 22 December 2005, p. 4.
- ^ Lambert's electoral record is as follows:
Election Division Party Votes % Place Winner 2006 federal Shefford Conservative 12,734 24.76 2/5 Robert Vincent, Bloc Québécois 2008 federal Shefford Conservative 9,927 19.63 3/5 Robert Vincent, Bloc Québécois
Sources: Official results, Elections Canada: 2006 and 2008 - ^ "Port CEO rips Martin for bridge comments" The Globe and Mail, Online Edition. 28 November 2003.
- ^ "Covering the waterfront; Toronto's first female harbourmaster takes helm of complex port job" Toronto Star, page B1. 5 April 2001.
- ^ Harold Carmichael, "Labelle wants to carry Tory banner", Sudbury Star, 20 July 2007, A4; "Tories prepare for nomination meeting", Sudbury Star, 2 November 2007, A4; Rachel Punch, "Parties ready for fall vote", Sudbury Star, 29 August 2008, A1.
- ^ Lara Bradley, "An unlikely Tory among Liberals", Sudbury Star, 4 October 2008, A3.
- ^ "Labelle retracts radio interview statements", Sudbury Star, 22 September 2008, A3; "Voters still wary of Harper" [editorial], Sudbury Star, 27 September 2008, A10.
- ^ Angela Scappatura, "'Gerry Labelle supports arts'", Sudbury Star, 11 October 2008, A3.
- ^ "Thibeault in Sudbury" [editorial], Sudbury Star, 11 October 2008, A10.
- ^ Lara Bradley, "Labelle jubilant in defeat", Sudbury Star, 15 October 2008, A3.
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