James Rajotte

James Rajotte
Rajotte in 2015
Member of Parliament for Edmonton—Leduc Edmonton Southwest (2000-2004)
In office November 27, 2000 – October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Ian McClelland
Succeeded by	Matt Jeneroux
Personal details
Born	(1970-08-19) August 19, 1970 Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)
Spouse	single
Residence	Edmonton
Profession	Executive assistant, political researcher

James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970) is a Canadian politician and served as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015.

As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, Rajotte was chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance. Previously he was chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. He represented the riding of Edmonton Southwest from 2000 to 2004. In the 2004 federal election he was elected in the newly created riding of Edmonton-Leduc. He was re-elected in Edmonton-Leduc in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections. He was first elected as a Canadian Alliance MP in 2000, and was also one of four Alliance MPs who agreed to sit with the Progressive Conservative caucus after the December 9, 2003 creation of the Conservative Party, as the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucuses were not officially merged into a single caucus until a few weeks later.

Rajotte is a former executive assistant and researcher. Rajotte was the CPC official opposition critic for Industry and also fulfilled the role of opposition critic for Science, Research and Development. His interests include classical music and literature.

Electoral record

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,174	63.2%	+2.7%	$81,190
	Liberal	Donna Lynn Smith	9,234	17.6%	-1.9%	$29,456
	New Democratic	Hana Razga	5,994	11.4%	-2.4%	$15,390
	Green	Valerie Kennedy	4,081	7.8%	+1.6%	$1,154
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,483	100%	$92,972
Total rejected ballots			118
Turnout			52,601	%

2006 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Rajotte	33,764	60.53%	+5.49%
	Liberal	Jim Jacuta	10,856	19.46%	-9.85%
	New Democratic	Martin Rybiak	7,685	13.78%	+4.37%
	Green	Ben Morrison Pettit	3,479	6.24%	+0.02%
Total valid votes			55,784	100.00%

2004 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	26,791	55.04%		$54,847	Liberal	Bruce King	14,269	29.31%		$46,445	New Democratic Party	Doug McLachlan	4,581	9.41%		$7,563
	Green	Bruce Sinclair	3,029	6.22%	–	$107
Total valid votes			48,670	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.23%
Turnout			48,781	65.08%

2000 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Southwest
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Alliance	James Rajotte	26,197	48.85	$47,590
	Liberal	Chiu Lau	18,223	33.98	$63,679
	Progressive Conservative	Joseph Fernando	5,803	10.82	$13,273
	New Democratic	Bernie Keeler	2,746	5.12	$13,321
	Green	Jerry Paschen	462	0.86	$478
	Natural Law	Wade McKinley	195	0.36
Total valid votes			53,626
Total rejected ballots			126	0.23
Turnout			53,752	64.07

External links

• James Rajotte – Parliament of Canada biography
• [www.jamesrajottemp.ca/ Link to official website]