Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election
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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
[edit]| Riding |
Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]| Riding | Candidate | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
[edit]Allan R. Murphy
Peter MacKay, incumbent MP and Minister of National Defence
Joel Bernard
Wanda Webber
Ted Larsen
Rakesh Khosla
Rosemary Segado
David K. Montgomery
Gerald Keddy, incumbent MP
Kristen Rudderham
New Brunswick - 10 seats
[edit]Jean-Guy Dubé
Omer Léger, former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield
Keith Ashfield, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord
Rob Moore - Incumbent MP
Jean-Pierre Ouellet former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield
Tilly Gordon
Daniel Allain, CEO of Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville.
Greg Thompson - Incumbent MP and Minister of Veteran Affairs
Rodney Weston, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord
Mike Allen - Incumbent MP
| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Residence | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Pierre Grandmaitre
Jean Précourt
Alexandre Salameh
Scott Pearce
Maxime Bernier, incumbent MP.
Dominique Bellemare
Sylvie Boucher
Marie-Claude Godue
Michelle Allaire
Maurice Brossard
Suzanne Chartand
Daniel Petit, incumbent MP.
Pierre-Paul Routhier
Jean-Guy Maltais
Michel Gagné
André Komlosy
Darryl Gray
Denis Tassé
Jérôme Landry
Luc Labbé
Rodrigo Alfaro
Paul Fréchette
Sylvie Lavallée
Jean-Pierre Blackburn, incumbent MP and Minister of Labour
Hubert Pichet
Andrea Paine
Béatrice Guay-Pepper
Guy Joncas
Jean-Pierre Bélisle
Agop Evereklian
Steven Blaney
Jacques Bouchard
Jacques Gourde
Luc Harvey
Josée Verner
Pierre Breton
Claude Moreau
Christian Paradis
Claude Marc Boudreau
Denis Laflamme
Guy-Léonard Tremblay
Rafael Tzoubari
Carmine Pontillo
Mustague Sarker
Pierre-Olivier Brunelle
Lawrence Cannon, incumbent MP.
No Candidate
Myriam Taschereau
Bruno Royer
Éric Lefebvre
Gaston Noël
Claude Carignan
Gilles Duguay
Denis Lebel
Sylvie Boulianne
Nicole Charbonneau Barron
René Vincelette
Marie-Josée Mercier
Patrick Clune
Dennis Galiatsatos
Lucie Le Tourneau
Stéphane Roof
André Bachand
Daniel Lebel
Claude Durand
Michael Fortier, Minister of Public Works
Benoît Dussault
Guy Dufort
Rick Johnson
Dianne Musgrove
David Sweet
Patrick Brown
Caroline Alleslev
Stella Ambler
Kyle Seeback
Phil McColeman
Larry Miller
Mike Wallace
Gary Goodyear
Gordon O'Connor, incumbent MP and Minister of National Revenue.
Dave Van Kesteren
Theresa Rodriguez
Eugene McDermott
John Carmichael
David Tilson
Bev Oda, incumbent MP.
Joe Oliver
Joe Preston
Jeff Watson
Axel Kuhn
Patrick Boyer
Bob Saroya
Pierre Lemieux
Gloria Kovach
Diane Finley, incumbent MP and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.
Barry Devolin
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
Leon O'Connor
Frank Rukavina
Terry Anderson
Ben Lobb
Greg Rickford
Brian Abrams
Stephen Bonner
Harold Albrecht
Peter Braid
Bev Shipley
Scott Reid
Gord Brown
Mary Lou Ambrogio
Paul Van Meerbergen
Ed Holder
Duncan Fletcher
Salma Ataullahjan is a current Canadian Senator appointed on July 9, 2010.
Melissa Bhagat
Bob Dechert
Hugh Arrison
Wajid Khan, incumbent MP.
Lois Brown
Rob Nicholson, incumbent MP and Minister of Justice.
Dean Allison, incumbent MP.
Ian McCracken
Joe Sinicrope
Rick Norlock
Paul Calandra
Terence Young
Colin Carrie
Brian McGarry
Royal Galipeau
Elie Salibi
Patrick Glémaud
John Baird, incumbent MP and Minister of the Environment.
Dave MacKenzie
Jilian Saweczko
Tony Clement, incumbent MP and Minister of Health.
Gary Schellenberger, incumbent MP
Dean Del Mastro, incumbent MP
George Khouri
Daryl Kramp, incumbent MP
Cheryl Gallant, incumbent MP.
Rick Dykstra, incumbent MP
Heather Jewell
Pat Davidson, incumbent MP
Cameron Ross
Benson Lau
Roxanne James
Chuck Konkel
Jerry Bance
Greg Crompton
Helena Guergis, incumbent MP
Bruce Stanton, incumbent MP
Guy Lauzon
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]
Richard Neumann
Bev Sarafin
Bill Greenberg
David Gentili
Christina Perreault
Christine McGirr
Richard Lorello
Alf Kiers
Michael Chong, incumbent MP.
Jim Flaherty, incumbent MP and Minister of Finance.
Jake Karns
Denise Ghanam
Lisa Lumley
Rochelle Wilner
Peter Van Loan, incumbent MP.
Aydin Cocelli
Kevin Nguyen
Merv Tweed, incumbent MP.
Steven Fletcher, incumbent MP.
Wally Daudrich
Inky Mark, incumbent MP.
Joy Smith, incumbent MP.
Candice Hoeppner
Vic Toews, incumbent MP.
Shelly Glover
James Bezan, incumbent MP.
Kenny Daodu
Ray Larkin
Rod Bruinooge, incumbent MP.
Saskatchewan - 14 seats
[edit]Gerry Ritz, incumbent MP and Minister of Agriculture.
Lynne Yelich, incumbent MP.
David L. Anderson, incumbent MP.
Rob Clarke, incumbent MP.
Tom Lukiwski, incumbent MP.
Andrew Scheer, incumbent MP.
Brad Trost, incumbent MP.
Maurice Vellacott, incumbent MP.
Ed Komarnicki, incumbent MP.
Garry Breitkreuz, incumbent MP.
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.
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.
Tim Uppal
Rona Ambrose, incumbent MP.
Rahim Jaffer, incumbent MP.
Brian Jean, incumbent MP.
Rick Casson, incumbent MP.
Ted Menzies, incumbent MP.
Chris Warkentin, incumbent MP.
Leon Benoit, incumbent MP.
Brian Storseth, incumbent MP.
Blaine Calkins, incumbent MP.
Rob Merrifield, incumbent MP.
British Columbia - 36 seats
[edit]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.
Ron Cannan, incumbent MP.
Jim Abbott, incumbent MP.
Mark Warawa, incumbent MP since 2004 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment.
Sandeep Pandher
Yonah Martin
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.
Alice Wong
Gary Lunn, incumbent MP and Minister of Natural Resources.
Sharon Smith
Russ Hiebert, incumbent MP.
Ryan Warawa
John Duncan
Salomon Rayek
Deborah Meredith
Wai Young
Jack McClintock
John Weston
Northwest Territories - 1 seat
[edit]Leona Aglukkaq, MLA for Nattilik and Health Minister for the Government of Nunavut
See also
[edit]- Results of the Canadian federal election, 2008
- Results by riding for the Canadian federal election, 2008
References
[edit]- ^ 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.