- James Moore (Canadian politician)
Infobox CanadianMP
honorific-prefix =The Honourable
name = James Moore
honorific-suffix =
PC, MP
riding =Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam
parliament = Canadian
term_start = 2004 federal election
term_end =
predecessor = "new riding"
successor =
riding2 =Port Moody—Coquitlam—Port Coquitlam
parliament2 = Canadian
term_start2 = 2000
term_end2 = 2004
predecessor2 =Lou Sekora
successor2 = "riding abolished"
birth_date = birth date and age |1976|06|10
birth_place = New Westminster,British Columbia
death_date =
death_place =
party = Conservative
otherparty =Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)
portfolio = Secretary of State (Asia-Pacific Gateway) (2010 Olympics) (Official Languages)
spouse = Single
residence =Coquitlam, British Columbia
occupation = BroadcasterJames Moore PC, MP (born
June 10 ,1976 inNew Westminster, British Columbia ) is the Canadian Member of Parliament forPort Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam . He is a member of theConservative Party of Canada . Moore is the Secretary of State for Official Languages, Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.Before being elected to Parliament, Moore was a student and hosted a campus radio program in Prince George, British Columbia. He was also the author of a website, "End the NDP", between 1996 to 1998. The website was a humorous representation of the
New Democratic Party of British Columbia underGlen Clark .Political career
He was elected to parliament in the 2000 federal election, beating former Coquitlam mayor and incumbent Liberal
Lou Sekora , as a member of theCanadian Alliance Party . In 2003, the party merged with theProgressive Conservative Party of Canada to form theConservative Party of Canada . In 2004, Moore was re-elected with 41% of the vote, down from 51% the previous election. He was re-elected by the same margin against another formerCoquitlam mayor,Jon Kingsbury , in the 2006 election.In parliament, Moore served in a variety of posts as a member of the
official opposition , including transport critic, amateur sport critic, and public works critic. Some speculated he would be named to Prime MinisterStephen Harper 's cabinet, but this turned out not to be the case.On
February 7 ,2006 , Moore was appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister Public Works and Government Services. Principally, Moore was responsible for answering questions regarding his department duringQuestion Period . He also served as Parliamentary Secretary toDavid Emerson , the then Minister for the Pacific Gateway and the Vancouver-Whistler Olympics.Moore is known for having liberal views on social issues that sometimes put him in conflict with other members of his party. He was one of the few libertarians in the mostly socially conservative Canadian Alliance. In 2004, he voted in favour of same-sex marriage after conducting a riding-wide poll of constituents (54% supported the issue). The issue has proven controversial within his own riding, however. In 2006, an independent candidate (who was in fact a former member of the local Conservative
riding association ) ran against Moore on an explicitly anti-same sex marriage platform.He is one of several members of the House of Commons to have started a
blog , which he updated frequently during his bid for re-election in 2005. He shut it down shortly after, citing his newfound responsibilities as a Parliamentary Secretary as being incompatible with keeping a blog.During a
parliamentary session onDecember 5 ,2007 ,Irene Mathyssen stood in the Chamber and accused Moore of looking at images of "scantily clad" women on his personallaptop computer . She openly questioned hisintegrity and said his actions "disrespected women". Mathyssen made the charge publicly before talking to Moore, and later when Mathyssen and Moore spoke in person about the incident, Moore explained that the woman in the image was of hisgirlfriend . Mathyssen has apologized for the incident, and was criticized in the media for it. [cite web
url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20071205/photo_allegations_071205/20071205?hub=TopStories
title=New Democrat will apologize for political blunder
publisher=CTV
accessdate=2008-03-10
author=CTV.ca News Staff]Chuck Cadman bribery allegations
Prime Minister
Stephen Harper chose James Moore as hispoint man for handling opposition party questions in the dailyQuestion Period , alleging misconduct on the part of two senior Conservatives, Doug Finley and Tom Flanagan.Dona Cadman says that prior to theMay 19 ,2005 budget vote her husband,Chuck Cadman , was offered a million-dollar life insurance policy in exchange for his vote to bring down the Liberal government. [cite web
url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080227.wcadmann0227/BNStory/National/home
title=Tories tried to sway vote of dying MP, widow alleges
publisher=The Globe and Mail
accessdate=2008-02-27
last=Gloria Galloway and Brian Laghi
first=]Moore told a news conference
June 4 ,2008 that two top audio specialists found that the [http://www.thestar.com/fpLarge/video/308220 tape] in which PM Stephen Harper confirms financial considerations had been offered toChuck Cadman had been altered. But Liberal MPDominic LeBlanc , the critic for intergovernmental affairs, said onJune 5 ,2008 that the Tories have not been clear about what they claim was doctored on the tape. He said the Tories have also forgotten a huge part of the allegations -- the testimony of Cadman's widow,Dona Cadman . In her affidavit, Dona Cadman "repeats very clearly her recollection of her husband's words to the effect that two Conservative operatives... offered him a million dollar life insurance policy in exchange for his vote," said LeBlanc. [cite web
url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080604/cadman_follow_080605/20080605?hub=QPeriod
title=Tories using Cadman to distract from Bernier: Grits
publisher=CTV
accessdate=2008-06-05
last=CTV.ca News Staff
first=]Tom Zytaruk, the reporter who made the recording, said "I know I didn't doctor any tape. So in a sense all this stuff that [Conservative MP] James Moore is saying is meaningless. I know what happened." [cite web
url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080607.BCMASON07/TPStory/National/columnists
title=Tories trying to bully an honest reporter over a 'split-second' tape glitch
publisher=The Globe and Mail
accessdate=2008-06-07
last=Mason
first=Gary]Election results
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style="width: 130px" |Conservative
James Moore (incumbent)
align="right"|19 961
align="right"|41.12%
align="right"
align="right"|$73,294.85
Liberal
Jon Kingsbury
align="right"|13,134
align="right"|27.05%
align="right"
align="right"|$60,974.96
-New Democratic Party Mary-Woo Sims
align="right"|11,196
align="right"|23.06%
align="right"
align="right"|$25,808.51
Independent
Greg Watrich
align="right"|2,317
align="right"|4.77%
align="right"
align="right"|$26,557.70
Green
Scott Froom
align="right"|1,623
align="right"|3.34%
align="right"
align="right"|$1,530.93
Libertarian
Lewis Dahlby
align="right"|309
align="right"|0.63%
align="right"
align="right"|$508.06
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|48,540!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|141!align="right"
!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|48,681!align="right"|63.19%!align="right"
!align="right"-
style="width: 130px" |Conservative
James Moore (incumbent)
align="right"|18,664
align="right"|40.94%
align="right"
align="right"|$65,906
Liberal
Kwangyul Peck
align="right"|12,445
align="right"|27.30%
align="right"
align="right"|$69,875
-New Democratic Party
Charley King
align="right"|12,023
align="right"|26.37%
align="right"
align="right"|$54,851
Green
Richard Voigt
align="right"|1,971
align="right"|4.32%
align="right"
align="right"|$643
Libertarian
Lewis Dahlby
align="right"|276
align="right"|0.60%
align="right"
align="right"
Canadian Action
Pat Goff
align="right"|111
align="right"|0.24%
align="right"
align="right"|$869
Communist
George Gidora
align="right"|94
align="right"|0.20%
align="right"
align="right"|$389
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|45,584!align="right"|100.00%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|169!align="right"|0.37%!align="right"
!align="right"
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|45,753!align="right"|62.96%!align="right"
!align="right"-
Canadian Alliance James Moore
align="right"|28,631
align="right"|49.68%|
align="right"|$59,661
LiberalLou Sekora (incumbent)
align="right"|16,937
align="right"|29.39%|
align="right"|$71,922New Democratic Party
Jamie Arden
align="right"|5,340
align="right"|9.26%|
align="right"|$25,248
Progressive Conservative
Joe Gluska
align="right"|4,506
align="right"|7.82%|
align="right"|$4,011
Green
Dave King
align="right"|839
align="right"|1.45%|
align="right"
Marijuana
Paul Geddes
align="right"|818
align="right"|1.41%|
align="right"|$647
Canadian Action
Will Arlow
align="right"|452
align="right"|0.78%|
align="right"|$2,886
Communist
George Gidora
align="right"|98
align="right"|0.17%|
align="right"|$189
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes!align="right"|57,621!align="right"|100.00%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots!align="right"|187!align="right"|0.32%!!
- bgcolor="white"!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout!align="right"|57,808!align="right"|63.37%!!References
External links
* [http://www.jamesmoore.org/ Official MP website]
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=c7660459-7e05-4540-b825-ce3958285806&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament Webpage]
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