Conservative Party candidates, 2008 Canadian federal election

This is a list of nominated candidates for the Conservative Party of Canada in the upcoming 40th Canadian federal election. [ [http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=ele&document=index&dir=40ge/can&lang=e&textonly=false Elections Canada] ]

Newfoundland and Labrador - 7 seats

=Avalon=

Fabian Manning, incumbent MP

Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor

Andrew House

Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

Lorne Robinson

=Labrador =

Lacey Lewis

Random—Burin—St. George's

Herb Davis

St. John's East

Craig Westcott

St. John's South—Mount Pearl

Merv Wiseman

Prince Edward Island - 4 seats

=Cardigan=

Sid McMullin

=Charlottetown =

Thomas L. DeBlois

=Egmont =

Gail Shea, former provincial MLA

=Malpeque=

Mary Crane

Nova Scotia - 11 seats

Cape Breton—Canso

Allan R. Murphy

Central Nova

Peter MacKay, incumbent MP and Minister of National Defence

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

Joel Bernard

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Wanda Webber

=Halifax=

Ted Larsen

Halifax West

Rakesh Khosla

Kings—Hants

Rosemary Segado

Sackville—Eastern Shore

David K. Montgomery

South Shore—St. Margaret's

Gerald Keddy, incumbent MP

Sydney—Victoria

Kristen Rudderham

West Nova

Greg J. Kerr

New Brunswick - 10 seats

Acadie—Bathurst

Jean-Guy Dubé

=Beauséjour=

Omer Léger, former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield

=Fredericton=

Keith Ashfield, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord

Fundy Royal

Rob Moore - Incumbent MP

Madawaska—Restigouche

Jean-Pierre Ouellet former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield

=Miramichi =

Tilly Gordon

Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

Daniel Allain, CEO of Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville.

New Brunswick Southwest

Greg Thompson - Incumbent MP and Minister of Veteran Affairs

=Saint John=

Rodney Weston, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord

Tobique—Mactaquac

Mike Allen - Incumbent MP

Quebec - 75 seats

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

Jean-Maurice Matte

Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Pierre Grandmaitre

=Ahuntsic =

Jean Précourt

=Alfred-Pellan =

Alexandre Salameh

Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel

Scott Pearce

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour

Réjean Bériault

=Beauce =

Maxime Bernier, incumbent MP.

Beauharnois—Salaberry

Dominique Bellemare

Beauport—Limoilou

Sylvie Boucher

Berthier—Maskinongé

Marie-Claude Godue

=Bourassa =

Michelle Allaire

Brome—Missisquoi

Mark Quinlan

Brossard—La Prairie

Maurice Brossard

Chambly—Borduas

Suzanne Chartand

Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles

Daniel Petit, incumbent MP.

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

Pierre-Paul Routhier

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

Jean-Guy Maltais

Compton—Stanstead

Michel Gagné

=Drummond=

André Komlosy

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Darryl Gray

=Gatineau=

Denis Tassé

Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Jérôme Landry

=Hochelaga =

Luc Labbé

=Honoré-Mercier=

Rodrigo Alfaro

Hull—Aylmer

Paul Fréchette

Jeanne-Le Ber

=Joliette =

Sylvie Lavallée

Jonquière—Alma

Jean-Pierre Blackburn, incumbent MP and Minister of Labour

=La Pointe-de-l'Île=

Hubert Pichet

=Lac-Saint-Louis =

Andrea Paine

LaSalle—Émard

Béatrice Guay-Pepper

Laurentides—Labelle

Guy Joncas

Laurier—Sainte-Marie

=Laval =

Jean-Pierre Bélisle

Laval—Les Îles

Agop Evereklian

Lévis—Bellechasse

Steven Blaney

Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher

Jacques Bouchard

Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

Jacques Gourde

=Louis-Hébert =

Luc Harvey

=Louis-Saint-Laurent =

Josée Verner

=Manicouagan =

Pierre Breton

=Marc-Aurèle-Fortin =

Claude Moreau

Mégantic—L'Érable

Christian Paradis

=Montcalm=

Claude Marc Boudreau

Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup

Denis Laflamme

Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord

Guy-Léonard Tremblay

=Mount Royal =

Rafael Tzoubari

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine

Carmine Pontillo

=Outremont =

Lulzim Laloshi

=Papineau =

Mustague Sarker

Pierrefonds—Dollard

Pierre-Olivier Brunelle

=Pontiac =

Lawrence Cannon, incumbent MP.

Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier

=Québec=

Myriam Taschereau

=Repentigny=

Bruno Royer

Richmond—Arthabaska

Éric Lefebvre

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Gaston Noël

=Rivière-des-Mille-Îles=

Claude Carignan

=Rivière-du-Nord =

Gilles Duguay

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Denis Lebel

Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

Sylvie Boulianne

Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert

Nicole Charbonneau Barron

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

René Vincelette

=Saint-Jean=

Marie-Josée Mercier

=Saint-Lambert =

Patrick Clune

Saint-Laurent—Cartierville

Dennis Galiatsatos

Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel

Lucie Le Tourneau

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Stéphane Roof

=Shefford =

Jean Lambert

=Sherbrooke =

André Bachand

Terrebonne—Blainville

Daniel Lebel

=Trois-Rivières =

Claude Durand

Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Michael Fortier, Minister of Public Works

Verchères—Les Patriotes

Benoît Dussault

Westmount—Ville-Marie

Guy Dufort

Ontario - 106 seats

Ajax—Pickering

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

Parm Gill

Brampton West

=Brant =

Phil McColeman

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Larry Miller

=Burlington=

Mike Wallace

=Cambridge =

Gary Goodyear

Carleton—Mississippi Mills

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

Dufferin—Caledon

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

Haldimand—Norfolk

Diane Finley, incumbent MP and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

Barry Devolin

=Halton=

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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 Woodworth

Kitchener—Conestoga

Harold Albrecht

Kitchener—Waterloo

Peter Braid

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Bev Shipley

Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Scott Reid

Leeds—Grenville

Gord Brown

London—Fanshawe

Mary Lou Ambrogio

London North Centre

Paul Van Meerbergen

London West

Ed Holder

Markham—Unionville

Duncan Fletcher

Mississauga—Brampton South

Salma Ataullahjan

Mississauga East—Cooksville

Melissa Bhagat

Mississauga—Erindale

Bob Dechert

Mississauga South

Hugh Arrison

Mississauga—Streetsville

Wajid Khan, incumbent MP.

Nepean—Carleton

Pierre Poilievre

Newmarket—Aurora

Lois Brown

=Niagara Falls=

Rob Nicholson, incumbent MP and Minister of Justice.

Niagara West—Glanbrook

Dean Allison, incumbent MP.

Nickel Belt

Ian McCracken

Nipissing—Timiskaming

Joe Sinicrope

Northumberland—Quinte West

Rick Norlock

Oak Ridges—Markham

Paul Calandra

=Oakville=

Terence Young

=Oshawa=

Colin Carrie

Ottawa Centre

Brian McGarry

Ottawa—Orléans

Royal Galipeau

Ottawa South

Elie Salibi

Ottawa—Vanier

Patrick Glémaud

Ottawa West—Nepean

John Baird, incumbent MP and Minister of the Environment.

=Oxford=

Dave MacKenzie

Parkdale—High Park

Jilian Saweczko

Parry Sound—Muskoka

Tony Clement, incumbent MP and Minister of Health.

Perth—Wellington

Gary Ralph Schellenberger

=Peterborough=

Dean Del Mastro

Pickering—Scarborough East

George Khouri

Prince Edward—Hastings

Daryl Kramp

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Cheryl Gallant, incumbent MP.

=Richmond Hill=

Chungsen Leung

=St. Catharines=

Rick Dykstra

St. Paul's

Heather Jewell

Sarnia—Lambton

Pat Davidson

=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

Simcoe North

Bruce Stanton

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Guy Lauzon

=Sudbury=

Gerry Labelle

=Thornhill=

Peter Kent

Thunder Bay—Rainy River

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.

Whitby—Oshawa

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

York West

Kevin Nguyen

Manitoba - 14 seats

Brandon—Souris

Merv Tweed, incumbent MP.

Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia

Steven Fletcher, incumbent MP.

=Churchill=

Wally Daudrich

Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette

Inky Mark, incumbent MP.

Elmwood—Transcona

Thomas Steen

Kildonan—St. Paul

Joy Smith, incumbent MP.

Portage—Lisgar

Candice Hoeppner

=Provencher=

Vic Toews, incumbent MP.

=Saint Boniface=

Shelly Glover

Selkirk—Interlake

James Bezan, incumbent MP.

Winnipeg Centre

Kenny Daodu

Winnipeg North

Ray Larkin

Winnipeg South

Rod Bruinooge, incumbent MP.

Winnipeg South Centre

Trevor Kennerd

Saskatchewan - 14 seats

Battlefords—Lloydminster

Gerry Ritz, incumbent MP and Minister of Agriculture.

=Blackstrap=

Lynne Yelich, incumbent MP.

Cypress Hills—Grasslands

David L. Anderson, incumbent MP.

Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

Rob Clarke, incumbent MP.

Palliser

Ray Boughen

=Prince Albert=

Randy Hoback

Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre

Tom Lukiwski, incumbent MP.

Regina—Qu'Appelle

Andrew Scheer, incumbent MP.

Saskatoon—Humboldt

Brad Trost, incumbent MP.

Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

Kelly Block

Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

Maurice Vellacott, incumbent MP.

Souris—Moose Mountain

Ed Komarnicki, incumbent MP.

=Wascana=

Michelle Hunter

Yorkton—Melville

Garry Breitkreuz, incumbent MP.

Alberta - 28 seats

Calgary Centre

Lee Richardson, incumbent MP.

Calgary Centre-North

Jim Prentice, incumbent MP.

Calgary East

Deepak Obhrai, incumbent MP.

Calgary Northeast

Devinder Shory

Calgary—Nose Hill

Diane Ablonczy, incumbent MP.

Calgary Southeast

Jason Kenney, incumbent MP.

Calgary Southwest

Stephen Harper, incumbent MP and Prime Minister of Canada.

Calgary West

Rob Anders, incumbent MP.

=Crowfoot=

Kevin Sorenson, incumbent MP.

Edmonton Centre

Laurie Hawn, incumbent MP.

Edmonton East

Peter Goldring, incumbent MP.

Edmonton—Leduc

James Rajotte, incumbent MP.

Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont

Mike Lake, incumbent MP.

Edmonton—St. Albert

Brent Rathgeber, former MLA for Edmonton Calder.

Edmonton—Sherwood Park

Tim Uppal

Edmonton—Spruce Grove

Rona Ambrose, incumbent MP.

Edmonton—Strathcona

Rahim Jaffer, incumbent MP.

Fort McMurray—Athabasca

Brian Jean, incumbent MP.

=Lethbridge=

Rick Casson, incumbent MP.

=Macleod=

Ted Menzies, incumbent MP.

=Medicine Hat=

LaVar Payne

=Peace River=

Chris Warkentin, incumbent MP.

=Red Deer=

Earl Dreeshen

Vegreville—Wainwright

Leon Benoit, incumbent MP.

Westlock—St. Paul

Brian Storseth, incumbent MP.

=Wetaskiwin=

Blaine Calkins, incumbent MP.

= Wild Rose=

Blake Richards

=Yellowhead=

Rob Merrifield, incumbent MP.

British Columbia - 36 seats

=Abbotsford=

Ed Fast, incumbent MP since 2006.

British Columbia Southern Interior

Rob Zandee

Burnaby—Douglas

Ronald Leung

Burnaby—New Westminster

Sam Rakhra

Cariboo—Prince George

Dick Harris, incumbent MP.

Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

Chuck Strahl, incumbent MP and Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

Delta—Richmond East

John Cummins, incumbent MP.

Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

Troy DeSouza

Fleetwood—Port Kells

Nina Grewal, incumbent MP.

Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

Cathy McLeod

Kelowna—Lake Country

Ron Cannan, incumbent MP.

Kootenay—Columbia

Jim Abbott, incumbent MP.

=Langley=

Mark Warawa, incumbent MP since 2004 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of the Environment.

Nanaimo—Alberni

James Lunney

Nanaimo—Cowichan

Reed Elley

Newton—North Delta

Sandeep Pandher

New Westminster—Coquitlam

Yonah Martin

=North Vancouver=

Andrew Saxton

Okanagan—Coquihalla

Stockwell Day, incumbent MP and Minister for Public Safety.

Okanagan—Shuswap

Colin Mayes, incumbent MP.

Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission

Randy Kamp, incumbent MP.

Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam

James Moore, incumbent MP.

Prince George—Peace River

Jay Hill, incumbent MP.

=Richmond=

Alice Wong

Saanich—Gulf Islands

Gary Lunn, incumbent MP and Minister of Natural Resources.

Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Sharon Smith

South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale

Russ Hiebert, incumbent MP.

Surrey North

Dona Cadman

Vancouver Centre

Lorne Mayencourt

Vancouver East

Ryan Warawa

Vancouver Island North

John Duncan

Vancouver Kingsway

Salomon Rayek

Vancouver Quadra

Deborah Meredith

Vancouver South

Wai Young

=Victoria=

Jack McClintock

West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

John Weston

Yukon - 1 seat

=Yukon=

Darrell Pasloski

Northwest Territories - 1 seat

Western Arctic

Brendan Bell

Nunavut - 1 seat

=Nunavut=

Leona Aglukkaq, MLA for Nattilik and Health Minister for the Government of Nunavut

ee also

*Canadian federal election, 2008 (candidates)

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