- Liberal Party candidates, 2008 Canadian federal election
This is a list of nominated candidates for the
Liberal Party of Canada in the upcoming40th Canadian federal election . [ [http://www.elections.ca/scripts/webpep/reg/contest_search.aspx?textonly=false&lang=e Elections Canada] ]
=Newfoundland and Labrador [cite web|title=Candidates from Newfoundland and Labrador|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=NL] - 7 seats =
=Avalon=Scott Andrews
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor Scott Simms , incumbent MPHumber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte Gerry Byrne, incumbent MP
=Labrador =Todd Russell , incumbent MPRandom—Burin—St. George's Judy Foote , former MHA for Grand Bank.St. John's East Walter Noel , former MHA for Virginia Waters.St. John's South—Mount Pearl Siobhán Coady (born Grand Falls, Newfoundland) was voted one of the Top 50 CEOs in
Atlantic Canada in 2004. Coady is the CEO of Newfound Genomics, Bonaventure Fisheries and The Clinical Trials Centre, a medical research company. She is a popular political commentator for theCanadian Broadcasting Corporation and a business columnist for the now defunct "The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent" newspaper.In the 2004 federal election, Coady received 11,879 votes to
Loyola Hearn 's 13,330 in St. John's South. Coady also ran in the 2006 federal election, also in St. John's South—Mount Pearl. She was defeated once again, receiving 12,293 votes to Hearn's 16,644 votes.
=Prince Edward Island [cite web|title=Candidates from Prince Edward Island|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=PE] - 4 seats =
=Cardigan=Lawrence MacAulay , incumbent MPShawn Murphy , incumbent MP
=Egmont =Keith Milligan , formerPremier of Prince Edward Island .
=Malpeque=Wayne Easter , incumbent MP
=Nova Scotia [cite web|title=Candidates from Nova Scotia|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=NS] - 11 seats =Cape Breton—Canso Rodger Cuzner , incumbent MPCentral Nova No candidate due to deal between
Stéphane Dion and Green Party leaderElizabeth May not to run candidates in each other's ridings.Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley Tracy Parsons is a former leader of theProgressive Canadian Party , a party formed by numerous formerRed Tory supporters of theProgressive Conservative Party of Canada who were opposed to that party's merger in 2003 into theConservative Party of Canada .Dartmouth—Cole Harbour Michael Savage, incumbent MP
=Halifax=Catherine Meade is a lawyer, a board member of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project and a cofounder of the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association. An out
lesbian and a member of the Black Nova Scotian community, Meade is set to marry her partner Rita on October 11, a date they chose before the election was called for just three days later. [ [http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Queer_activists_seek_Halifax_seat-5541.aspx "Queer activists seek Halifax seat"] , "Xtra! ",September 23 ,2008 .] She won several medals in athletics events at the 1994Gay Games inNew York City . [ [http://www.glisa.org/web_page/BOD_Catherine_Meade.php Catherine Meade biography at the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association.]Halifax West Geoff Regan , incumbent MPKings—Hants Hon.
Scott Brison , incumbent MPSackville—Eastern Shore Carolyn Scott
South Shore—St. Margaret's Bill Smith
Sydney—Victoria Mark Eyking , incumbent MPWest Nova Robert Thibault , incumbent MP
=New Brunswick [cite web|title=Candidates from New Brunswick|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=NB] - 10 seats =Acadie—Bathurst Odette Robichaud
Dominic LeBlanc , incumbent MPDavid Innes, CEO of the Greater Fredericton Airport Authority and chair of the New Brunswick Aerospace and Defence Association. [ [http://nbliberal.ca/web/david_innes.html David Innes, candidate, Fredericton - nbliberal.ca] ]
Fundy Royal Mark Wright
Madawaska—Restigouche Jean-Claude D'Amours , incumbent MP
=Miramichi =Charles Hubbard , incumbent MPMoncton—Riverview—Dieppe Brian Murphy, incumbent MP
New Brunswick Southwest Nancy MacIntosh
Paul Zed , incumbent MPTobique—Mactaquac Sally McGrath
=Quebec [cite web|title=Candidates from Quebec|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=QC] - 75 seats =Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Mark Canada
Abitibi—Témiscamingue Gilbert Barrette , former MP defeated in 2004 election.
=Ahuntsic =Eleni Bakopanos , former MP defeated in 2006 election.Wilson Saintelmy
Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel André Robert
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour Ghislaine Cournoyer
=Beauce =René Roy
Beauharnois—Salaberry Beauport—Limoilou Yves Picard
Berthier—Maskinongé Jean-Luc Matteau
=Bourassa =Hon.
Denis Coderre , incumbent MPBrome—Missisquoi Denis Paradis , former MP defeated in 2006 election.Brossard—La Prairie Alexandra Mendes
Chambly—Borduas Gabriel Arsenault
Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles Denise Legros
Châteauguay—Saint-Constant Linda Schwey
Chicoutimi—Le Fjord Mark Pettersen
Compton—Stanstead William Hogg
=Drummond=Jean Courchesne
Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Denis Gauvreau
=Gatineau=Michel Simard
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia Nancy Charest
=Hochelaga =Diane Dicaire
Pablo Rodriguez , incumbent MPHull—Aylmer Marcel Proulx , incumbent MPJeanne-Le Ber
Christian Feuillette
=Joliette =Suzie Saint-Onge
Jonquière—Alma Marc Dupéré
Oumy Sarr
Francis Scarpaleggia , incumbent MPLaSalle—Émard Lise Zarac
Laurentides—Labelle Pierre Gfeller
Laurier—Sainte-Marie Sébastien Caron
=Laval =Alia Haddad
Laval—Les Îles Raymonde Folco , incumbent MPLévis—Bellechasse Pauline Côté
Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher Ryan Hillier
Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière Marie-Thérèse Hovington
=Louis-Hébert =Jean Beaupré
Hélène H. Leone
=Manicouagan =Randy Jones
Robert Frégeau
Mégantic—L'Érable Nicole Champagne
=Montcalm=David Grégoire
Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup Jean Bouchard
Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord Robert Gauthier
=Mount Royal =Irwin Cotler , incumbent MPNotre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine Marlene Jennings , incumbent MP
=Outremont =Sébastien Dhavernas , actor
=Papineau =Justin Trudeau , educator and son of former Prime MinisterPierre Trudeau .Pierrefonds—Dollard Bernard Patry , incumbent MP
=Pontiac =Cindy Duncan-MacMillan
Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier Stephan Asselin
=Québec=Damien Rousseau
Robert Semegen
Richmond—Arthabaska Gwyneth Grant
Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques Pierre Béland
Denis Joannette
Joao Neves
Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean Louise Boulanger
Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Marjorie Théodore
Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert Pierre Diamond
Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot Jean Caumartin
Claire Ste.-Marie
Roxane Stanners
Saint-Laurent—Cartierville Hon.
Stéphane Dion , party leader.Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel Massimo Pacetti , incumbent MPSaint-Maurice—Champlain Ronald St.-Onge Lynch
=Shefford =Bernard Demers
=Sherbrooke =Nathalie Goguen
Terrebonne—Blainville Eva Nassif
Marcos G. Simard Vaudreuil—Soulanges Brigitte Legault
Verchères—Les Patriotes Francois Fournier
Westmount—Ville-Marie Marc Garneau , formerastronaut .
=Ontario [cite web|title=Candidates from Ontario|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=ON] - 106 seats =Ajax—Pickering Mark Holland , incumbent MPAlgoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing Brent St. Denis , incumbent MPAncaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale Arlene MacFarlane-VanderBeek, former Dundas town councillor. [ [http://www.votearlene.com/Pages/arlene.html Arlene MacFarlane-VanderBeek] ]
=Barrie=Rick Jones
Beaches—East York Hon.
Maria Minna , incumbent MPBramalea—Gore—Malton Hon.
Gurbax S. Malhi , incumbent MPBrampton—Springdale Ruby Dhalla , incumbent MPBrampton West Andrew Kania
=Brant =Lloyd St. Amand , incumbent MPBruce—Grey—Owen Sound Thomas Noble
Paddy Torsney
=Cambridge =Gord Zeilstra
Carleton—Mississippi Mills Justin MacKinnon, currently employed as the Vice-President, Marketing and Sales, for a Canadian-based nutraceutical company. [ [http://www.justinmackinnon.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=9 About Justin] ]
Chatham-Kent—Essex Matt Daudlin
=Davenport =Mario Silva , incumbent MPDon Valley East Yasmin Ratansi , incumbent MPDon Valley West Rob Oliphant
Dufferin—Caledon Rebecca Finch
=Durham=Bryan Ransom
Eglinton—Lawrence Hon.
Joe Volpe , incumbent MPElgin—Middlesex—London Suzanne von Bommel
=Essex =Hon.
Susan Whelan , former MPEtobicoke Centre Borys Wrzesnewskyj , incumbent MPEtobicoke—Lakeshore Michael Ignatieff , incumbent MP & deputy leader.Etobicoke North Kirsty Duncan
Glengarry—Prescott—Russell Dan Boudria
=Guelph =Frank Valeriote
Haldimand—Norfolk Eric Hoskins
Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock Marlene White
=Halton=Hon.
Garth Turner , incumbent MPHamilton Centre Helen Wilson
Hamilton East—Stoney Creek Larry Di Ianni , former Mayor of HamiltonHamilton Mountain
Tyler Banham, the youngest federal Liberal candidate in
Ontario . Banham is a former national director of theYoung Liberals of Canada . Banham currently operates a law firm.Huron—Bruce Greg McClinchey
=Kenora=Roger Valley , incumbent MPKingston and the Islands Peter Milliken , incumbent MP & Current Speaker of the House of Commons.Kitchener Centre Hon.
Karen Redman , incumbent MPKitchener—Conestoga Orlando da Silva
Kitchener—Waterloo Hon.
Andrew Telegdi , incumbent MPLambton—Kent—Middlesex Jeff Wesley
Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington David Remington ()
Leeds—Grenville Marjory Jean Loveys
London—Fanshawe Jacquie Gauthier
London North Centre Glen Pearson , incumbent MPLondon West Hon.
Sue Barner , incumbent MPMarkham—Unionville Hon.
John McCallum , incumbent MPMississauga—Brampton South Hon.
Navdeep Bains , incumbent MPMississauga East—Cooksville Hon.
Albina Guarnieri , incumbent MPMississauga—Erindale Omar Alghabra , incumbent MPMississauga South Paul Szabo , incumbent MPMississauga—Streetsville Bonnie Crombie, an entrepreneur and public affairs consultant and has been employed by the major trade association representing the property and casualty insurance industry as well as McDonald's Corporation and the Walt Disney Company. She was an active supporter of
Michael Ignatieff in his bid for the Liberal leadership.Nepean—Carleton Ed Mahfouz
Newmarket—Aurora Tim Jones is a former mayor of Aurora for 12 years and served on municipal council for 28 years.
Joyce Morocco, a past city councillor and current Director of Sales for Niagara Falls Tourism. [ [http://www.niagaraliberal.com/riding/ Joyce Morroco's Biography] ]
Niagara West—Glanbrook Heather Carter, a certified business counsellor and has acted as technical advisor to CIDA-sponsored projects in Egypt and South Africa. [cite web|url=http://www.heathercarter.ca|title=About Heather|publisher=heathercarter.ca|accessdate=2008-08-21] She has been campaigning full-time since the last election. [cite news|url=http://www.niagarathisweek.com/news/article/199733|title=Liberals remain committed to women's issues despite MP Thibault's comments|last=Buckingham|first=Shane |date=2008-08-20|publisher=NiagaraThisWeek.com|accessdate=2008-08-21]
Manager of the Niagara College Business Development Centre for 10 years, where she helped with the establishment and operations of hundreds of businesses in the region. She is internationally recognized as a certified business counsellor and has acted as technical adviser to CIDA-sponsored projects in Egypt and South Africa. Prior to her work at the college, she and her husband founded and built a highly-successful software development company. [cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canadavotes/riding/162/candidate.html#heathercarter|title=Canada Votes 2008|publisher=CBC.com|]
Heather has been involved in organizations such as the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, the Small Business Club Niagara, Women Moving Forward, Venture Forum Niagara, Trade Team Niagara, and the Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. She is also active with the United Way and the YMCA.
* [http://www.heathercarter.ca/ Heather Carter's Campaign Website]
* [http://www.nwgliberal.com// Niagara West-Glanbrook Federal Liberal Riding Association]Nickel Belt
Louise Portelance first entered politics in 1997 on the city council of Valley East. Following the municipal amalgamation of 2000, she was re-elected to
Greater Sudbury City Council in the 2000 municipal election. She subsequently stood as a candidate formayor of the city in the 2003 election, placing fourth behindDavid Courtemanche ,Paul Marleau and Colin Firth. In the 2006 election, she stood as a council candidate in Ward 5, losing to incumbentRon Dupuis .Portelance has also been a vice-president and president of the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario. [ [http://louiseportelance.liberal.ca/default_e.aspx Louise Portelance's federal campaign website] ]
Nipissing—Timiskaming Anthony Rota , incumbent MPNorthumberland—Quinte West Hon.
Paul Macklin , former MPOak Ridges—Markham Lui Temelkovski , incumbent MP
=Oakville=Bonnie Brown , incumbent MP
=Oshawa=Sean Godfrey
Ottawa Centre Penny Collenette , wife of former Liberal cabinet ministerDavid Collenette Ottawa—Orléans Marc Godbout
Ottawa South David McGuinty , incumbent MP & brother of Ontario PremierDalton McGuinty Ottawa—Vanier Hon.
Mauril Bélanger , incumbent MPOttawa West—Nepean Hon.
David Pratt , former MP
=Oxford=Martha Dennis
Parkdale—High Park Gerard Kennedy , former Ontario MPP & Minister of Education.Parry Sound—Muskoka Jamie McGarvey
Perth—Wellington Sandra Gardiner
Betsy McGregor
Pickering—Scarborough East Hon.
Dan McTeague , incumbent MPPrince Edward—Hastings Ken Cole
Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke Carole Devine
Hon.
Bryon Wilfert , incumbent MPHon.
Walt Lastewka , former MPSt. Paul's
Hon.
Carolyn Bennett , incumbent MP & Former Cabinet minister and liberal leadership candidate.Sarnia—Lambton Tim Fugard
Paul Bichler
Scarborough—Agincourt Hon.
Jim Karygiannis , incumbent MPScarborough Centre John Cannis , incumbent MPScarborough—Guildwood Hon.
John McKay , incumbent MPScarborough—Rouge River Derek Lee
Scarborough Southwest Michelle Simson
Simcoe—Grey Andrea Matrosovs
Simcoe North Steve Clarke
Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry Denis Sabourin
=Sudbury=Hon.
Diane Marleau , incumbent MPSusan Kadis , incumbent MPThunder Bay—Rainy River Ken Boshcoff , incumbent MPThunder Bay—Superior North Don McArthur
Timmins—James Bay Paul Taillefer
Toronto Centre Bob Rae , incumbent MP & Former Premier of Ontario.Toronto—Danforth Andrew Lang
Trinity—Spadina Christine Innes (born 1961 in Stratford,
Ontario ), is a lawyer [http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080905/candidate_announcement_080905/20080905/?hub=TorontoNewHome] and a former aide to provincial Liberal MPPGreg Sorbara and former federal MPJim Peterson . She is married toTony Ianno , who was Trinity—Spadina's federal MP from 1993 to 2006.
=Vaughan=Hon.
Maurizio Bevilacqua , incumbent MP and Liberal leadership candidate.
=Welland=John Maloney , incumbent MPWellington—Halton Hills Bruce Bowser
Whitby—Oshawa Brent Fullard
Martha Hall Findlay , incumbent MP and Liberal leadership candidate in 2006.Windsor—Tecumseh Steve Mastroianni
Windsor West Larry Horwitz
York Centre Hon.
Ken Dryden , incumbent MP, Liberal leadership candidate, former cabinet minister, and only sitting MP who is a member of theHockey Hall of Fame .York—Simcoe Judith Moses York South—Weston Alan Tonks , incumbent MPYork West Hon.
Judy Sgro , incumbent MP
=Manitoba [cite web|title=Candidates from Manitoba|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=MB] - 14 seats =Brandon—Souris M.J. Willard Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia Bob Friesen
Tina Keeper , incumbent MP.Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette Wendy Menzies
Elmwood—Transcona Kildonan—St. Paul Lesley Hughes, who is no longer endorsed by the party [cite web|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?riding=46006|title=Kildonan—St. Paul|work=Meet Your Liberal Candidate|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada|accessdate=2008-09-27] , but is still on the ballot as the riding's Liberal candidate, as the withdrawal deadline had passed. [http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/506806]
Portage—Lisgar Ted Klassen
Shirley Hiebert
Raymond Simard , incumbent MP.Selkirk—Interlake Kevin Walsh
Winnipeg Centre Daniel Hurley
Winnipeg North Marcelle Marion
Winnipeg South John Loewen , former MLA.Winnipeg South Centre Anita Neville , incumbent MP.
=Saskatchewan [cite web|title=Candidates from Saskatchewan|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=SK] - 14 seats =Battlefords—Lloydminster Greg Nyholt
Deb Ehmann
Cypress Hills—Grasslands Duane Filson
Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River David Orchard Palliser
Calvin Johnston
Lou Doderai
Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre Monica Lysack
Regina—Qu'Appelle Rod Flaman
Saskatoon—Humboldt Karen Parhar
Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar Roy Bluehorn
Saskatoon—Wanuskewin Patricia Zipchen
Souris—Moose Mountain Marlin Belt
=Wascana=Hon.
Ralph Goodale , incumbent MP.Yorkton—Melville Bryan Bell
=Alberta [cite web|title=Candidates from Alberta|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=AB] - 28 seats =Calgary Centre Heesung Kim
Calgary Centre-North Doug James
Calgary East Bernie Kennedy
Calgary Northeast Sanam Kang
Calgary—Nose Hill Anoush Newman
Calgary Southeast Brad Carroll
Calgary Southwest Marlene LaMontagne
Calgary West Jennifer Pollock
=Crowfoot=Sharon Howe
Edmonton Centre Jim Wachowich
Edmonton East Jim Jacuta
Edmonton—Leduc Donna Lynn Smith
Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont Indira Saroya
Edmonton—St. Albert Samir Sleiman
Edmonton—Sherwood Park Rick Szostak
Edmonton—Spruce Grove Chris Austin
Edmonton—Strathcona Claudette Roy Fort McMurray—Athabasca John Webb
Michael Cormican
=Macleod=Isabel Paynter
Beverley Botter
Liliane Maisonneuve
=Red Deer=Garfield Marks
Vegreville—Wainwright Adam Campbell
Westlock—St. Paul Leila Houle
Rita Dillon
= Wild Rose=Jenn Turcott
Mohamed El-Rafih
=British Columbia [cite web|title=Candidates from British Columbia|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=BC] - 36 seats=Lionel Traverse
British Columbia Southern Interior Brenda Jagpal
Burnaby—Douglas Bill Cunningham
Burnaby—New Westminster Gerry Lenoski
Cariboo—Prince George Drew Adamick
Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon Myra Sweeney
Delta—Richmond East Dana Miller
Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca Keith Martin , incumbent MP.Fleetwood—Port Kells Brenda Locke
Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo Ken Sommerfeld
Kelowna—Lake Country Diana Cabott
Kootenay—Columbia Betty Aitchison
=Langley=Jake Gray
Nanaimo—Alberni Richard Pesik
Nanaimo—Cowichan Brian Scott
Newton—North Delta New Westminster—Coquitlam Michelle Hassen
Okanagan—Coquihalla Valerie Hallford
Okanagan—Shuswap Janna Francis
Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge—Mission Dan Olson
Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam Ron McKinnon
Prince George—Peace River Lindsay Gidney
=Richmond=Saanich—Gulf Islands Skeena—Bulkley Valley Corinna Morhart
South Surrey—White Rock—Cloverdale Judy Higginbotham
Surrey North Marc Muhammad
Vancouver Centre Vancouver East Ken Low
Vancouver Island North Geoff Fleischer
Vancouver Kingsway Wendy Yuan
Vancouver Quadra Joyce Murray , former MLA and incumbent MPVancouver South
=Victoria=Anne Park Shannon
West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country
=Yukon [cite web|title=Candidates from Yukon Territory|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=YT] - 1 seat =
=Yukon=
=Northwest Territories [cite web|title=Candidates from Northwest Territories|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=NT] - 1 seat =Western Arctic Gabrielle Mackenzie-Scott
=Nunavut [cite web|title=Candidates from Nunavut|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?province=NU] - 1 seat =
=Nunavut=Kirt Ejesiak, former city councillor and deputy mayor in
Iqaluit , who was named principal secretary to Nunavut PremierPaul Okalik in 2003ee also
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