Conservative Party of Canada candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election

This is a list of nominated candidates for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 40th Canadian federal election.Elections Canada 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 RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderResidenceOccupationVotes%RankAvalonFabian Manningincumbent MPMSt. Bride'sParliamentarian11,542 35.2%2ndBonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—WindsorAndrew HouseMGanderLawyer4,354 15.2%2ndHumber—St. Barbe—Baie VerteLorne RobinsonMPasadenaFinancial Planner2,799 10.6%3rdLabradorLacey LewisFOttawaOffice Assistant615 8.0%3rdRandom—Burin—St. George'sHerb DavisMGatineauPolicy Advisor4,79120.5%3rdSt. John's EastCraig WestcottMConception Bay SouthJournalist3,8369.3%3rdSt. John's South—Mount PearlMerv WisemanMNorth HarbourMaritime Search & Rescue Coordinator4,324 12.6%3rd

Prince Edward Island - 4 seats Riding Candidate Notes Gender Residence Occupation Votes % RankCardiganSid McMullinMGeorgetownHuman Resource Officer5,66129.6%2ndCharlottetownThomas L. DeBloisMCharlottetownBusiness Manager5,70432.1%2ndEgmontGail SheaFormer Provincial MLAFTignishFormer Civil Servant8,11043.9%1stMalpequeMary CraneFKensingtonEducator7,38839.3%2nd

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 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 RidingCandidate's NameNotesGenderResidenceOccupationVotes%RankBas-Richelieu—Nicolet—BécancourBériault 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.Canada Votes 2008: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 9 August 2009.M8,90418.152ndBrome—MissisquoiQuinlan 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.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. 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.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. 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.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. He became the press secretary for Christian Paradis later in the same year and continued to serve with Paradis after the 2008 election."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. Quinlan's mother, Pauline Quinlan, is the mayor of Bromont.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 QuébécoisSources: Official results, Elections Canada: 2000 and 2008M9,30918.663rdOutremontLaloshi was thirty-two years old at the time of the election and was described as the leader of Quebec's Albanian Community in Montreal."'Campaign about ideas' drives Mulcair; Outremont," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 2008, B4.MComputer SpecialistOUTREMONT (2008/10/14), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada], accessed 24 March 2017.3,82010.534thSheffordLambert was born and raised in Granby and has worked in public relations and advertising in Granby, Montreal, and Quebec City.Rita Legault, "Facing opposition in Shefford," Sherbrooke Record, 24 September 2008, p. 1. He was at one time a vice-president of Groupaction and testified before the Gomery Commission on the firm's activities.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 QuébécoisSources: Official results, Elections Canada: 2006 and 2008M9,92719.633rd

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou Jean-Maurice Matte Abitibi

Abitibi—Témiscamingue Pierre Grandmaitre

Ahuntsic Jean Précourt

Alfred-Pellan Alexandre Salameh

Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel Scott Pearce

Beauce Maxime Bernier, incumbent MP.

Beauharnois—Salaberry Dominique Bellemare

Beauport—Limoilou Sylvie Boucher

Berthier—Maskinongé Marie-Claude Godue

Bourassa Michelle Allaire

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

Papineau Mustague Sarker

Pierrefonds—Dollard Pierre-Olivier Brunelle

Pontiac Lawrence Cannon, incumbent MP.

Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier No Candidate

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

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 Kyle Seeback

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 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,"Port CEO rips Martin for bridge comments" The Globe and Mail, Online Edition. 28 November 2003. and harbourmaster. She is believed to have been the first female harbourmaster of a Canadian port."Covering the waterfront; Toronto's first female harbourmaster takes helm of complex port job" Toronto Star, page B1. 5 April 2001. 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

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 Bonner

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 is a current Canadian Senator appointed on July 9, 2010.

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