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. 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
Prince Edward Island - 4 seats
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
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, and harbourmaster. She is believed to have been the first female harbourmaster of a Canadian port. She is currently on unpaid leave from the TPA for the duration of the election.
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