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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

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Gender	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Avalon	Fabian Manning	incumbent MP	M	St. Bride's	Parliamentarian	11,542	35.2%	2nd
Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor	Andrew House		M	Gander	Lawyer	4,354	15.2%	2nd
Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte	Lorne Robinson		M	Pasadena	Financial Planner	2,799	10.6%	3rd
Labrador	Lacey Lewis		F	Ottawa	Office Assistant	615	8.0%	3rd
Random—Burin—St. George's	Herb Davis		M	Gatineau	Policy Advisor	4,791	20.5%	3rd
St. John's East	Craig Westcott		M	Conception Bay South	Journalist	3,836	9.3%	3rd
St. John's South—Mount Pearl	Merv Wiseman		M	North Harbour	Maritime Search & Rescue Coordinator	4,324	12.6%	3rd

Prince Edward Island - 4 seats

Riding	Candidate	Notes	Gender	Residence	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Cardigan	Sid McMullin		M	Georgetown	Human Resource Officer	5,661	29.6%	2nd
Charlottetown	Thomas L. DeBlois		M	Charlottetown	Business Manager	5,704	32.1%	2nd
Egmont	Gail Shea	Former Provincial MLA	F	Tignish	Former Civil Servant	8,110	43.9%	1st
Malpeque	Mary Crane		F	Kensington	Educator	7,388	39.3%	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

Riding	Candidate's Name	Notes	Gender	Occupation	Votes	%	Rank
Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour	Réjean Bériault	Bériault 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.	M		8,904	18.15	2nd
Brome—Missisquoi	Mark Quinlan	Quinlan 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. 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. 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. He became the press secretary for Christian Paradis later in the same year and continued to serve with Paradis after the 2008 election. Quinlan's mother, Pauline Quinlan, is the mayor of Bromont.	M		9,309	18.66	3rd
Outremont	Lulzim Laloshi	Laloshi was thirty-two years old at the time of the election and was described as the leader of Quebec's Albanian Community in Montreal.	M	Computer Specialist	3,820	10.53	4th
Shefford	Jean Lambert	Lambert was born and raised in Granby and has worked in public relations and advertising in Granby, Montreal, and Quebec City. He was at one time a vice-president of Groupaction and testified before the Gomery Commission on the firm's activities.	M		9,927	19.63	3rd

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

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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 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

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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 Schellenberger, incumbent MP

Peterborough

Dean Del Mastro, incumbent MP

Pickering—Scarborough East

George Khouri

Prince Edward—Hastings

Daryl Kramp, incumbent MP

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Cheryl Gallant, incumbent MP.

Richmond Hill

Chungsen Leung

St. Catharines

Rick Dykstra, incumbent MP

St. Paul's

Heather Jewell

Sarnia—Lambton

Pat Davidson, incumbent MP

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, incumbent MP

Simcoe North

Bruce Stanton, incumbent MP

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Guy Lauzon

Sudbury: Gerry Labelle

Gerry Labelle was born in Mattawa and raised in Sudbury. He is a businessperson and community activist in Sudbury, where he operates a consulting firm. Labelle is a founding member of Music and Film in Motion and has served on the board of several non-profit organizations. At the time of the election, he was a member of the Make Poverty History committee on the city's Social Planning Council.

Labelle became involved in a minor controversy during the 2008 campaign when he made statements in a French-language interview that seemed critical of the Conservative government. According to a press release from Liberal incumbent Diane Marleau, Labelle criticized Finance Minister Jim Flaherty for describing Ontario as "the last place" to invest, took issue with the government's decision to abolish the Court Challenges Program of Canada, and said that he was not impressed with the Conservative Party's environmental record. He later issued a retraction, saying that he had not expressed himself clearly and was fully supportive of the Harper government. Labelle also spoke in support of the arts community and rejected arguments that his party was hostile to the arts. Late in the campaign, the Sudbury Star newspaper noted that he "did not come across as a Harper Conservative".

Labelle received 11,073 votes (25.79%), finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Glenn Thibeault. He has said that he will probably run for Conservatives again.

Saskatchewan - 14 seats

British Columbia - 36 seats

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

References

Elections Canada
Canada Votes 2008: Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, accessed 9 August 2009.
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.
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.
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" , Canada NewsWire, 16 January 2007, 8:24.
"Minister of Finance to Address the Conseil du patronat du Québec and to Visit Varennes, Quebec" , Canada NewsWire, 27 March 2007, 15:16.
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 Québécois

Sources: Official results, Elections Canada: 2000 and 2008

"'Campaign about ideas' drives Mulcair; Outremont," Montreal Gazette, 15 October 2008, B4.
OUTREMONT (2008/10/14), History of Federal Ridings Since 1867, Parliament of Canada], accessed 24 March 2017.
Rita Legault, "Facing opposition in Shefford," Sherbrooke Record, 24 September 2008, p. 1.
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 Québécois

Sources: Official results, Elections Canada: 2006 and 2008

"Port CEO rips Martin for bridge comments" The Globe and Mail, Online Edition. 28 November 2003.
"Covering the waterfront; Toronto's first female harbourmaster takes helm of complex port job" Toronto Star, page B1. 5 April 2001.
Harold Carmichael, "Labelle wants to carry Tory banner", Sudbury Star, 20 July 2007, A4; "Tories prepare for nomination meeting", Sudbury Star, 2 November 2007, A4; Rachel Punch, "Parties ready for fall vote", Sudbury Star, 29 August 2008, A1.
Lara Bradley, "An unlikely Tory among Liberals", Sudbury Star, 4 October 2008, A3.
"Labelle retracts radio interview statements", Sudbury Star, 22 September 2008, A3; "Voters still wary of Harper" , Sudbury Star, 27 September 2008, A10.
Angela Scappatura, "'Gerry Labelle supports arts'", Sudbury Star, 11 October 2008, A3.
"Thibeault in Sudbury" , Sudbury Star, 11 October 2008, A10.
Lara Bradley, "Labelle jubilant in defeat", Sudbury Star, 15 October 2008, A3.

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Outgoing: Conservative minority
Result: Conservative minority

Bloc Québécois (Gilles Duceppe, candidates)
Canadian Action (Connie Fogal)
Christian Heritage (Ron Gray, candidates)
Communist (Miguel Figueroa, candidates)
Conservative (Stephen Harper, candidates)
Green (Elizabeth May, candidates)
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Libertarian (Dennis Young, candidates)
Marijuana (Blair Longley, candidates)
Marxist–Leninist (Anna Di Carlo)
New Democrats (Jack Layton, candidates)
Progressive Canadian (Sinclair Stevens)

Bold indicates parties with members elected to the House of Commons.

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