James Rajotte
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| James Rajotte | |
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Member of Parliament
for Edmonton—Leduc |
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| Assumed office 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Ian McClelland |
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| Born | August 19, 1970 Edmonton, Alberta |
| Political party | Conservative |
James Rajotte, BA, MA, (born August 19, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.
As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, Rajotte is chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Industry, Science, and Technology. He represented the riding of Edmonton Southwest from 2000 to 2004. In the 2004 federal election he was elected in the newly-created riding of Edmonton-Leduc. He was re-elected in Edmonton-Leduc in the 2006 election. He was first elected as a Canadian Alliance MP in 2000, and was also one of four Alliance MPs who agreed to sit with the Progressive Conservative caucus after the December 9, 2003 creation of the Conservative Party, as the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucuses were not officially merged into a single caucus until a few weeks later.
Rajotte is a former executive assistant and researcher. Rajotte was the CPC official opposition critic of Industry and also fulfilled the role of opposition critic of Science, Research and Development. His interests include classical music, classical literature and has studied classical texts extensively.
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[edit] Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |
| Conservative | James Rajotte | 26,791 | 55.04% | $54,847 | ||
| Liberal | Bruce King | 14,269 | 29.31% | $46,445 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Doug McLachlan | 4,581 | 9.41% | $7,563 | ||
| Green | Bruce Sinclair | 3,029 | 6.22% | $107 | ||
| Total valid votes | 48,670 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 111 | 0.23% | ||||
| Turnout | 48,781 | 65.08% | ||||
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| Preceded by Ian McClelland |
Member of Parliament Edmonton Southwest 2000-2004 |
Succeeded by District Abolished |
| Preceded by New District |
Member of Parliament Edmonton-Leduc 2004-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
