Liberal Party candidates, 40th Canadian federal election

Justin MacKinnon (B.A. (Adv.), LL.B.) was born and raised in Carleton-Mississippi Mills, before he went on to obtain a Political Science Degree from St. Francis Xavier University, and then a Bachelor of Laws Degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria.

MacKinnon was the recipient of the University of Victoria Faculty of Law Humanitarian Award, as well as being awarded the University Publishers 2nd Year Student Award. MacKinnon has been active with numerous local and national charities for many years, and was the recipient of the F. Murray Fraser Award for his outstanding community service. Justin was also elected as the President of the University of Victoria Law Students Society.

Justin MacKinnon returned home after articling at a law firm in British Columbia, and is currently employed as the Vice-President, Marketing and Sales, for Canomega Industries Inc., a Canadian-based nutraceutical company with offices in Kanata and Toronto, Ontario.

[edit] Chatham-Kent—Essex

[edit] Davenport

[edit] Don Valley East

[edit] Don Valley West

[edit] Dufferin—Caledon

[edit] Durham

[edit] Eglinton—Lawrence

[edit] Elgin—Middlesex—London

[edit] Essex

[edit] Etobicoke Centre

[edit] Etobicoke—Lakeshore

[edit] Etobicoke North

Kirsty Duncan

[edit] Glengarry—Prescott—Russell

[edit] Guelph

[edit] Haldimand—Norfolk

[edit] Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

[edit] Halton

[edit] Hamilton Centre

[edit] Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

[edit] Hamilton Mountain

Tyler Banham is the youngest federal Liberal candidate in Ontario.

Banham was born and raised in Hamilton and obtained a B.A. in history and political science from McMaster University in 2001. He then went on to obtain a law degree from University of Ottawa. Banham speaks both English and French fluently.

Banham is a former national director of the Young Liberals of Canada and has worked for former Finance Minister Ralph Goodale and local Hamilton MPP Dominic Agostino. In 2001, Banham founded a website creation business in the Ottawa area and currently operates a law firm, called Banham Law in both Ottawa and Hamilton.

After volunteering his time with numerous charities, Banham was awarded the Max Rotman Volunteer of the Year Award. He has also volunteered for five years at the Henderson Hospital in Hamilton, where he helped the Cancer Assistance Program. Banham also holds a black belt in Wado Kai karate and is a fully licenced karate instructor.

Tyler Banham supported Gerard Kennedy in the 2006 Liberal leadership convention

[edit] Huron—Bruce

[edit] Kenora

[edit] Kingston and the Islands

[edit] Kitchener Centre

[edit] Kitchener—Conestoga

[edit] Kitchener—Waterloo

[edit] Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

[edit] Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

[edit] Leeds—Grenville

[edit] London—Fanshawe

[edit] London North Centre

[edit] London West

[edit] Markham—Unionville

[edit] Mississauga—Brampton South

[edit] Mississauga East—Cooksville

[edit] Mississauga—Erindale

[edit] Mississauga South

[edit] Mississauga—Streetsville

Bonnie Crombie is 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.

[edit] Nepean—Carleton

[edit] Newmarket—Aurora

[edit] Niagara Falls

Joyce Morocco is a life long resident of Niagara Falls and past City Councilor. She is currently Director of Sales for Niagara Falls Tourism.As Chair of the Greater Niagara General Hospital Foundation, she led the drive that raised $9.2 million for the new Jeff Morgan Emergency/Ambulatory Care Centre. Joyce again stepped up to the plate as the Co-Chair of the Campaign Cabinet for the long awaited Regional Cancer and Cardiac Centres in St. Catharines. Joyce has also been involved in the planning process for the new Niagara Falls Community Health Centre. Joyce is on the Board of Project Share. She also fund raises to help keep the cupboards full for those in our community who find themselves in need of help. Joyce’s ideas and forward thinking over fifteen years with the Winter Festival of Lights have helped bring worldwide recognition to the event. Promoting the Friendship Festival and co-coordinating volunteers for the event have drawn Joyce into the Fort Erie Community. Joyce has also made time to be part of the Niagara College Special Events Management Advisory Board. Heart Niagara, the Humane Society, Out of the Cold, the United Way, Niagara Falls Hydro, Industry Lights, the Board of Museums, the YMCA have benefited from Joyce’s untiring efforts. She is also a Rotarian with the Sunrise Rotary Club. The many awards presented to Joyce Morocco attest to her love of Niagara and her pride in the community she continues to serve. For her work on the Niagara-on-the-Lake Peach Celebration Committee, she received the Award of Merit, citing her “outstanding contribution to the long-term success and vitality of the Ontario Tender Fruit Industry.” Joyce was volunteer of the Year in 2000, presented by Festivals and Events Niagara, representing over fifty festivals and events throughout the Niagara Region. In 1999, Taste of Niagara made her volunteer of the Year. This year Joyce received a Membership Service Award in recognition of ten years of faithful service to the Association of Municipal Clerks and Treasurers of Ontario. Vince Kerrio Sr, a former provincial Cabinet Minister, praises Joyce. “Her involvement in the community has been absolutely incredible. The work she has done, all that she has been able to do for us, makes her the right person to represent us in Ottawa. There shouldn’t be any question that she is the best and I know Joyce has all the necessary qualities to work hard on our behalf in Ottawa.”

[edit] Niagara West—Glanbrook

Heather Carter received a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Calgary in 1979. As manager of the Niagara College Business Development Centre, and in her 11 years with the college, Heather helped hundreds of businesses in the region with their start-up and operation. She is internationally recognized as a certified business counsellor and has acted as technical advisor to CIDA-sponsored projects in Egypt and South Africa.

Since the 2006 election, Carter has been a prominent liberal voice in the riding and is a strong proponent of Democracy Between Elections. Heather has taken the lead on a number initiatives focusing on education, poverty, family enterprise, labour market development and community service and has hosted community forums on issues of concern for the residents of the Niagara region.

Currently, she serves on several boards and organizations including: Niagara College Foundation, Niagara Training and Adjustment Board, The Hope Centre, Rotary Club of Fonthill, Niagara College Toastmasters, Honeymoon City Toastmasters, Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, and the Niagara West-Glanbrook Federal Liberal Riding Association.

[edit] 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 for mayor of the city in the 2003 election, placing fourth behind David Courtemanche, Paul Marleau and Colin Firth. In the 2006 election, she stood as a council candidate in Ward 5, losing to incumbent Ron Dupuis.

Portelance has also been a vice-president and president of the Francophone Association of Municipalities of Ontario.

[edit] External links

Louise Portelance's mayoral campaign website

[edit] Nipissing—Timiskaming

[edit] Northumberland—Quinte West

[edit] Oak Ridges—Markham

[edit] Oakville

[edit] Oshawa

[edit] Ottawa Centre

[edit] Ottawa—Orléans

[edit] Ottawa South

[edit] Ottawa—Vanier

[edit] Ottawa West—Nepean

[edit] Oxford

[edit] Parkdale—High Park

[edit] Parry Sound—Muskoka

[edit] Perth—Wellington

[edit] Peterborough

[edit] Pickering—Scarborough East

[edit] Prince Edward—Hastings

[edit] Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

[edit] Richmond Hill

[edit] St. Catharines

[edit] St. Paul's

[edit] Sarnia—Lambton

[edit] Sault Ste. Marie

[edit] Scarborough—Agincourt

[edit] Scarborough Centre

[edit] Scarborough—Guildwood

[edit] Scarborough—Rouge River

[edit] Scarborough Southwest

Michelle Simson.

[edit] Simcoe—Grey

[edit] Simcoe North

[edit] Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

[edit] Sudbury

Diane Marleau. Incumbent MP.

[edit] Thornhill

[edit] Thunder Bay—Rainy River

[edit] Thunder Bay—Superior North

[edit] Timmins—James Bay

[edit] Toronto Centre

[edit] Toronto—Danforth

[edit] Trinity—Spadina

[edit] Vaughan

[edit] Welland

[edit] Wellington—Halton Hills

[edit] Whitby—Oshawa

[edit] Willowdale

[edit] Windsor—Tecumseh

[edit] Windsor West

[edit] York Centre

[edit] York—Simcoe

[edit] York South—Weston

Alan Tonks. Incumbent MP.

[edit] York West

[edit] Manitoba - 14 seats

[edit] Brandon—Souris

[edit] Charleswood—St. James—Assiniboia

[edit] Churchill

[edit] Dauphin—Swan River—Marquette

[edit] Elmwood—Transcona

[edit] Kildonan—St. Paul

[edit] Portage—Lisgar

[edit] Provencher

[edit] Saint Boniface

[edit] Selkirk—Interlake

[edit] Winnipeg Centre

[edit] Winnipeg North

[edit] Winnipeg South

[edit] Winnipeg South Centre

[edit] Saskatchewan - 14 seats

[edit] Battlefords—Lloydminster

[edit] Blackstrap

[edit] Cypress Hills—Grasslands

[edit] Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River

[edit] Palliser

[edit] Prince Albert

[edit] Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre

[edit] Regina—Qu'Appelle

[edit] Saskatoon—Humboldt

[edit] Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar

[edit] Saskatoon—Wanuskewin

[edit] Souris—Moose Mountain

[edit] Wascana

[edit] Yorkton—Melville

[edit] Alberta - 28 seats

[edit] Calgary Centre

[edit] Calgary Centre-North

[edit] Calgary East

[edit] Calgary Northeast

[edit] Calgary—Nose Hill

[edit] Calgary Southeast

[edit] Calgary Southwest

[edit] Calgary West

[edit] Crowfoot

[edit] Edmonton Centre

[edit] Edmonton East

[edit] Edmonton—Leduc

[edit] Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont

[edit] Edmonton—St. Albert

[edit] Edmonton—Sherwood Park

[edit] Edmonton—Spruce Grove

[edit] Edmonton—Strathcona

[edit] Fort McMurray—Athabasca

[edit] Lethbridge

[edit] Macleod

[edit] Medicine Hat

[edit] Peace River

[edit] Red Deer

[edit] Vegreville—Wainwright

[edit] Westlock—St. Paul

[edit] Wetaskiwin

[edit] Wild Rose

[edit] Yellowhead

[edit] British Columbia - 36 seats

[edit] Abbotsford

[edit] British Columbia Southern Interior

[edit] Burnaby—Douglas

[edit] Burnaby—New Westminster

[edit] Cariboo—Prince George

[edit] Chilliwack—Fraser Canyon

[edit] Delta—Richmond East

[edit] Esquimalt—Juan de Fuca

[edit] Fleetwood—Port Kells

[edit] Kamloops—Thompson—Cariboo

Ken Sommerfeld

[edit] Kelowna—Lake Country

[edit] Kootenay—Columbia

[edit] Langley

[edit] Nanaimo—Alberni

[edit] Nanaimo—Cowichan

[edit] Newton—North Delta

[edit] New Westminster—Coquitlam

[edit] North Vancouver

[edit] Okanagan—Coquihalla

[edit] Okanagan—Shuswap

Buffy Baumbrough, Ph.D. is a city councillor in Vernon, British Columbia, elected in 2005. In March 2007, Baumbrough was nominated as the Liberal candidate in the riding of Okanagan-Shuswap. Born and raised in Vernon B.C., Baumbrough received her doctorate in soil biology from the University of British Columbia. She has traveled extensively, most recently working in East Africa. Baumbrough returned to B.C. from Africa in 2003, and started a nursery business on her family farm.

[edit] Richmond

Judy Higginbotham

[edit] Surrey North

Joyce Murray. Former MLA., Incumbent MP

[edit] Vancouver South

[edit] Victoria

[edit] West Vancouver—Sunshine Coast—Sea to Sky Country

[edit] Yukon - 1 seat

[edit] Yukon

[edit] Northwest Territories - 1 seat

[edit] Western Arctic

[edit] Nunavut - 1 seat

[edit] Nunavut

Kirt Ejesiak is a former city councillor and deputy mayor in Iqaluit, who was named principal secretary to Nunavut Premier Paul Okalik in 2003.

Liberal Party candidates, 40th Canadian federal election

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Contents

[edit] Newfoundland and Labrador - 7 seats

[edit] Avalon

[edit] Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor

[edit] Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte

[edit] Labrador

[edit] Random—Burin—St. George's

[edit] St. John's East

[edit] St. John's South—Mount Pearl

[edit] Prince Edward Island - 4 seats

[edit] Cardigan

[edit] Charlottetown

[edit] Egmont

[edit] Malpeque

[edit] Nova Scotia - 11 seats

[edit] Cape Breton—Canso

[edit] Central Nova

[edit] Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

[edit] Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

[edit] Halifax

[edit] Halifax West

[edit] Kings—Hants

[edit] Sackville—Eastern Shore

[edit] South Shore—St. Margaret's

[edit] Sydney—Victoria

[edit] West Nova

[edit] New Brunswick - 10 seats

[edit] Acadie—Bathurst

[edit] Beauséjour

[edit] Fredericton

[edit] Fundy Royal

[edit] Madawaska—Restigouche

[edit] Miramichi

[edit] Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

[edit] New Brunswick Southwest

[edit] Saint John

[edit] Tobique—Mactaquac

[edit] Quebec - 75 seats

[edit] Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

[edit] Abitibi—Témiscamingue

[edit] Ahuntsic

[edit] Alfred-Pellan

[edit] Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel

[edit] Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour

[edit] Beauce

[edit] Beauharnois—Salaberry

[edit] Beauport—Limoilou

[edit] Berthier—Maskinongé

[edit] Bourassa

[edit] Brome—Missisquoi

[edit] Brossard—La Prairie

[edit] Chambly—Borduas

[edit] Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles

[edit] Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

[edit] Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

[edit] Compton—Stanstead

[edit] Drummond

[edit] Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

[edit] Gatineau

[edit] Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

[edit] Hochelaga

[edit] Honoré-Mercier

[edit] Hull—Aylmer

[edit] Jeanne-Le Ber

[edit] Joliette

[edit] Jonquière—Alma

[edit] La Pointe-de-l'Île

[edit] Lac-Saint-Louis

[edit] LaSalle—Émard

[edit] Laurentides—Labelle

[edit] Laurier—Sainte-Marie

[edit] Laval

[edit] Laval—Les Îles

[edit] Lévis—Bellechasse

[edit] Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher

[edit] Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

[edit] Louis-Hébert

[edit] Louis-Saint-Laurent