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. 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]
, incumbent MP and Minister of National Defence[Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley]
Joel Bernard[Dartmouth—Cole Harbour]
Wanda WebberHalifax">Halifax (electoral district)">Halifax
Ted Larsen[Halifax West]
Rakesh Khosla[Kings—Hants]
Rosemary Segado[Sackville—Eastern Shore]
David K. Montgomery[South Shore—St. Margaret's]
, incumbent MP[Sydney—Victoria]
Kristen Rudderham[West Nova]
[New Brunswick] - 10 seats
[Acadie—Bathurst]
Jean-Guy DubéBeauséjour">Beauséjour (electoral district)">Beauséjour
, former provincial cabinet minister under Richard HatfieldFredericton">Fredericton (electoral district)">Fredericton
, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord[Fundy Royal]
- Incumbent MP[Madawaska—Restigouche]
former provincial cabinet minister under Richard HatfieldMiramichi">Miramichi (electoral district)">Miramichi
Tilly Gordon[Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe]
Daniel Allain, CEO of Downtown Moncton Centre-Ville.[New Brunswick Southwest]
- Incumbent MP and Minister of Veteran AffairsSaint John">Saint John (electoral district)">Saint John
, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord[Tobique—Mactaquac]
- Incumbent MP[Quebec] - 75 seats
[Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou]
Jean-Maurice MatteAbitibi
[Abitibi—Témiscamingue]
Pierre GrandmaitreAhuntsic">Ahuntsic (electoral district)">Ahuntsic
Jean PrécourtAlfred-Pellan">Alfred-Pellan (electoral district)">Alfred-Pellan
Alexandre Salameh[Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel]
Scott PearceBeauce">Beauce (electoral district)">Beauce
, incumbent MP.[Beauharnois—Salaberry]
Dominique Bellemare[Beauport—Limoilou]
Sylvie Boucher[Berthier—Maskinongé]
Marie-Claude GodueBourassa">Bourassa (electoral district)">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 GagnéDrummond">Drummond (electoral district)">Drummond
André KomlosyGaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine">Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine (electoral district)">Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine
Darryl GrayGatineau">Gatineau (electoral district)">Gatineau
Denis Tassé[Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia]
Jérôme LandryHochelaga">Hochelaga (electoral district)">Hochelaga
Luc LabbéHonoré-Mercier">Honoré-Mercier (electoral district)">Honoré-Mercier
Rodrigo Alfaro[Hull—Aylmer]
Paul FréchetteJeanne-Le Ber">Jeanne-Le Ber (electoral district)">Jeanne-Le Ber
Joliette">Joliette (electoral district)">Joliette
Sylvie Lavallée[Jonquière—Alma]
, incumbent MP and Minister of LabourLa Pointe-de-l'Île">La Pointe-de-l'Île (electoral district)">La Pointe-de-l'Île
Hubert PichetLac-Saint-Louis">Lac-Saint-Louis (electoral district)">Lac-Saint-Louis
Andrea Paine[LaSalle—Émard]
Béatrice Guay-Pepper[Laurentides—Labelle]
Guy Joncas[Laurier—Sainte-Marie]
Laval">Laval (electoral district)">Laval
Jean-Pierre Bélisle[Laval—Les Îles]
Agop Evereklian[Lévis—Bellechasse]
Steven Blaney[Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher]
Jacques Bouchard[Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière]
Jacques GourdeLouis-Hébert">Louis-Hébert (electoral district)">Louis-Hébert
Luc HarveyLouis-Saint-Laurent">Louis-Saint-Laurent (electoral district)">Louis-Saint-Laurent
Josée VernerManicouagan">Manicouagan (electoral district)">Manicouagan
Pierre BretonMarc-Aurèle-Fortin">Marc-Aurèle-Fortin (electoral district)">Marc-Aurèle-Fortin
Claude Moreau[Mégantic—L'Érable]
Christian ParadisMontcalm">Montcalm (electoral district)">Montcalm
Claude Marc Boudreau[Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup]
Denis Laflamme[Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord]
Guy-Léonard TremblayMount Royal">Mount Royal (electoral district)">Mount Royal
Rafael Tzoubari[Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine]
Carmine PontilloPapineau">Papineau (electoral district)">Papineau
Mustague Sarker[Pierrefonds—Dollard]
Pierre-Olivier BrunellePontiac">Pontiac (electoral district)">Pontiac
, incumbent MP.Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier">Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier">Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier
No CandidateQuébec">Québec (electoral district)">Québec
Myriam TaschereauRepentigny">Repentigny (electoral district)">Repentigny
Bruno Royer[Richmond—Arthabaska]
Éric Lefebvre[Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques]
Gaston NoëlRivière-des-Mille-Îles">Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)">Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Claude CarignanRivière-du-Nord">Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district)">Rivière-du-Nord
Gilles Duguay[Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean]
Denis LebelRosemont—La Petite-Patrie">Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie (electoral district)">Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Sylvie Boulianne[Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert]
Nicole Charbonneau Barron[Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot]
René VinceletteSaint-Jean">Saint-Jean (electoral district)">Saint-Jean
Marie-Josée MercierSaint-Lambert">Saint-Lambert (electoral district)">Saint-Lambert
Patrick Clune[Saint-Laurent—Cartierville]
Dennis Galiatsatos[Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel]
Lucie Le Tourneau[Saint-Maurice—Champlain]
Stéphane RoofSherbrooke">Sherbrooke (electoral district)">Sherbrooke
André Bachand[Terrebonne—Blainville]
Daniel LebelTrois-Rivières">Trois-Rivières (electoral district)">Trois-Rivières
Claude Durand[Vaudreuil—Soulanges]
, 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 SweetBarrie">Barrie (electoral district)">Barrie
Patrick Brown[Beaches—East York]
Caroline Alleslev[Bramalea—Gore—Malton]
Stella Ambler[Brampton—Springdale]
[Brampton West]
Kyle SeebackBrant">Brant (electoral district)">Brant
Phil McColeman[Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound]
Larry MillerBurlington">Burlington (electoral district)">Burlington
Mike WallaceCambridge">Cambridge (electoral district)">Cambridge
Gary Goodyear[Carleton—Mississippi Mills]
, incumbent MP and Minister of National Revenue.[Chatham-Kent—Essex]
Dave Van KesterenDavenport">Davenport (electoral district)">Davenport
Theresa Rodriguez[Don Valley East]
Eugene McDermott[Don Valley West]
John Carmichael[Dufferin—Caledon]
David TilsonDurham">Durham (electoral district)">Durham
, incumbent MP.[Eglinton—Lawrence]
Joe Oliver[Elgin—Middlesex—London]
Joe PrestonEssex">Essex (electoral district)">Essex
Jeff WatsonEtobicoke Centre">Etobicoke Centre (electoral district)">Etobicoke Centre
Axel Kuhn[Etobicoke—Lakeshore]
Patrick Boyer[Etobicoke North]
Bob Saroya[Glengarry—Prescott—Russell]
Pierre LemieuxGuelph">Guelph (electoral district)">Guelph
Gloria Kovach[Haldimand—Norfolk]
, incumbent MP and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.[Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock]
Barry DevolinHalton">Halton (electoral district)">Halton
Lisa Raitt is the president and chief executive officer of the Toronto Port Authority, a Canadian federal corporation that manages commerce, transportation 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.[Hamilton Centre]
Leon O'Connor[Hamilton East—Stoney Creek]
Frank RukavinaHamilton Mountain">Hamilton Mountain (electoral district)">Hamilton Mountain
Terry Anderson[Huron—Bruce]
Ben LobbKenora">Kenora (electoral district)">Kenora
Greg Rickford[Kingston and the Islands]
Brian Abrams[Kitchener Centre]
Stephen Bonner[Kitchener—Conestoga]
Harold AlbrechtKitchener—Waterloo">Kitchener—Waterloo (electoral district)">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]
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]
, incumbent MP.[Nepean—Carleton]
Pierre Poilievre[Newmarket—Aurora]
Lois BrownNiagara Falls">Niagara Falls (electoral district)">Niagara Falls
, incumbent MP and Minister of Justice.[Niagara West—Glanbrook]
, incumbent MP.Nickel Belt">Nickel Belt (electoral district)">Nickel Belt
Ian McCracken[Nipissing—Timiskaming]
Joe Sinicrope[Northumberland—Quinte West]
Rick Norlock[Oak Ridges—Markham]
Paul CalandraOakville">Oakville (electoral district)">Oakville
Terence YoungOshawa">Oshawa (electoral district)">Oshawa
Colin Carrie[Ottawa Centre]
Brian McGarry[Ottawa—Orléans]
Royal Galipeau[Ottawa South]
Elie Salibi[Ottawa—Vanier]
Patrick Glémaud[Ottawa West—Nepean]
, incumbent MP and Minister of the Environment.Oxford">Oxford (electoral district)">Oxford
Dave MacKenzie[Parkdale—High Park]
Jilian Saweczko[Parry Sound—Muskoka]
, incumbent MP and Minister of Health.[Perth—Wellington]
, incumbent MPPeterborough">Peterborough (electoral district)">Peterborough
, incumbent MP[Pickering—Scarborough East]
George Khouri[Prince Edward—Hastings]
, incumbent MP[Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke]
, incumbent MP.Richmond Hill">Richmond Hill (electoral district)">Richmond Hill
St. Catharines">St. Catharines (electoral district)">St. Catharines
, incumbent MPSt. Paul's">St. Paul's (electoral district)">St. Paul's
Heather Jewell[Sarnia—Lambton]
, incumbent MPSault Ste. Marie">Sault Ste. Marie (electoral district)">Sault Ste. Marie
Cameron Ross[Scarborough—Agincourt]
Benson LauScarborough Centre">Scarborough Centre (electoral district)">Scarborough Centre
Roxanne James[Scarborough—Guildwood]
Chuck Konkel[Scarborough—Rouge River]
Jerry Bance[Scarborough Southwest]
Greg Crompton[Simcoe—Grey]
, incumbent MP[Simcoe North]
, incumbent MP[Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry]
Guy LauzonSudbury">Sudbury (electoral district)">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, finishing third against New Democratic Party candidate Glenn Thibeault. He has said that he will probably run for Conservatives again.