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 Webber

Halifax">Halifax (federal 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 Dubé

Beauséjour">Beauséjour (electoral district)">Beauséjour

, former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield

Fredericton">Fredericton (federal electoral district)">Fredericton

, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord

[Fundy Royal]

- Incumbent MP

[Madawaska—Restigouche]

former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield

Miramichi">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 Affairs

Saint 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 Matte
Abitibi

Abitibi—Témiscamingue">Abitibi—Témiscamingue (electoral district)">Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Pierre Grandmaitre

Ahuntsic">Ahuntsic (federal electoral district)">Ahuntsic

Jean Précourt

Alfred-Pellan">Alfred-Pellan (electoral district)">Alfred-Pellan

Alexandre Salameh

[Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel]

Scott Pearce

Beauce">Beauce (electoral district)">Beauce

, incumbent MP.

[Beauharnois—Salaberry]

Dominique Bellemare

[Beauport—Limoilou]

Sylvie Boucher

[Berthier—Maskinongé]

Marie-Claude Godue

Bourassa">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 Gagné

Drummond">Drummond (federal electoral district)">Drummond

André Komlosy

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine">Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine (electoral district)">Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Darryl Gray

Gatineau">Gatineau (federal electoral district)">Gatineau

Denis Tassé

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

Jérôme Landry

Hochelaga">Hochelaga (electoral district)">Hochelaga

Luc Labbé

Honoré-Mercier">Honoré-Mercier (electoral district)">Honoré-Mercier

Rodrigo Alfaro

[Hull—Aylmer]

Paul Fréchette

Jeanne-Le Ber">Jeanne-Le Ber (electoral district)">Jeanne-Le Ber

Joliette">Joliette (federal electoral district)">Joliette

Sylvie Lavallée

[Jonquière—Alma]

, incumbent MP and Minister of Labour

La Pointe-de-l'Île">La Pointe-de-l'Île (electoral district)">La Pointe-de-l'Île

Hubert Pichet

Lac-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 (federal 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 Gourde

Louis-Hébert">Louis-Hébert (federal electoral district)">Louis-Hébert

Luc Harvey

Louis-Saint-Laurent">Louis-Saint-Laurent (electoral district)">Louis-Saint-Laurent

Josée Verner

Manicouagan">Manicouagan (electoral district)">Manicouagan

Pierre Breton

Marc-Aurèle-Fortin">Marc-Aurèle-Fortin (electoral district)">Marc-Aurèle-Fortin

Claude Moreau

[Mégantic—L'Érable]

Christian Paradis

Montcalm">Montcalm (federal electoral district)">Montcalm

Claude Marc Boudreau

[Montmagny—L'Islet—Kamouraska—Rivière-du-Loup]

Denis Laflamme

[Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord]

Guy-Léonard Tremblay

Mount Royal">Mount Royal (electoral district)">Mount Royal

Rafael Tzoubari

[Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine]

Carmine Pontillo

Papineau">Papineau (electoral district)">Papineau

Mustague Sarker

[Pierrefonds—Dollard]

Pierre-Olivier Brunelle

Pontiac">Pontiac (federal electoral district)">Pontiac

, incumbent MP.

Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier">Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier">Portneuf-Jacques-Cartier

No Candidate

Québec">Québec (electoral district)">Québec

Myriam Taschereau

Repentigny">Repentigny (federal electoral district)">Repentigny

Bruno Royer

[Richmond—Arthabaska]

Éric Lefebvre

[Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques]

Gaston Noël

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles">Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)">Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Claude Carignan

Rivière-du-Nord">Rivière-du-Nord (electoral district)">Rivière-du-Nord

Gilles Duguay

[Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean]

Denis Lebel

Rosemont—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 Vincelette

Saint-Jean">Saint-Jean (federal electoral district)">Saint-Jean

Marie-Josée Mercier

Saint-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 Roof

Sherbrooke">Sherbrooke (federal electoral district)">Sherbrooke

André Bachand

[Terrebonne—Blainville]

Daniel Lebel

Trois-Rivières">Trois-Rivières (electoral district)">Trois-Rivières

Claude Durand

Vaudreuil—Soulanges">Vaudreuil—Soulanges (federal electoral district)">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">Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing (federal electoral district)">Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing

Dianne Musgrove

Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale">Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale (federal electoral district)">Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale

David Sweet

Barrie">Barrie (federal electoral district)">Barrie

Patrick Brown

Beaches—East York">Beaches—East York (federal electoral district)">Beaches—East York

Caroline Alleslev

Bramalea—Gore—Malton">Bramalea—Gore—Malton (federal electoral district)">Bramalea—Gore—Malton

Stella Ambler

Brampton—Springdale">Brampton—Springdale (federal electoral district)">Brampton—Springdale

Brampton West">Brampton West (federal electoral district)">Brampton West

Kyle Seeback

Brant">Brant (electoral district)">Brant

Phil McColeman

[Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound]

Larry Miller

Burlington">Burlington (federal electoral district)">Burlington

Mike Wallace

Cambridge">Cambridge (federal electoral district)">Cambridge

Gary Goodyear

[Carleton—Mississippi Mills]

, incumbent MP and Minister of National Revenue.

Chatham-Kent—Essex">Chatham-Kent—Essex (federal electoral district)">Chatham-Kent—Essex

Dave Van Kesteren

Davenport">Davenport (federal electoral district)">Davenport

Theresa Rodriguez

Don Valley East">Don Valley East (federal electoral district)">Don Valley East

Eugene McDermott

Don Valley West">Don Valley West (federal electoral district)">Don Valley West

John Carmichael

[Dufferin—Caledon]

David Tilson

Durham">Durham (electoral district)">Durham

, incumbent MP.

Eglinton—Lawrence">Eglinton—Lawrence (federal electoral district)">Eglinton—Lawrence

Joe Oliver

Elgin—Middlesex—London">Elgin—Middlesex—London (federal electoral district)">Elgin—Middlesex—London

Joe Preston

Essex">Essex (federal electoral district)">Essex

Jeff Watson

Etobicoke Centre">Etobicoke Centre (federal electoral district)">Etobicoke Centre

Axel Kuhn

Etobicoke—Lakeshore">Etobicoke—Lakeshore (federal electoral district)">Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Patrick Boyer

Etobicoke North">Etobicoke North (federal electoral district)">Etobicoke North

Bob Saroya

Glengarry—Prescott—Russell">Glengarry—Prescott—Russell (federal electoral district)">Glengarry—Prescott—Russell

Pierre Lemieux

Guelph">Guelph (federal electoral district)">Guelph

Gloria Kovach

[Haldimand—Norfolk]

, incumbent MP and Minister of Citizenship and Immigration.

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock">Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock (federal electoral district)">Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

Barry Devolin

Halton">Halton (federal 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">Hamilton Centre (federal electoral district)">Hamilton Centre

Leon O'Connor

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek">Hamilton East—Stoney Creek (federal electoral district)">Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Frank Rukavina