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.

[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">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]

Gerald Keddy, incumbent MP

[Sydney—Victoria]

Kristen Rudderham

[West Nova]

Greg Kerr

[New Brunswick] - 10 seats

[Acadie—Bathurst]

Jean-Guy Dubé

Beauséjour">Beauséjour (electoral district)">Beauséjour

Omer Léger, former provincial cabinet minister under Richard Hatfield

Fredericton">Fredericton (federal electoral district)">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">Miramichi (electoral district)">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">Saint John (electoral district)">Saint John

Rodney Weston, former provincial cabinet minister under Bernard Lord

[Tobique—Mactaquac]

Mike Allen - 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

Maxime Bernier, 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

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

Sylvie Lavallée

[Jonquière—Alma]

Jean-Pierre Blackburn, 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

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

Lawrence Cannon, 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

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">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

Parm Gill

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]

Gordon O'Connor, 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

Bev Oda, 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]

Diane Finley, 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

Hamilton Mountain">Hamilton Mountain (federal electoral district)">Hamilton Mountain

Terry Anderson

Huron—Bruce">Huron—Bruce (federal electoral district)">Huron—Bruce

Ben Lobb

Kenora">Kenora (federal electoral district)">Kenora

Greg Rickford

Kingston and the Islands">Kingston and the Islands (federal electoral district)">Kingston and the Islands

Brian Abrams

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

Stephen Bonner

Kitchener—Conestoga">Kitchener—Conestoga (federal electoral district)">Kitchener—Conestoga

Harold Albrecht

Kitchener—Waterloo">Kitchener—Waterloo (electoral district)">Kitchener—Waterloo

Peter Braid

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex">Lambton—Kent—Middlesex (federal electoral district)">Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Bev Shipley

Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington">Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington (federal electoral district)">Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

Scott Reid

[Leeds—Grenville]

Gord Brown

London—Fanshawe">London—Fanshawe (federal electoral district)">London—Fanshawe

Mary Lou Ambrogio

London North Centre">London North Centre (federal electoral district)">London North Centre

Paul Van Meerbergen

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

Ed Holder

Markham—Unionville">Markham—Unionville (federal electoral district)">Markham—Unionville

Duncan Fletcher

[Mississauga—Brampton South]

Salma Ataullahjan is a current Canadian Senator appointed on July 9, 2010.

Mississauga East—Cooksville">Mississauga East—Cooksville (federal electoral district)">Mississauga East—Cooksville

Melissa Bhagat

[Mississauga—Erindale]

Bob Dechert

[Mississauga South]

Hugh Arrison

Mississauga—Streetsville">Mississauga—Streetsville (federal electoral district)">Mississauga—Streetsville

Wajid Khan, incumbent MP.

Nepean—Carleton">Nepean—Carleton (federal electoral district)">Nepean—Carleton

Pierre Poilievre

Newmarket—Aurora">Newmarket—Aurora (federal electoral district)">Newmarket—Aurora

Lois Brown

Niagara Falls">Niagara Falls (federal electoral district)">Niagara Falls

Rob Nicholson, incumbent MP and Minister of Justice.

[Niagara West—Glanbrook]

Dean Allison, incumbent MP.

Nickel Belt">Nickel Belt (electoral district)">Nickel Belt

Ian McCracken

[Nipissing—Timiskaming]

Joe Sinicrope

Northumberland—Quinte West">Northumberland—Quinte West (federal electoral district)">Northumberland—Quinte West

Rick Norlock

Oak Ridges—Markham">Oak Ridges—Markham (federal electoral district)">Oak Ridges—Markham

Paul Calandra

Oakville">Oakville (federal electoral district)">Oakville

Terence Young

Oshawa">Oshawa (federal electoral district)">Oshawa

Colin Carrie

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

Brian McGarry

[Ottawa—Orléans]

Royal Galipeau

[Ottawa South]

Elie Salibi

Ottawa—Vanier">Ottawa—Vanier (federal electoral district)">Ottawa—Vanier

Patrick Glémaud

[Ottawa West—Nepean]

John Baird, incumbent MP and Minister of the Environment.

Oxford">Oxford (federal electoral district)">Oxford

Dave MacKenzie

Parkdale—High Park">Parkdale—High Park (federal electoral district)">Parkdale—High Park

Jilian Saweczko

Parry Sound-Muskoka">Parry Sound—Muskoka (federal electoral district)">Parry Sound-Muskoka

Tony Clement, incumbent MP and Minister of Health.

Perth Wellington">Perth—Wellington (federal electoral district)">Perth Wellington

Gary Schellenberger, incumbent MP

Peterborough">Peterborough (electoral district)">Peterborough

Dean Del Mastro, incumbent MP

Pickering—Scarborough East">Pickering—Scarborough East (federal electoral district)">Pickering—Scarborough East

George Khouri

Prince Edward—Hastings">Prince Edward—Hastings (federal electoral district)">Prince Edward—Hastings

Daryl Kramp, incumbent MP

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke">Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke (federal electoral district)">Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Cheryl Gallant, incumbent MP.

Richmond Hill">Richmond Hill (federal electoral district)">Richmond Hill

Chungsen Leung

St. Catharines">St. Catharines (federal electoral district)">St. Catharines

Rick Dykstra, incumbent MP

St. Paul's">St. Paul's (electoral district)">St. Paul's

Heather Jewell

Sarnia—Lambton">Sarnia—Lambton (federal electoral district)">Sarnia—Lambton

Pat Davidson, incumbent MP

Sault Ste. Marie">Sault Ste. Marie (federal electoral district)">Sault Ste. Marie

Cameron Ross

Scarborough—Agincourt">Scarborough—Agincourt (federal electoral district)">Scarborough—Agincourt

Benson Lau

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

Roxanne James

Scarborough-Guildwood">Scarborough—Guildwood (federal electoral district)">Scarborough-Guildwood

Chuck Konkel

Scarborough—Rouge River">Scarborough—Rouge River (federal electoral district)">Scarborough—Rouge River

Jerry Bance

Scarborough Southwest">Scarborough Southwest (federal electoral district)">Scarborough Southwest

Greg Crompton

Simcoe—Grey">Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)">Simcoe—Grey

Helena Guergis, incumbent MP

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

Bruce Stanton, incumbent MP

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry">Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry (federal electoral district)">Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Guy Lauzon

Sudbury">Sudbury (federal 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.