2004 Canadian federal election
A Canadian federal election, also known as a general election, will most likely be held in early 2004. The exact date is up to the Prime Minister; issues such as the inquiry into the sponsorship scandal may delay the call.
Canadian voters will elect a new House of Commons (the lower house of Parliament). If the currently governing Liberal Party of Canada wins neither a majority nor a plurality, the prime minister may resign and the Governor General would then invite the leader of a different party to form a new government. The Prime Minister may also continue governing as a minority government or seek an alliance with another party.
All the major national parties will run under different leaders in this next election than the last, held in 2000. This election will also mark the debut of the new Conservative Party of Canada, which will choose a new leader in March.
Until the sponsorship scandal, most pundits were predicting that new Prime Minister Paul Martin would lead the Liberals to a fourth majority government, possibly setting a record for number of seats won. However, polls released immediately after it broke out showed Liberal support down as much as 10% nationwide, with greater declines in its heartland of Quebec and Ontario.
Opposition parties
In the final months of 2003, the New Democrats, the Progressive Conservatives and the Canadian Alliance were running a distant second, third and fourth, respectively, in public opinion polls.
Many pundits predicted that the combination of the popular and fiscally conservative Martin, along with continued vote-splitting on the right, could lead to the almost total annihilation of the Progressive Conservatives and Canadian Alliance. This fear has prompted those two parties to form a united Conservative Party of Canada, which was approved by the Canadian Alliance on December 5, 2003 and by the Progressive Conservatives on December 6, 2003.
The new Conservative Party has pulled ahead of the NDP in the most recent polls, although its support has been well below the combined support that the Progressive Conservatives and the Alliance had as separate parties.
Prior to the announcement of the union of the right-of-centre parties, some were predicting an NDP official opposition. A new leader (Jack Layton) and clear social democratic policies may allow the NDP to make breakthroughs in all regions of the country.
The Bloc Québécois (BQ) continued to slide in the polls in 2003 after the election of the strongly federalist Quebec Liberal Party under Jean Charest and during the long run-up to Paul Martin becoming leader of the federal Liberals. Support for sovereignty also continued to slide. However the Charest government rapidly became quite unpopular, and this, combined with the federal sponsorship scandal, led to a strong resurgence of the BQ, which moved well ahead of the federal Liberals in the polls in February 2004.
Timeline
- March 10 - Sheila Copps accuses the PMO and Tony Valeri's campaign team of using fraudulent tactics to prevent her supporters from voting and to cause their ballots to be ignored. Monia Mazigh announces her intention to seek the NDP nomination in Ottawa South; the NDP had championed the cause of her husband Maher Arar after the US deported him to Syria despite his Canadian citizenship.
- March 9 - Tory leadership hopeful Belinda Stronach wins her party's nomination in Newmarket-Aurora, Ontario.
- March 8 - Former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna announces he is prepared to run if a suitable riding becomes available; Connie Fogal is acclaimed as the new leader of the Canadian Action Party.
- March 7 - Carolyn Parrish, MP defeats fellow MP and former cabinet minister Steve Mahoney for the redistricted riding Mississauga--Erindale.
- March 6 - Tony Valeri defeats Sheila Copps in a battle for the Liberal Party of Canada nomination in Hamilton East--Stoney Creek. This battle, brought on by the 2004 redistricting of Canadian ridings, had been seen as an attempt by forces loyal to Prime Minister Paul Martin to push Copps out of politics. Copps is now considering running as an independent; Brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, David McGuinty is chosen over Ottawa city councillor Diane Deans to become the Liberal candidate in the riding of Ottawa South.
- February 20 - Former Ontario Progressive Conservative Party member and Speaker of the Ontario legislature Gary Carr announces his intention to seek the Liberal nomination in Halton riding.
- February 17 - John Bryden, MP for Ancaster-Dundas-Flamborough-Aldershot, announces that he is leaving the Liberals to sit as an independent. He will later join the Conservative Party of Canada.
- February 16 - Saint John Conservative MP Elsie Wayne announces she will not run again.
- February 13 - Former cabinet minister Jane Stewart announces she will not run again.
- February 10 - The Auditor General releases her report, launching the sponsorship scandal; Paul Martin calls for a public inquiry, which may eventually delay the election date.
- February 6 - New Brunswick MP John Herron, currently sitting as an Independent Progressive Conservative, announces he will seek the Liberal nomination for his riding of Fundy in the 2004 election; Bloc co-founder Jean Lapierre announces he will seek the Liberal nomination in Cauchon's former riding of Outremont.
- February 5 - Former cabinet ministers Martin Cauchon and Bob Nault indicate they will not run again.
- February 2 - The first session of Parliament with Paul Martin as Prime Minister opens with the speech from the throne delivered by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson.
- January 23 - The Natural Law Party of Canada de-registers with Elections Canada.
- January 20 - Belinda Stronach announces that she will be running to become the leader of the new Conservative Party of Canada.
- January 20 - Ed Broadbent wins the NDP nomination for the riding of Ottawa Centre. He will be running against Paul Martin loyalist Richard Mahoney.
- January 14 - Vancouver Island MP Dr. Keith Martin resigns from the Conservative Party to sit as an Independent and announces he will seek the Liberal nomination for his riding of Equimalt--Juan de Fuca. Former Deputy Prime Minister Sheila Copps indicates that she may consider running for the NDP if she does not win the Liberal nomination battle in her riding.
- Quebec MP André Bachand, elected as a Progressive Conservative, confirms he will sit as an Independent and not run again.
- January 9 - The new Conservative Party of Canada announces its new caucus officers, dividing the positions equally between the former Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservative caucuses. Grant Hill is the new interim Leader of the Opposition in the House of Commons until the party's leadership race in March.
- December 18 - Former NDP leader Ed Broadbent announces he will be running in the riding of Ottawa Centre for the NDP in the upcoming election.
- December 12 - Paul Martin, Jr. is sworn in as Canada's 21st Prime Minister, along with his cabinet. Notable Ministers include Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan in Domestic Security, Ralph Goodale in Finance, Pierre Pettigrew in Health and Intergovernmental Affairs, Lucienne Robillard in Industry, Irwin Cotler in Justice, Bill Graham in Foreign Affairs and David Pratt in Defence. Jean Chrétien, who had is last day as Prime Minister of Canada, resigned his seat in the Canadian House of Commons.
- December 11 - Former Agriculture Minister Lyle Vanclief announced he would not be running in the 2004 election.
- December 10 - Scott Brison, Progressive Conservative MP, crosses the floor, and sits with the Liberal Party of Canada. Brison is the fourth PC MP, out of an original caucus of 15, to decide not to sit with the new Conservative Party of Canada.
- December 9 - Canadian Senators Lowell Murray, and Norman Atkins are the first two senators to decide not join the new Conservative Party of Canada, choosing to remain in the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada if the Speaker will let them. Also on December 9, Liberal leadership runner-up Sheila Copps refuses Prime Minister-designate Paul Martin's patronage appointment proposal for Copps. She will have to fight to retain her riding, as Canada's ridings have been redrawn, and she now shares it with MP Tony Valeri.
- December 8 - The Conservative Party of Canada is officially registered with Elections Canada. The party's first interim leader is Senator John Lynch-Staunton, with a formal leadership race scheduled for March 2004. Three Progressive Conservative MPs (Joe Clark, John Herron and André Bachand) announce that they will not sit as members of the new party, but will serve out their terms as Independent Progressive Conservatives.
- December 6 - The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada votes with a 90% majority in favour of merging with the Canadian Alliance.
- December 5 - The Canadian Alliance votes with a 96% majority in favour of merging with the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada.
- December 3 - Member of Parliament Robert Lanctôt announced he was quitting the Bloc Québécois and joining the Liberal Party of Canada saying to the press: "After dreaming about sovereignty for 40 years, I said to myself that dreaming is fine, but at a certain point you have to wake up." Also on December 3, Natural Resources Minister Herb Dhaliwal stated that he was not going to seek re-election.
- November 28 - Liberal Party of Canada member John Manley announces his retirement from politics.
- November 27 - Canadian Alliance Party leader Stephen Harper fires Alliance Member of Parliament Larry Spencer as Family Values Critic after his anti-gay remarks.
- November 14 - Paul Martin officially becomes leader of the Liberal Party of Canada winning 3242 of 3455 votes against Sheila Copps.
- October 15 - It was announced that the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party would plan to unite to form a new party called the Conservative Party of Canada.
- September 9 - Ottawa Centre MP Mac Harb was called to the Senate of Canada leaving the seat vacant until the 2004 election. Ottawa lawyer Richard Mahoney will be the Liberals' representative for the riding in the up coming election.
- June 16 - The Bloc Québécois lose two more seats, this time in by-elections as the Liberal Party of Canada's Christian Jobin replaces the out-going BQ Antoine Dubé in Lévis–Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, and the Liberals' Gilbert Barrette replaces the out-going BQ Pierre Brien in Témiscamingue.
- May 31 - Peter MacKay wins the Progressive Conservative leadership after forming a deal with leadership candidate David Orchard. MacKay promised a review of the NAFTA free trade agreement, and also promised that no deal on electoral cooperation would be made with the Canadian Alliance, a promise he would later break.
- May 12 - The Liberal Party of Canada loses another seat through by-elections, this time to the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada as Gary Schellenberger replaces John Alexander Richardson in the riding of Perth--Middlesex.
- February 14 - Jim Harris is elected as the new leader of the Green Party of Canada.
- February 5 - Pierrette Venne was suspended from the caucus of the Bloc Québécois, and on February 6 she would sit as an Independent member of the Bloc.
- January 25 - Jack Layton is elected leader of the NDP at the party's convention in Toronto. Layton won on the first ballot, with 53.5% of the vote.
- December 9 - The Bloc Québécois is able to hold on to two seats in by-elections electing Roger Gaudet in Berthier--Montcalm, replacing Michel Bellehumeur, and electing Sébastien Gagnon in Lac-Saint-Jean--Saguenay, replacing Stéphane Tremblay. Despite winning both elections, these elections were very close, especially since in the 2000 election these seats were won by 15 000 and 14 000 votes respectively.
- August 21 - Prime Minister Jean Chrétien tells Canadians he will step down in February, 2004.
- June 2, 2002- Paul Martin resigns as Finance Minister of Canada. John Manley is named to replace him.
- May 13 - In seven by-elections across the country, the Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected in two ridings in Quebec, one in Newfoundland and Labrador, and one in Manitoba while they lost one to the NDP in Windsor West, where Brian Masse was elected, and one to the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada, when Rex Barnes was elected. The leader of the Canadian Alliance, Stephen Harper won easily in Calgary Southwest replacing out-going former Reform Party of Canada leader Preston Manning.
Upcoming events
- March 21, 2004- The new Conservative Party of Canada is expected to elect a new leader.
Leadership races of 2003 and 2004
- 2004 Conservative Party of Canada leadership race
- 2003 Liberal Party of Canada leadership race
- 2003 PC Party of Canada leadership race
- 2003 New Democratic Party leadership race
Recent poll numbers
- Last Ipsos-Reid poll (02/03/04-07/03/04): Liberal 38%, Conservative 26%, NDP 17%, BQ 12%, Green 4%
- Last Ekos poll (23/02/04-25/02/04): Liberal 42%, Conservative 32%, NDP 15%, BQ 9%
- Last Compas poll (14/02/04): Liberal 44%, Conservative 26%, NDP 19%, BQ 9%
- Last SES Research poll (02/02/04): Liberal 48%, Conservative 23%, NDP 15%, BQ 11%
- Last Ipsos-Reid poll (17/02/04): Liberal 35%, Conservative 27%, NDP 17%, BQ 11%
- Last Ekos poll (21/12/03): Liberal 56%, Conservative 25%, NDP 12%, BQ 9%
- Last SOM poll (02/12/03): Liberal 58%, NDP 18%, Conservative 13%, BQ 9%
- Last Leger poll (09/06/03): Liberal 55%, PC 14%, CA 12%, NDP 10%, BQ 8%
Source: http://www.canadawebpages.com/pc-polls.asp
2004 federal representation
Due to the 2001 census, Canada's 301 electoral districts will increase to 308. Boundary changes will take effect across the country to even out population redistribution, and seven new districts will be formed. Each province has a minimum amount of seats, and therefore it is rare for a province to lose seats in a redistribution. These changes still need to be passed by the House of Commons (as of December 12, 2003); they are expected to take effect in April 2004.
- Changes since last representation
- Ontario +3
- Alberta +2
- British Columbia +2
- Average population per seat (seats in 2004)
- Newfoundland and Labrador: 73,276 (7)
- Prince Edward Island: 33,824 (4)
- Nova Scotia: 82,546 (11)
- New Brunswick: 72,950 (10)
- Quebec: 96,500 (75)
- Ontario: 107,642 (106)
- Manitoba: 79,970 (14)
- Saskatchewan: 69,924 (14)
- Alberta: 106,243 (28)
- British Columbia: 108,548 (36)
- Nunavut: 26,745 (1)
- Northwest Territories: 37,360 (1)
- Yukon: 28,675 (1)
Current distribution
Party | Party Leader | Seats | Popular Vote | ||
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Before | After | # | % | ||
Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 33 | |||
Canadian Action Party | Connie Fogal | 0 | |||
Communist Party of Canada | Miguel Figueroa | 0 | |||
Conservative Party of Canada | John Lynch-Staunton (interim) | 73 | |||
Green Party of Canada | Jim Harris | 0 | |||
Liberal Party of Canada | Paul Martin | 169 | |||
Marijuana Party | Marc-Boris St-Maurice | 0 | |||
Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada | Sandra L. Smith | 0 | |||
New Democratic Party | Jack Layton | 14 | |||
Independent | 9 | ||||
Vacant | 3 | 308 | |||
301 | |||||
The parties below have not yet been granted full recognition by Elections Canada | |||||
Absolutely Absurd Party | Jan Jagiellowicz | ||||
Christian Heritage Party | Ronald O. Gray | ||||
National Alternative Party | Gilles Lavoie | ||||
The Ontario Party of Canada | George E. Burns | ||||
Source: http://www.elections.ca | |||||
Other elections: 1988 1993 1997 2000 2004 Canadian federal elections |
Province-by-Province results. Seats and Popular Vote. (contains current seats in parliament)
Party Name | BC | AB | SK | MB | ON | QC | NB | NS | PE | NL | NU | NT | YK | Total | |
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Liberal Party | Seats: | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 95 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 169 |
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Conservative Party | Seats: | 25 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 73 | |||||
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Bloc Québécois | Seats: | 33 | 33 | ||||||||||||
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New Democratic Party | Seats: | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | |||||||
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Other | Seats: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | ||||||||
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Note: Parties that capture less than 1% of the vote in a province are not recorded. Parties that capture more than 1% in a province, but less than 1% nationally, do not have national numbers.
Seat by seat breakdown
Cabinet Ministers and Party Leaders are denoted in bold
Candidates not yet officially nominated are denoted in italics.
Incumbents are indicated with † if they are current candidates; otherwise they are listed in a separate column.
Newfoundland and Labrador | Candidates | Notes | ||||
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Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Avalon | John Efford† | |||||
Bonavista--Exploits | Rex Barnes† (tbd Mar 24) | |||||
Humber--St. Barbe--Baie Verte | Gerry Byrne† | |||||
Labrador | Lawrence O'Brien† | |||||
Random--Burin--St. George's | Bill Matthews† | |||||
St. John's North | Norman E. Doyle† | |||||
St. John's South | Siobhan Coady | Loyola Hearn† | ||||
Prince Edward Island | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Cardigan | Lawrence MacAuley† | (tbd Apr 3) | ||||
Charlottetown | Shawn Murphy† | |||||
Egmont | Joe McGuire† | |||||
Malpeque | Wayne Easter† | (tbd Apr 6) | ||||
Nova Scotia | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Cape Breton--Canso | Rodger Cuzner† | |||||
Central Nova | Susan Green | Peter MacKay† | ||||
Dartmouth--Cole Harbour | (tbd Mar 11) | David Boyd (tbd Apr 3) | Susan MacAlpine-Gillis | Ashley MacIsaac (Ind.) (?) | NDP incumbent Wendy Lill not seeking re-election | |
Halifax | Sheila Fougere | (tbd Apr 6) | Alexa McDonough† | |||
Halifax West | Geoff Regan† | Ken MacPhee | Bill Carr | |||
Kings--Hants | Scott Brison† | John Mullen (tbd Apr 3) | Brison defected from PC, December 2003 | |||
North Nova | (tbd Mar 13) | Bill Casey† | ||||
Sackville--Eastern Shore | Dale Stevens | Steve Streatch (tbd Apr 3) | Peter Stoffer† | |||
South Shore--St. Margaret's | (tbd Mar 7) | Gerald Keddy† | Gordon Earle | |||
Sydney--Victoria | Mark Eyking† (tbd Mar 13) | |||||
West Nova | Robert Thibault† (tbd Mar 14) | Arthur Bull | ||||
New Brunswick | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Acadie--Bathurst | Serge Rouselle | Yvon Godin† | ||||
Beauséjour | Dominic LeBlanc† | |||||
Fredericton | Andy Scott† | Kent Fox | ||||
Fundy | John Herron† | (tbd Mar 27) | Herron formerly with PC, now seeking Liberal nomination | |||
Madawaska--Restigouche | Liberal incumbent Jeannot Castonguay not seeking re-election | |||||
Miramichi | Charles Hubbard† (tbd Mar 13) | (tbd Apr 3) | ||||
Moncton--Riverview--Dieppe | Claudette Bradshaw† or Frank McKenna(?) | (tbd Apr 6) | ||||
St. Croix--Belleisle | Greg Thompson† (tbd Apr 3) | |||||
Saint John | Paul Zed(?) | (tbd Mar 25) | Elizabeth Weir(?) | PC incumbent Elsie Wayne not seeking re-election | ||
Tobique--Mactaquac | Andy Savoy† | Michael Allen | ||||
Québec (St. Lawrence Valley) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | BQ | |||
Beauport | Dennis Dawson | new district | ||||
Berthier--Maskinongé | Dennis McKinnon | new district | ||||
Charlesbourg | Jean-Marie Laliberté | Richard Marceau† | ||||
Charlevoix--Montmorency | Lisette Lepage | Michel Guimond† | Merged district: other BQ incumbent Gérard Asselin not running |
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Chicoutimi--Le Fjord | André Harvey† | (tbd Mar 21) | Robert Bouchard | |||
Gaspésie--Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Georges Farrah† | |||||
Joliette | Jean-François Coderre | Pierre Paquette† | ||||
Jonquière--Alma | Daniel Giguère | Sébastien Gagnon† | Merged district: other BQ incumbent Jocelyne Girard-Bujold not running |
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Lévis--Bellechasse | Christian Jobin† | Louise Foisy | ||||
Lotbinière--Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | Odina Desrochers† | |||||
Louis-Hébert | Hélène Scherrer† | |||||
Louis-Saint-Laurent | Incumbent is Jean Guy Carignan (independent) | |||||
Manicouagan | Pierre Ducasse | Ghislain Fournier† | ||||
Matapédia--Matane | Marc Bélanger | Jean-Yves Roy† | ||||
Montcalm | Roger Gaudet† | |||||
Portneuf | Claude Duplain† | Howard Bruce | ||||
Québec | Christiane Gagnon† | |||||
Repentigny | Benoît Sauvageau† | |||||
Richelieu | Louis Plamondon† | |||||
Rimouski--Témiscouata | Suzanne Tremblay† | |||||
Rivière-du-Loup--Montmagny | Gilbert Normand† | Paul Crête† | Merged district: two incumbents running against each other |
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Roberval | Michel Gauthier† | |||||
Saint-Maurice--Champlain | Vacant: Liberal incumbent and PM Jean Chrétien retiring |
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Trois-Rivières | Marcel Gagnon† | Merged district: other BQ incumbent Yves Rocheleau not running |
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Québec (Eastern Townships & Montérégie) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | BQ | |||
Beauce | Claude Drouin† | |||||
Beauharnois--Salaberry | Serge Marcil† | |||||
Brome--Missisquoi | Denis Paradis† | |||||
Chambly--Borduas | (tbd Mar 9) | Yves Lessard | Incumbent is Ghislain Lebel (independent) | |||
Châteguay--Saint-Constant | Robert Lanctôt† | Incumbent Robert Lanctôt defected from BQ, December 2003 | ||||
Compton--Stanstead | David Price† | |||||
Drummond | Roger Gougeon | Pauline Picard† | ||||
Mégantic--L'Érable | Gérard Binet† | Alexandre Cote | ||||
Richmond--Arthabaska | Jason Noble | André Bellavance | Incumbent André Bachand, formerly with PC, not seeking re-election | |||
Saint-Hyacinthe--Bagot | Yvan Loubier† | |||||
Saint-Jean | Claude Bachand† | |||||
Shefford | Diane St-Jacques† | |||||
Sherbrooke | Philippe Dion | Serge Cardin† | ||||
Vaudreuil-Soulanges | Nick Discepola† | |||||
Québec (Montreal, Laval & Longueuil) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | BQ | |||
Ahuntsic | Eleni Bakopanos† | |||||
Alfred-Pellan | Carole-Marie Allard† | |||||
Bourassa | Denis Coderre† | Doris Provencher | ||||
Brossard--La Prairie | Jacques Saada† | (tbd Mar 30) | ||||
Hochelaga | Réal Ménard† | |||||
Honoré-Mercier | Yvon Charbonneau† | |||||
Jeanne-Le-Ber | Liza Frulla† | Thierry St-Cyr | ||||
Lac-Saint-Louis | Daniel Seamus Quinn | Liberal incumbent Clifford Lincoln not seeking re-election | ||||
La Pointe-de-l'Île | Jean-Claude Gobé | Francine Lalonde† | ||||
LaSalle--Émard | Paul Martin† | |||||
Laurier | Francis-Pierre Rémillard | François Gregoire | Gilles Duceppe† | |||
Laval | Pierre Lafleur | new district | ||||
Laval--Les Îles | Raymonde Folco† | |||||
Longueuil | Robert Gladu | Caroline St-Hilaire† | ||||
Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | Nancy Girard | Madeleine Dalphond-Guiral† or Serge Ménard | ||||
Mount Royal | Irwin Cotler† | |||||
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce--Lachine | Marlene Jennings† | |||||
Outremont | Jean Lapierre | Omar Aktouf | Liberal incumbent Martin Cauchon not seeking re-election | |||
Papineau | Pierre Pettigrew† | André Frapier (tbd Mar 10) | Martine Carrière | |||
Pierrefonds--Dollard | Bernard Patry† | |||||
Rosemont--La Petite-Patrie | Christian Bolduc | Benoît Beauchamp | Bernard Bigras† | |||
Saint-Bruno--Saint-Hubert | Marc Savard | Carole Lavallée | Incumbent is Pierrette Venne (independent) | |||
Saint-Lambert | Yolande Thibeault† | Monique Garcia | ||||
Saint-Laurent--Cartierville | Stéphane Dion† | Zaid Mahayni | ||||
Saint-Léonard--Saint-Michel | Massimo Pacetti† | Laura Colella | ||||
Verchères--Les-Patriotes | Nathalie Tousignant | Stéphane Bergeron† | ||||
Westmount--Ville-Marie | Lucienne Robillard† | Robert Gervais | Eric Steedman | |||
Québec (Laurentides, Outaouais & North) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | BQ | |||
Abitibi--Témiscamingue | Gilbert Barrette† | |||||
Argenteuil--Mirabel | Yves Sabourin | Mario Laframboise† | ||||
Gatineau | Ted Beauparlant | Liberal incumbent Mark Assad not seeking re-election | ||||
Hull--Aylmer | Marcel Proulx† | (tbd Mar 16) | ||||
Laurentides--Labelle | Dominique Boyer | new district | ||||
Nunavik--Eeyou | Guy St-Julien† | |||||
Pontiac | Robert Bertrand† | Greitchen Schwartz | ||||
Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | Yolaine Savingnac | Gilles-A. Perron† | ||||
Rivière-du-Nord | Lorraine Auclair | Monique Guay† | ||||
Terrebonne--Blainville | Peter Gingras | Diane Bourgeois† | ||||
Ontario (Eastern) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Carleton--Lanark | Dan Wicklum | Gordon O'Connor | new district | |||
Glengarry--Prescott--Russell | Don Boudria† | Alain Lalonde | ||||
Kingston and the Islands | Peter Milliken† | Stephen Taylor, Ron Turley or Blair MacLean tbd Mar 22) | ||||
Lanark--Frontenac--Lennox and Addington | Larry McCormick† | Scott Reid† | Merged district: two incumbents running against each other |
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Leeds--Grenville | Joe Jordan† | Gord Brown | Steve Armstrong | |||
Nepean--Carleton | David Pratt† | Pierre Poilievre | ||||
Ottawa Centre | Richard Mahoney | Lowell Green(?) (tbd Mar 30) | Ed Broadbent | vacant | ||
Ottawa--Orléans | Eugène Bellemare† or Bruce Murdock | Walter Robinson | Liberal incumbent Eugène Bellemare being challenged | |||
Ottawa South | David McGuinty | Alan Riddell | Monia Mazigh | Liberal incumbent [[John Manley not seeking re-election; Mazigh is wife of Maher Arar | ||
Ottawa--Vanier | Mauril Bélanger† | (tbd Mar 27) | ||||
Ottawa West--Nepean | Marlene Catterall† | Sean Casey | ||||
Prince Edward--Hastings | Bruce Knutson | Gary Fox (tbd Mar 27) | Jodie Jenkins, Charles Godfrey or Michael McMahon | Liberal incumbent Lyle Vanclief not seeking re-election | ||
Renfrew--Nipissing--Pembroke | Betsy McGregor or Rob Jamieson (tbd Mar 13) | Cheryl Gallant† | ||||
Stormont--Dundas--South Glengarry | Bob Kilger† | Guy Lauzon | ||||
Ontario (Central) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Barrie | Aileen Carroll† | Patrick Brown | ||||
Clarington--Scugog--Uxbridge | Tim Lang | (tbd Mar 11) | Liberal incumbent Alex Shepherd not running | |||
Dufferin--Caledon | Murray Calder† | David Tilson | ||||
Grey--Bruce--Owen Sound | Ovid L. Jackson† | Larry Miller | ||||
Haliburton--Kawartha Lakes--Brock | John O'Reilly† | Barry Devolin | ||||
Newmarket--Aurora | Belinda Stronach | new district | ||||
Northumberland--Quinte West | Paul Macklin† | Doug Galt | Dave Glover or Russ Christianson | |||
Peterborough | Peter Adams† | James Jackson | (tbd Apr 5) | |||
Simcoe--Grey | Paul Bonwick† | Helena Guregis | ||||
Simcoe North | Paul DeVillers† | Peter Stock | ||||
York--Simcoe | Karen Kraft Sloan† | Peter Van Loan | ||||
Ontario (Greater Toronto Area) | Candidates | Incumbent | Notes | |||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Ajax--Pickering | Mark Holland | (tbd Mar 27) | new district | |||
Beaches--East York | Maria Minna† | (tbd Mar 30) | Peter Tabuns | |||
Bramalea--Gore--Malton | Gurbax S. Malhi† | Raminder Gill | ||||
Brampton--Springdale | Sarkis Assadourian† or Andrew Kania | Gurjit Grewal | Liberal incumbent Sarkis Assadourian being challenged | |||
Brampton West | Colleen Beaumier† | Tony Clement | ||||
Davenport | Mario Silva | (tbd Apr 15) | Rui Pires | Charles Caccia† (Ind.) (?) | Liberal incumbent Charles Caccia did not file Liberal nomination, may run as Independent | |
Don Valley East | Liberal incumbent David Collenette not seeking re-election. | |||||
Don Valley West | John Godfrey† | David Turnbull | ||||
Eglinton--Lawrence | Joe Volpe† | Bernie Tanz | ||||
Etobicoke Centre | Borys Wrzesnewkyj | Lida Preyma | vacant | |||
Etobicoke--Lakeshore | Jean Augustine† | John Capobianco | Irene Jones(?) | |||
Etobicoke North | Roy Cullen† | (tbd Mar 9) | ||||
Markham--Unionville | John McCallum† | Joe Li | ||||
Mississauga--Brampton South | (tbd Mar 13) | new district | ||||
Mississauga East--Cooksville | Albina Guarnieri† | Riina DeFeria | ||||
Mississauga--Erindale | Carolyn Parrish† | (tbd Mar 29) | (tbd Mar 15) | Merged district: Other Liberal incumbent Steve Mahoney lost nomination |
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Mississauga South | Paul Szabo† | Phil Green | ||||
Mississauga--Streetsville | Wajid Khan | (tbd Mar 27) | new district | |||
Oak Ridges--Markham | Lui Temelkovski | Bob Callow | new district | |||
Oshawa | Ivan Grose† | Colin Carrie | ||||
Parkdale--High Park | Sarmite Bulte† | Peggy Nash | ||||
Pickering--Scarborough East | Dan McTeague† | Tim Dobson | ||||
Richmond Hill | Bryon Wilfert† | (tbd Mar 31) | ||||
St. Paul's | Carolyn Bennett† | (tbd Mar 18) | Barry Weisleder | |||
Scarborough--Agincourt | Jim Karygiannis† | (tbd Mar 6) | ||||
Scarborough Centre | John Cannis† | John Mihtis | ||||
Scarborough--Guildwood | John McKay† | Tom Varesh | Catherine Kozuch or Sheila White | |||
Scarborough--Rouge River | Derek Lee† | |||||
Scarborough Southwest | Tom Wappel† | Ellery Hollingsworth | Dan Harris or Greg Gogan (tbd Mar 21) | |||
Thornhill | Josh Cooper | Liberal incumben Elinor Caplan not seeking re-election | ||||
Toronto Centre | Bill Graham† | (tbd Apr 4) | Michael Shapcott | |||
Toronto--Danforth | Dennis Mills† | (tbd Mar 25) | Jack Layton | Liberal incumbent Dennis Mills may not seek re-election | ||
Trinity--Spadina | Tony Ianno† | (tbd Mar 28) | Olivia Chow(?) | |||
Vaughan | Maurizio Bevilacqua† | (tbd Apr 15) | ||||
Whitby--Oshawa | Judi Longfield† | Ian McNeil | ||||
Willowdale | Jim Peterson† | (tbd Mar 18) | ||||
York Centre | Art Eggleton† | (tbd Mar 31) | ||||
York South--Weston | Alan Tonks† | Paul Ferreira | ||||
York West | Judy Sgro† | |||||
Ontario (Hamilton, Halton & Niagara) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Ancaster--Dundas--Flamborough--Westdale | Russ Powers | John Bryden†, Mandie Crawford, Steve Deighton, Diane Elms, Ken McCormack or David Sweet (tbd Mar 29) | Conservative incumbent John Bryden defected from Liberals, February 2004 | |||
Burlington | Paddy Torsney† | Mike Wallace | Alison Myrden | |||
Halton | Gary Carr or Peter Duffus | Dean Martin | Liberal incumbent Julian Reed not seeking re-election | |||
Hamilton Centre | Stan Keyes† | (tbd Mar 25) | David Christopherson(?) | |||
Hamilton East--Stoney Creek | Tony Valeri† | (tbd Apr 5) | Merged district: Other Liberal incumbent Sheila Copps lost nomination |
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Hamilton Mountain | Beth Phinney† | Tom Jackson (tbd Apr 6) | ||||
Niagara Falls | Jim Diodati, Victor Poetrangelo or Bev Hodgson | Rob Nicholson | Liberal incumbent Gerry Pillitteri not seeking re-election | |||
Niagara West--Glanbrook | Debbie Zimmerman | Dean Allison | new district | |||
Oakville | Bonnie Brown† | Rick Byers | ||||
St. Catharines | Walt Lastewka† | (tbd Apr 7)) | Ted Mouradian | |||
Welland | John Maloney† | Jody DiBartolomeo or Jim Gillap | Merged district: Other Liberal incumbent Tony Tirabassi lost nomination |
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Ontario (Southwestern) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Brant | Gregory Martin | (tbd Mar 31) | Liberal incumbent Jane Stewart not seeking re-election | |||
Cambridge | Janko Peric† | Gary Goodyear | ||||
Chatham-Kent--Essex | Jerry Pickard† | Julian Belanger, Sean Smart or Dave Van Kesteren (tbd Mar 27) | ||||
Elgin--Middlesex--London | Gar Knutson† | Joe Preston | ||||
Essex | Susan Whelan† | |||||
Guelph | Brenda Chamberlain† | Jon Dearden | (tbd Mar 18) | |||
Haldimand--Norfolk | Bob Speller† | Diane Finley | ||||
Huron--Bruce | Paul Steckle† | Barbara Fisher | ||||
Kitchener Centre | Karen Redman† | (tbd Feb 26) | ||||
Kitchener--Conestoga | Lynn Myers† | Frank Luellau | ||||
Kitchener--Waterloo | Andrew Teledgi† | Steven Strauss | Edwin Laryea | |||
London--Fanshawe | Pat O'Brien† | John Mazzilli or Steve Garry(tbd Mar 25) | Irene Mathyssen | |||
London North Centre | Joe Fontana† | Tim Gatten | ||||
London West | Sue Barnes† | Mike Menear | ||||
Middlesex--Kent--Lambton | Rose-Marie Ur† | Bev Shipley or Brad Harness (tbd Mar 23) | ||||
Oxford | Murray Coutler | David Mackenzie | Liberal incumbent John Finlay not running | |||
Perth--Wellington | Gary Schellenberger† | |||||
Sarnia--Lambton | Roger Gallaway† | Marcel Beaubien | ||||
Wellington--Halton Hills | Bruce Hood | Mike Chong | (tbd Mar 18) | new district | ||
Windsor--Tecumseh | Rick Limoges | (tbd Mar 25) | Joe Comartin† | |||
Windsor West | Richard Pollock | (tbd Mar 31) | Brian Masse† | |||
Ontario (Northern) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Algoma--Manitoulin--Kapuskasing | Brent St. Denis† | Blaine Armstrong | ||||
Kenora | Roger Valley, Beverly Wexler or Charles Fox | Bill Brown | Susan Barclay | Liberal incumbent Bob Nault not seeking re-election | ||
Nickel Belt | Raymond Bonin† | (tbd Mar 13) | (tbd Apr 4) | |||
Nipissing--Timiskaming | Anthony Rota | Liberal incumbent Bob Wood not seeking re-election | ||||
Parry Sound--Muskoka | Andy Mitchell† | (tbd Mar 26) | Jo-Anne Boulding | |||
Sault Ste. Marie | Carmen F. Prozenzano† | Kenneth G. Walker or Cameron Ross | Tony Martin | |||
Sudbury | Diane Marleau† | (tbd Mar 27) | (tbd Mar 28) | |||
Thunder Bay--Rainy River | Ken Boshcoff or Don Paterson | David Leskowski (tbd Mar 13) | Larry Richardson | Liberal incumbent Stan Dromisky not seeking re-election | ||
Thunder Bay--Superior North | Joe Comuzzi† | |||||
Timmins--James Bay | Ray Chenier | (tbd Mar 28) | Merged district: Both Liberal incumbents Réginald Bélair and Ben Serré are not running |
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Manitoba | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Brandon--Souris | Murray Downing | Merv Tweed (tbd Mar 16) | Conservative incumbent Rick Borotsik not seeking re-election | |||
Charleswood--St. James | John Harvard† | Steven Fletcher | ||||
Churchill | Ron Evans | Bev Desjarlais† | ||||
Dauphin--Swan River | Donald Dewer | Inky Mark† | Walter Kolisnyk | |||
Elmwood--Transcona | Bill Blaikie† (tbd Mar 25) | |||||
Kildonan--St. Paul | Rey Pagtakhan† | Joy Smith | Lorene Mahoney | |||
Portage--Lisgar | Brian Pallister† | |||||
Provencher | Peter Epp | Vic Toews† | ||||
Saint Boniface | Raymond Simard† | Mathieu Allard | ||||
Selkirk--Interlake | (tbd Mar 10) | Howard Hilstrom† (tbd Mar 13) | Duane Nicol | |||
Winnipeg Centre | Robert Eng | Pat Martin† | ||||
Winnipeg North | (tbd Mar 14) | Judy Wasylyclia-Leis† | ||||
Winnipeg South | Reg Alcock† | |||||
Winnipeg South Centre | Anita Neville† | Raj Joshi | James Allum | |||
Saskatchewan | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Battlefords--Lloydminster | (tbd Mar 17) | Gerry Ritz† | Gordon Yarde | |||
Blackstrap | Tiffany Paulsen | Lynne Yelich† | Don Kossick | |||
Churchill River | Rick Laliberte† | Jeremy Harrison | Earl Cook | |||
Cypress Hills--Grasslands | David L. Anderson† | Jeff Potts or Carl Wenaus (tbd Mar 20) | ||||
Palliser | (tbd Mar 13) | (tbd Mar 16) | Dick Proctor† | |||
Prince Albert | Brian Fitzpatrick† | |||||
Regina--Lumsden--Lake Centre | Lindy Kasperski or Blair Herbert | Tom Lukwiski | Maurice Kovatch | Larry Spencer† (Ind.) | ||
Regina--Qu'Appelle | Allyce Herle | (tbd Mar 11) | Lorne Nystrom† | |||
Saskatoon--Humboldt | Jamie Miley, Jim Dosman or Patrick Wolfe | Brad Trost | Nettie Wiebe | Jim Pankiw† (Ind.) | ||
Saskatoon--Rosetown--Biggar | Myron Luzkca | Carol Skelton† | Dennis Gruending | |||
Saskatoon--Wanuskewin | Chris Axworthy or Ryan Androsoff | Maurice Vellacott† | Jim Maddin', Priscilla Settee or John Parry (tbd Mar 14) | |||
Souris--Moose Mountain | Ed Komarnicki | Conservative incumbent Roy H. Bailey not seeking re-election; Grant Devine's Conservative nomination blocked | ||||
Wascana | Ralph Goodale† | Erin Weir | ||||
Yorkton--Melville | Gary Breitkreuz† | Don Olson | ||||
Alberta | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Athabasca | Doug Faulkner | Dave Chatters† (tbd Mar 11) | ||||
Calgary East | James Maxim | Deepak Obhrai† | ||||
Calgary North Centre | Cathy McClusky or Lorne Neudorf | Jim Prentice (tbd Mar 13) | John Chan | new district | ||
Calgary Northeast | Art Hanger† | Giorgio Cattabeni | ||||
Calgary--Nose Hill | Ted Haney | Diane Ablonczy† | ||||
Calgary South Centre | Julia Turnbull | Lee Richardson | Keith Purdy | PC incumbent Joe Clark will not seek re-election | ||
Calgary Southeast | Jim Tanner | Jason Kenney† (tbd Mar 13) | ||||
Calgary Southwest | Avalon Roberts | Stephen Harper† | ||||
Calgary West | Justin Thompson | Rob Anders† (tbd Mar 27) | ||||
Crowfoot | Adam Campbell | Kevin Sorenson† | ||||
Edmonton--Beaumont | David Kilgour† | (tbd Apr 5) | ||||
Edmonton Centre | Anne McLellan† | Laurie Hawn | Megan McMaster | |||
Edmonton East | Sine Chadi or John Bethel (tbd Mar 4) | Peter Goldring† | Ken Kirk | |||
Edmonton--Leduc | James Rajotte† | |||||
Edmonton--St. Albert | Kent Davidson | John Williams† | Merged district: Other Conservative incumbent Deborah Grey not seeking re-election |
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Edmonton--Sherwood Park | Maureen Towns (tbd Mar 18) | Ken Epp† | ||||
Edmonton--Spruce Grove | (tbd Mar 18) | Betty Unger or Garry Keller (tbd Mar 13) | new district | |||
Edmonton--Strathcona | Debby Carlson | Rahim Jaffer† | Malcolm Azania | |||
Lethbridge | Ken Nicol | Rick Casson† | Melanie Thomas | |||
Macleod | Chris Shade | Ted Menzies or Erik Gregson (tbd Mar 27) | Conservative incumbent Grant Hill not seeking re-election | |||
Medicine Hat | Bill Cocks | Monte Solberg† | ||||
Peace River | Lyle Carlstrom | Charlie Penson† | ||||
Red Deer | Bob Mills† | (tbd Mar 13) | ||||
Vegreville--Wainwright | (tbd Mar 15) | Leon Benoit† | ||||
Westlock--St. Paul | (tbd Mar 20) | (tbd Mar 25) | new district | |||
Wetaskiwin | Dale Johnston† | |||||
Wild Rose | Judy Stewart | Myron Thompson† | Jeff Horvath (tbd Mar 13) | |||
Yellowhead | Rob Merrifield† | Noel Lapierre | ||||
British Columbia (Interior) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Cariboo--Prince George | Dick Harris† or Elmer Thiessen (tbd Mar 11) | (tbd Mar 21) | Merged district: Other Conservative incumbent Philip Mayfield not seeking re-election |
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Kamloops--Thompson--Cariboo | John O'Fee or Bonnie Leonard | Betty Hinton† | (tbd Mar 14) | |||
Kelowna | Werner Schmidt† (tbd Mar 29) | (tbd Apr 3) | ||||
Kootenay--Columbia | (tbd Mar 13) | Jim Abbott† | Brent Bush | |||
North Okanagan--Shuswap | Darrel Stinson† | Calvin White or Alice Brown (tbd Mar 27) | ||||
Okanagan--Coquihalla | Stockwell Day† | (tbd Apr 3) | ||||
Prince George--Peace River | Arleene Thorpe | Jay Hill† | (tbd Mar 21) | |||
Skeena--Bulkley Valley | Miles Richardson(?) | Andy Burton† | Nathan Cullen (tbd Mar 13) | |||
Southern Interior | Doug Stanley | Jim Gouk† | Alex Atamanenko | |||
British Columbia (Lower Mainland) | Candidates | Notes | ||||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Abbotsford | Mohindar Gill | Randy White† | (tbd Apr 4) | |||
Burnaby--Douglas | George Drazenovic | Svend Robinson† | ||||
Burnaby--New Westminster | Mary Pynenburg | Mike Redmond | Peter Julian | new district | ||
Chilliwack--Fraser Canyon | Bob Besner or Blanche Juneau (tbd Mar 17) | Chuck Strahl† | (tbd Mar 29) | |||
Delta--Richmond East | Shelley Leonhardt | John M. Cummins† | (tbd Apr 3) | |||
Dewdney--Alouette | Randy Kamp | (tbd Mar 28) | Conservative incumbent Grant McNally not seeking re-election | |||
Fleetwood--Port Kells | Nina Grewal | (tbd Mar 24) | new district | |||
Langley | Kim Richter | Mark Warawa | (tbd Apr 6) | new district | ||
Newton--North Delta | Gurmant Grewal† | (tbd Mar 28) | ||||
New Westminster--Coquitlam | Paul Forseth† | (tbd Mar 21) | ||||
North Vancouver | Don Bell | Ted White† | ||||
Port Moody--Westwood--Port Coquitlam | Rick Marusyk | James Moore† | Charlie King (tbd Mar 21) | |||
Richmond | Joe Peschisolido† or Raymond Chan (tbd Mar 13) | Alice Wong | (tbd Apr 3) | Liberal incumbent Joe Peschisolido being challenged | ||
South Surrey--White Rock--Cloverdale | Judy Higginbotham | Russ Hiebert | (tbd Mar 14) | Conservative incumbent Val Meredith lost nomination | ||
Surrey North | Dan Sheel | Chuck Cadman† (tbd Mar 27) | (tbd Apr 8) | |||
Vancouver Centre | Hedy Fry†, Taleeb Noormohamed or Lynne Kennedy | (tbd Mar 14) | Brian Revel or Kennedy Stewart (tbd Mar 28) | Liberal incumbent Hedy Fry being challenged | ||
Vancouver East | Libby Davies† (tbd Apr 2) | |||||
Vancouver Kingsway | Sophia Leung†, Ujjal Dosanjh(?) or Wendy Yuan | Jesse Johl (tbd Mar 23) | Ian Waddell | Liberal incumbent Sophia Leung being challenged | ||
Vancouver Quadra | Stephen Owen† (tbd Mar 15) | Stephen Rogers (tbd Mar 30) | ||||
Vancouver South | (tbd Mar 14) | (tbd Apr 6) | Liberal incumbent Herb Dhaliwal not seeking re-election | |||
West Vancouver--Sunshine Coast | John Moonen, Phil Boname or Blair Wilson | John Reynolds† | Nicholas Simons | |||
British Columbia (Vancouver Island) | Candidates | Incumbent | Notes | |||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Esquimalt--Juan de Fuca | Keith Martin | (tbd Mar 13) | Randall Garrison | Keith Martin | Martin left Cons., currently Ind., will run as Lib. | |
Nanaimo--Alberni | Dave Haggard(?) | James Lunney | Scott Fraser | James Lunney | ||
Nanaimo--Cowichan | David Quist | Jean Crowder | Reed Elley | Elley will not run again | ||
Saanich--Gulf Islands | Gary Lunn | Jennifer Burgis | Gary Lunn | |||
Vancouver Island North | Noor Ahmed | John Duncan | Catherine Bell | John Duncan | ||
Victoria | David Anderson (tbd Mar 15) | Logan Wenham | David Turner | David Anderson | ||
Nunavut | Candidates | Incumbent | Notes | |||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Nunavut | Nancy Karetak-Lindell or Manitok Thompson (tbd Mar 31) | Nancy Karetak-Lindell | Karetak-Lindell being challenged | |||
Northwest Territories | Candidates | Incumbent | Notes | |||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Western Arctic | Ethel Blondin-Andrew (tbd Mar 22) | Ethel Blondin-Andrew | ||||
Yukon | Candidates | Incumbent | Notes | |||
Liberal | Conservative | NDP | Other | |||
Yukon | Larry Bagnell | Jean-Francois Des Lauriers, Pam Boyde or Wally Firth (tbd Apr 3) | Larry Bagnell |
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