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	No ~~candidate~~<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?riding=46006\|title=Kildonan—St. Paul\|work=Meet Your Liberal Candidate\|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada\|accessdate=2008-09-27}}</ref> as the ~~previously~~ ~~nominated~~ candidate, ~~Lesley~~ ~~Hughes, was~~ ~~asked~~ to ~~step~~ ~~down~~.<ref>http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/506806</ref>		Lesley Hughes, who is no longer endorsed by the party<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.liberal.ca/candidate_e.aspx?riding=46006\|title=Kildonan—St. Paul\|work=Meet Your Liberal Candidate\|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada\|accessdate=2008-09-27}}</ref>, but is still on the ballot as the riding's Liberal candidate, as the withdrawal deadline had passed.<ref>http://www.thestar.com/FederalElection/article/506806</ref>

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This is a list of nominated candidates for the Liberal Party of Canada in the upcoming 40th Canadian federal election.

Newfoundland and Labrador - 7 seats

Bonavista—Gander—Grand Falls—Windsor

Scott Simms, incumbent MP

St. John's East

Walter Noel, former MHA for Virginia Waters.

Siobhán Coady (born Grand Falls, Newfoundland) was voted one of the Top 50 CEOs in Atlantic Canada in 2004. Coady is the CEO of Newfound Genomics, Bonaventure Fisheries and The Clinical Trials Centre, a medical research company. She is a popular political commentator for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a business columnist for the now defunct The Newfoundland and Labrador Independent newspaper.

In the 2004 federal election, Coady received 11,879 votes to Loyola Hearn's 13,330 in St. John's South. Coady also ran in the 2006 federal election, also in St. John's South—Mount Pearl. She was defeated once again, receiving 12,293 votes to Hearn's 16,644 votes.

Prince Edward Island - 4 seats

Cardigan

Lawrence MacAulay, incumbent MP

Charlottetown

Shawn Murphy, incumbent MP

Egmont

Keith Milligan, former Premier of Prince Edward Island.

Malpeque

Wayne Easter, incumbent MP

Nova Scotia - 11 seats

Cape Breton—Canso

Rodger Cuzner, incumbent MP

Central Nova

No candidate due to deal between Stéphane Dion and Green Party leader Elizabeth May not to run candidates in each other's ridings.

Cumberland—Colchester—Musquodoboit Valley

Tracy Parsons is a former leader of the Progressive Canadian Party, a party formed by numerous former Red Tory supporters of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada who were opposed to that party's merger in 2003 into the Conservative Party of Canada.

Dartmouth—Cole Harbour

Michael Savage, incumbent MP

Halifax

Catherine Meade is a lawyer, a board member of the Nova Scotia Rainbow Action Project and a cofounder of the Gay and Lesbian International Sports Association. An out lesbian and a member of the Black Nova Scotian community, Meade is set to marry her partner Rita on October 11, a date they chose before the election was called for just three days later. She won several medals in athletics events at the 1994 Gay Games in New York City.

Halifax West

Geoff Regan, incumbent MP

Kings—Hants

Hon. Scott Brison, incumbent MP

Sackville—Eastern Shore

Carolyn Scott

South Shore—St. Margaret's

Bill Smith

Sydney—Victoria

Mark Eyking, incumbent MP

West Nova

Robert Thibault, incumbent MP

New Brunswick - 10 seats

Acadie—Bathurst

Odette Robichaud

Beauséjour

Dominic LeBlanc, incumbent MP

Fredericton

David Innes, CEO of the Greater Fredericton Airport Authority and chair of the New Brunswick Aerospace and Defence Association.

Fundy Royal

Mark Wright

Madawaska—Restigouche

Jean-Claude D'Amours, incumbent MP

Miramichi

Charles Hubbard, incumbent MP

Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe

Brian Murphy, incumbent MP

New Brunswick Southwest

Nancy MacIntosh

Saint John

Paul Zed, incumbent MP

Tobique—Mactaquac

Sally McGrath

Quebec - 75 seats

Abitibi—Baie-James—Nunavik—Eeyou

Mark Canada

Abitibi—Témiscamingue

Gilbert Barrette, former MP defeated in 2004 election.

Ahuntsic

Eleni Bakopanos, former MP defeated in 2006 election.

Alfred-Pellan

Wilson Saintelmy

Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel

André Robert

Bas-Richelieu—Nicolet—Bécancour

Ghislaine Cournoyer

Beauce

René Roy

Beauharnois—Salaberry

Beauport—Limoilou

Yves Picard

Berthier—Maskinongé

Jean-Luc Matteau

Bourassa

Hon. Denis Coderre, incumbent MP

Brome—Missisquoi

Denis Paradis, former MP defeated in 2006 election.

Brossard—La Prairie

Alexandra Mendes

Chambly—Borduas

Gabriel Arsenault

Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles

Denise Legros

Châteauguay—Saint-Constant

Linda Schwey

Chicoutimi—Le Fjord

Mark Pettersen

Compton—Stanstead

William Hogg

Drummond

Jean Courchesne

Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine

Denis Gauvreau

Gatineau

Michel Simard

Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia

Nancy Charest

Hochelaga

Diane Dicaire

Honoré-Mercier

Pablo Rodriguez, incumbent MP

Hull—Aylmer

Marcel Proulx, incumbent MP

Jeanne-Le Ber

Christian Feuillette

Joliette

Suzie Saint-Onge

Jonquière—Alma

Marc Dupéré

La Pointe-de-l'Île

Oumy Sarr

Lac-Saint-Louis

Francis Scarpaleggia, incumbent MP

LaSalle—Émard

Lise Zarac

Laurentides—Labelle

Pierre Gfeller

Laurier—Sainte-Marie

Sébastien Caron

Laval

Alia Haddad

Laval—Les Îles

Raymonde Folco, incumbent MP

Lévis—Bellechasse

Pauline Côté

Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher

Ryan Hillier

Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière

Marie-Thérèse Hovington

Louis-Hébert

Jean Beaupré

Louis-Saint-Laurent

Hélène H. Leone

Manicouagan

Randy Jones

Marc-Aurèle-Fortin

Robert Frégeau

Mégantic—L'Érable

Nicole Champagne

Montcalm

David Grégoire

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

Jean Bouchard

Montmorency—Charlevoix—Haute-Côte-Nord

Robert Gauthier

Mount Royal

Irwin Cotler, incumbent MP

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine

Marlene Jennings, incumbent MP

Outremont

Sébastien Dhavernas, actor

Papineau

Justin Trudeau, educator and son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.

Pierrefonds—Dollard

Bernard Patry, incumbent MP

Pontiac

Cindy Duncan-MacMillan

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Stephan Asselin

Québec

Damien Rousseau

Repentigny

Robert Semegen

Richmond—Arthabaska

Gwyneth Grant

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques

Pierre Béland

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Denis Joannette

Rivière-du-Nord

Joao Neves

Roberval—Lac-Saint-Jean

Louise Boulanger

Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

Marjorie Théodore

Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert

Pierre Diamond

Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot

Jean Caumartin

Saint-Jean

Claire Ste.-Marie

Saint-Lambert

Roxane Stanners

Saint-Laurent—Cartierville

Hon. Stéphane Dion, party leader.

Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel

Massimo Pacetti, incumbent MP

Saint-Maurice—Champlain

Ronald St.-Onge Lynch

Shefford

Bernard Demers

Sherbrooke

Nathalie Goguen

Terrebonne—Blainville

Eva Nassif

Trois-Rivières

Marcos G. Simard

Vaudreuil—Soulanges

Brigitte Legault

Verchères—Les Patriotes

Francois Fournier

Westmount—Ville-Marie

Marc Garneau, former astronaut.

Ontario - 106 seats

Ajax—Pickering

Mark Holland, incumbent MP

Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing

Brent St. Denis, incumbent MP

Ancaster—Dundas—Flamborough—Westdale

Arlene MacFarlane-VanderBeek, former Dundas town councillor.

Barrie

Rick Jones

Beaches—East York

Hon. Maria Minna, incumbent MP

Bramalea—Gore—Malton

Hon. Gurbax S. Malhi, incumbent MP

Brampton—Springdale

Ruby Dhalla, incumbent MP

Brampton West

Andrew Kania

Brant

Lloyd St. Amand, incumbent MP

Bruce—Grey—Owen Sound

Thomas Noble

Burlington

Paddy Torsney

Cambridge

Gord Zeilstra

Carleton—Mississippi Mills

Justin MacKinnon, currently employed as the Vice-President, Marketing and Sales, for a Canadian-based nutraceutical company.

Chatham-Kent—Essex

Matt Daudlin

Davenport

Mario Silva, incumbent MP

Don Valley East

Yasmin Ratansi, incumbent MP

Don Valley West

Rob Oliphant

Dufferin—Caledon

Rebecca Finch

Durham

Bryan Ransom

Eglinton—Lawrence

Hon. Joe Volpe, incumbent MP

Elgin—Middlesex—London

Suzanne von Bommel

Essex

Hon. Susan Whelan, former MP

Etobicoke Centre

Borys Wrzesnewskyj, incumbent MP

Etobicoke—Lakeshore

Michael Ignatieff, incumbent MP & deputy leader.

Etobicoke North

Kirsty Duncan

Glengarry—Prescott—Russell

Dan Boudria

Guelph

Frank Valeriote

Haldimand—Norfolk

Eric Hoskins

Haliburton—Kawartha Lakes—Brock

Marlene White

Halton

Hon. Garth Turner, incumbent MP

Hamilton Centre

Helen Wilson

Hamilton East—Stoney Creek

Larry Di Ianni, former Mayor of Hamilton

Hamilton Mountain

Tyler Banham, the youngest federal Liberal candidate in Ontario. Banham is a former national director of the Young Liberals of Canada. Banham currently operates a law firm.

Huron—Bruce

Greg McClinchey

Kenora

Roger Valley, incumbent MP

Kingston and the Islands

Peter Milliken, incumbent MP & Current Speaker of the House of Commons.

Kitchener Centre

Hon. Karen Redman, incumbent MP

Kitchener—Conestoga

Orlando da Silva

Kitchener—Waterloo

Hon. Andrew Telegdi, incumbent MP

Lambton—Kent—Middlesex

Jeff Wesley

Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington

David Remington (Wikinews interview)

Leeds—Grenville

Marjory Jean Loveys

London—Fanshawe

Jacquie Gauthier

London North Centre

Glen Pearson, incumbent MP

London West

Hon. Sue Barner, incumbent MP

Markham—Unionville

Hon. John McCallum, incumbent MP

Mississauga—Brampton South

Hon. Navdeep Bains, incumbent MP

Mississauga East—Cooksville

Hon. Albina Guarnieri, incumbent MP

Mississauga—Erindale

Omar Alghabra, incumbent MP

Mississauga South

Paul Szabo, incumbent MP

Mississauga—Streetsville

Bonnie Crombie, 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.

Nepean—Carleton

Ed Mahfouz

Newmarket—Aurora

Tim Jones is a former mayor of Aurora for 12 years and served on municipal council for 28 years.

Niagara Falls

Joyce Morocco, a past city councillor and current Director of Sales for Niagara Falls Tourism.

Niagara West—Glanbrook

Heather Carter, a certified business counsellor and has acted as technical advisor to CIDA-sponsored projects in Egypt and South Africa. She has been campaigning full-time since the last election.

Manager of the Niagara College Business Development Centre for 10 years, where she helped with the establishment and operations of hundreds of businesses in the region. She is internationally recognized as a certified business counsellor and has acted as technical adviser to CIDA-sponsored projects in Egypt and South Africa. Prior to her work at the college, she and her husband founded and built a highly-successful software development company.

Heather has been involved in organizations such as the Canadian Association of Family Enterprise, the Small Business Club Niagara, Women Moving Forward, Venture Forum Niagara, Trade Team Niagara, and the Niagara Entrepreneur of the Year Awards. She is also active with the United Way and the YMCA.

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.

Nipissing—Timiskaming

Anthony Rota, incumbent MP

Northumberland—Quinte West

Hon. Paul Macklin, former MP

Oak Ridges—Markham

Lui Temelkovski, incumbent MP

Oakville

Bonnie Brown, incumbent MP

Oshawa

Sean Godfrey

Ottawa Centre

Penny Collenette, wife of former Liberal cabinet minister David Collenette

Ottawa—Orléans

Marc Godbout

Ottawa South

David McGuinty, incumbent MP & brother of Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty

Ottawa—Vanier

Hon. Mauril Bélanger, incumbent MP

Ottawa West—Nepean

Hon. David Pratt, former MP

Oxford

Martha Dennis

Parkdale—High Park

Gerard Kennedy, former Ontario MPP & Minister of Education.

Parry Sound—Muskoka

Jamie McGarvey

Perth—Wellington

Sandra Gardiner

Peterborough

Betsy McGregor

Pickering—Scarborough East

Hon. Dan McTeague, incumbent MP

Prince Edward—Hastings

Ken Cole

Renfrew—Nipissing—Pembroke

Carole Devine

Richmond Hill

Hon. Bryon Wilfert, incumbent MP

St. Catharines

Hon. Walt Lastewka, former MP

St. Paul's

Hon. Carolyn Bennett, incumbent MP & Former Cabinet minister and liberal leadership candidate.

Sarnia—Lambton

Tim Fugard

Sault Ste. Marie

Paul Bichler

Scarborough—Agincourt

Hon. Jim Karygiannis, incumbent MP

Scarborough Centre

John Cannis, incumbent MP

Scarborough—Guildwood

Hon. John McKay, incumbent MP

Scarborough—Rouge River

Derek Lee

Scarborough Southwest

Michelle Simson

Simcoe—Grey

Andrea Matrosovs

Simcoe North

Steve Clarke

Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry

Denis Sabourin

Sudbury

Hon. Diane Marleau, incumbent MP

Thornhill

Susan Kadis, incumbent MP

Thunder Bay—Rainy River

Ken Boshcoff, incumbent MP

Thunder Bay—Superior North

Don McArthur

Timmins—James Bay

Paul Taillefer

Toronto Centre

Bob Rae, incumbent MP & Former Premier of Ontario.

Toronto—Danforth

Andrew Lang

Trinity—Spadina

Christine Innes (born 1961 in Stratford, Ontario), is a lawyer and a former aide to provincial Liberal MPP Greg Sorbara and former federal MP Jim Peterson. She is married to Tony Ianno, who was Trinity—Spadina's federal MP from 1993 to 2006.