Stella Ambler

Stella Ambler
Member of Parliament for Mississauga South
In office May 2, 2011 –August 4, 2015

Ambler was the Director of Regional Affairs (Greater Toronto Area) to the Minister responsible for Ontario, the former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. She ran in the 2008 federal election in the riding of Bramalea—Gore—Malton, but was defeated by Liberal Gurbax Singh Malhi. ^[1] In the 2011 election she defeated Liberal MP Paul Szabo in the riding of Mississauga South. ^{[2] [3]} Both Szabo and Ambler are strong supporters of the movement to criminalize abortion services. Ambler was a backbench MP in the Stephen Harper government.

In 2013, Ambler was appointed Chair of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women. ^[4] A year later, the Committee released a report on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women that called for more action on the issue. Critics of the report complained that the report failed to recommend the establishment of a national inquiry into the issue. ^[5] The Liberals campaigned on establishing such an inquiry. The Trudeau government established the Inquiry immediately after defeating the Harper Conservatives.

Ambler is a supporter of the anti-abortion movement. In 2012, she voted in favour of a private member's bill sponsored by Stephen Woodworth that sought to review the definition of conception under the criminal code. In 2013, she voted in favour of another private member's bill that sought to ban sex-selective abortions. ^[6] In May 2015, she participated in a rally that urged demonstrators to vote for anti-abortion candidates in the upcoming election. ^[7]

Ambler was the Conservative candidate in the 2015 election for the new riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore. On August 4, 2015, she was defeated by Sven Spengemann in the 42nd general election. ^[8]

In 2020, Stella moved to the town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario. On November 27, 2020, it was reported that she launched her campaign to become the next candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to represent the riding of Simcoe—Grey. ^[9]

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election : Mississauga—Lakeshore
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sven Spengemann	29,526	48.40	+0.69	$104,588.59
	Conservative	Stella Ambler	22,740	37.28	-3.95	$110,262.85
	New Democratic	Adam Laughton	5,103	8.37	+0.38	none listed
	Green	Cynthia Trentelman	2,814	4.61	+2.26	$2,524.73
	People's	Eugen Vizitiu	717	1.18	-	none listed
	United	Carlton Darby	99	0.16	-	$0.00
Total valid votes			60,999	99.34
Total rejected ballots			407	0.66	+0.21
Turnout			61,406	67.91	-0.79
Eligible voters			90,419
	Liberal hold		Swing		+2.32
Source: Elections Canada [10]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sven Spengemann	28,279	47.71	+10.86	$74,169.40
	Conservative	Stella Ambler	24,435	41.22	-5.68	$221,638.11
	New Democratic	Eric Guerbilsky	4,735	7.99	-4.80	$6,908.86
	Green	Ariana Burgener	1,397	2.36	-0.72	$1,924.23
	Libertarian	Paul Wodworth	316	0.53	-	$1,166.63
	Marxist–Leninist	Dagmar Sullivan	111	0.19	-
Total valid votes/expense limit			59,273	100.00	-	$224,818.71
Total rejected ballots			271	0.46
Turnout			59,544	68.99
Eligible voters			86,308	–	–
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+8.27

2011 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Stella Ambler	22,991	46.48	+6.90
	Liberal	Paul Szabo	18,393	37.18	-7.04
	New Democratic	Farah Kalbouneh	6,354	12.85	+4.01
	Green	Paul Simas	1,532	3.10	-4.24
	Independent	Richard Barrett	194	0.39	–
Total valid votes			49,464	100.00
Total rejected ballots			188	0.38	+0.05
Turnout			49,652	63.89	+3.81
Eligible voters			77,716	–	–

2008 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Gurbax Singh Malhi	22,272	45.05	-5.7	$85,496
	Conservative	Stella Ambler	18,353	37.12	+4.6	$91,704
	New Democratic	Jash Puniya	5,945	12.02	-0.8	$21,613
	Green	Mark Pajot	2,551	5.16	+1.8	$869
	Marxist–Leninist	Frank Chilelli	309	0.62	+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,430	100.00	$97,671
Total rejected ballots			307	0.62	–
Turnout			49,737	49.74	–	–

References

1. "Greater Toronto Area Results". The Toronto Star. October 15, 2008. p. U2.
2. "Ambler breaks through for the blue in Mississauga South". Toronto Star. May 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
3. "Riding results from across Canada". Edmonton Journal. May 3, 2011. p. A6.
4. Louie, Rosella (March 28, 2013). "MP Stella Ambler to head committee investigating missing women". Mississauga News. p. 1.
5. Kusch, Larry (March 8, 2014). "'Status quo' report incites outrage". Winnipeg Free Press. p. A12.
6. Wingrove, Josh (May 10, 2013). "MPs rally for renewed abortion debate". The Globe and Mail. p. A6.
7. Feibel, Adam (May 15, 2015). "MPs urge Hill demonstrators to 'vote pro-life' in fall election". The Ottawa Citizen. p. A2.
8. "Liberal candidate Sven Spengemann wins Mississauga-Lakeshore". Toronto Star. October 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
9. "Wasaga resident launches campaign for PC nomination". New Tecumseth Times. 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
10. "forty-third general election 2019 — Poll-by-poll results". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 12, 2022.

External links

• Profile at House of Commons of Canada
• Stella Ambler – Parliament of Canada biography
• Speeches, votes and activity at OpenParliament.ca
• Official website