Stella Ambler

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Stella Ambler
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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

2019 Canadian federal election : Mississauga—Lakeshore
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Sven Spengemann 29,52648.40+0.69$104,588.59
Conservative Stella Ambler 22,74037.28-3.95$110,262.85
New Democratic Adam Laughton5,1038.37+0.38none listed
Green Cynthia Trentelman2,8144.61+2.26$2,524.73
People's Eugen Vizitiu7171.18-none listed
United Carlton Darby990.16-$0.00
Total valid votes60,99999.34
Total rejected ballots4070.66+0.21
Turnout61,40667.91-0.79
Eligible voters90,419
Liberal hold Swing +2.32
Source: Elections Canada [10]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Sven Spengemann 28,27947.71+10.86$74,169.40
Conservative Stella Ambler24,43541.22-5.68$221,638.11
New Democratic Eric Guerbilsky4,7357.99-4.80$6,908.86
Green Ariana Burgener1,3972.36-0.72$1,924.23
Libertarian Paul Wodworth3160.53-$1,166.63
Marxist–Leninist Dagmar Sullivan1110.19-
Total valid votes/expense limit59,273 100.00 - $224,818.71
Total rejected ballots271 0.46
Turnout59,544 68.99
Eligible voters 86,308 ––
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +8.27
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Conservative Stella Ambler22,99146.48+6.90
Liberal Paul Szabo 18,39337.18-7.04
New Democratic Farah Kalbouneh6,35412.85+4.01
Green Paul Simas1,5323.10-4.24
Independent Richard Barrett1940.39–
Total valid votes49,464100.00
Total rejected ballots188 0.38+0.05
Turnout49,652 63.89+3.81
Eligible voters 77,716 ––
2008 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Gurbax Singh Malhi 22,27245.05-5.7$85,496
Conservative Stella Ambler18,35337.12+4.6$91,704
New Democratic Jash Puniya5,94512.02-0.8$21,613
Green Mark Pajot2,5515.16+1.8$869
Marxist–Leninist Frank Chilelli3090.62+0.1
Total valid votes/Expense limit 49,430 100.00 $97,671
Total rejected ballots3070.62–
Turnout49,73749.74––

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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.
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