Related Research Articles
James Scott Peterson was a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1980 to 1984 and again from 1988 to 2007,representing the northern Toronto riding of Willowdale. He served in the cabinets of Jean Chrétien,as Secretary of State,and Paul Martin,as Minister of International Trade.
Dominic A. LeBlanc is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the Minister of Public Safety,Democratic Institutions and Intergovernmental Affairs since 2023. A member of the Liberal Party,LeBlanc sits as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauséjour,representing the New Brunswick riding in the House of Commons since 2000. He has held a number of Cabinet portfolios throughout his tenure in government.
David Joseph McGuinty is a Canadian lawyer and politician who has served as the Member of Parliament for Ottawa South since 2004. He currently serves as the first chair of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians,an executive agency allowing legislator oversight of the Canadian intelligence community.
Stéphane Maurice Dion is a Canadian diplomat,academic and former politician who has been the Canadian ambassador to France and Monaco since 2022 and special envoy to the European Union since 2017. Dion was Leader of the Opposition and the leader of the Liberal Party from 2006 to 2008. He served in cabinets as intergovernmental affairs minister (1996–2003),environment minister (2003–2006),and foreign affairs minister (2015–2017).
Maurizio Bevilacqua is a Canadian politician who served as the 4th mayor of Vaughan from 2010 to 2022. He was a Liberal member of Parliament (MP) from 1988 to 2010 and was one of eleven candidates for the 2006 leadership contest,but dropped out of the race on August 14,2006. He has been described in the media as a "right-of-centre,business friendly Liberal".
For the Texas businessman,see Hugh Roy Cullen.
Mario G. Racco is a politician in Ontario,Canada currently serving as a Local and Regional Councillor in the City of Vaughan since November 15,2022. He was an Ontario Liberal Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2003 to 2007 who represented the Greater Toronto Area riding of Thornhill.
Tina R. Molinari is a former politician in Ontario,Canada. She was a Progressive Conservative member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1999 to 2003,serving as an associate minister and member of the Cabinet in the government of Ernie Eves. As of 2007,she works as a Justice of the Peace.
Ruby Dhalla is a Canadian chiropractor,actress,activist,model and former politician. She served as the Member of Parliament for Brampton—Springdale in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011 as a member of the Liberal Party. Dhalla and British Columbia Conservative MP Nina Grewal were the first Sikh women to serve in the House of Commons of Canada.
Thornhill is a federal electoral district in Ontario,Canada,that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 1997. It covers its namesake Thornhill neighbourhood,which is split between the Cities of Vaughan and Markham. The Vaughan portion also includes parts of the city east of Highway 400 and south of Rutherford Road,including the largely industrial district of Concord and Vaughan's planned downtown;Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. The part in the City of Markham is restricted its portion of Thornhill itself west of Bayview Avenue. The riding was created in 1996 and the east end of the riding was split off into other ridings in 2012.
The 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was prompted by outgoing Prime Minister Paul Martin's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another election,following his party's defeat in the 2006 federal election in Canada. The party's biennial convention,already scheduled to occur from November 29 to December 1,2006,in Montreal's Palais des congrès,was followed by the party's leadership convention at the same venue occurring December 2 to December 3,2006. As the winner,Stéphane Dion led the Liberal Party into the 2008 federal election.
Martha Hall Findlay is a Canadian businesswoman,entrepreneur,lawyer and politician who is now the Director and James S. and Barbara A. Palmer Chair at the School of Public Policy. She previously served as the president and CEO of the Canada West Foundation,a Calgary-based think tank,and as senior vice-president and chief sustainability officer with Suncor Energy. Previously,she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate in the Toronto riding of Willowdale in a federal by-election held on March 17,2008,to fill a vacancy created by former Liberal MP Jim Peterson's resignation. She was re-elected in the 2008 general election but lost her seat in the 2011 election.
Michael Grant Ignatieff is a Canadian author,academic and former politician who served as the leader of the Liberal Party of Canada and Leader of the Official Opposition from 2008 until 2011. Known for his work as a historian,Ignatieff has held senior academic posts at the universities of Cambridge,Oxford,Harvard,and Toronto. Most recently,he was rector and President of Central European University;he held this position from 2016 until July 2021.
Stéphane Dion won the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada on December 2,2006.
Robert B. Oliphant is a Canadian politician and a United Church minister. He served in the House of Commons as a Liberal Member of Parliament for the Toronto riding of Don Valley West from 2008 to 2011. He returned to office after re-election in 2015 and subsequently in 2019 and 2021.
The 40th Canadian Parliament was in session from November 18,2008 to March 26,2011. It was the last Parliament of the longest-running minority government in Canadian history that began with the previous Parliament. The membership of its House of Commons was determined by the results of the 2008 federal election held on October 14,2008. Its first session was then prorogued by the Governor General on December 4,2008,at the request of Prime Minister Stephen Harper,who was facing a likely no-confidence motion and a coalition agreement between the Liberal party and the New Democratic Party with the support of the Bloc Québécois. Of the 308 MPs elected at the October 14,2008 general election,64 were new to Parliament and three sat in Parliaments previous to the 39th:John Duncan,Jack Harris and Roger Pomerleau.
The 2009 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election was prompted by Stéphane Dion's announcement that he would not lead the Liberal Party of Canada into another election,following his party's defeat in the 2008 federal election in Canada. The Liberals,who captured just slightly over 26% of the total votes,scored their lowest percentage in the party's history to that date.
The 2008–2009 Canadian parliamentary dispute,during the 40th Canadian Parliament,was triggered by the expressed intention of the opposition parties to defeat the Conservative minority government on a motion of non-confidence six weeks after the federal election of October 14,2008.
Gila Deborah Gladstone-Martow is a politician in Ontario,Canada. She has represented Ward 5 on Vaughan City Council since 2022. She previously represented the electoral district of Thornhill in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party from 2014 to 2022. Martow did not seek re-election in the 2022 Ontario general election after unsuccessfully seeking the federal Conservative nomination in 2021. Martow returned to municipal politics in her successful election bid in the 2022 Vaughan Municipal Election.
Melissa Lantsman is a Canadian politician and public relations executive who serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Thornhill since 2021. A member of the Conservative Party,she is the party's co-deputy leader and the co-deputy leader of the Official Opposition,serving with Tim Uppal. Lantsman is the first openly gay and first Jewish woman ever elected as a Conservative MP. Upon Pierre Poilievre's election as Conservative Leader,he named Lantsman one of two deputy leaders along with Uppal.
References
- ↑ "39th PARLIAMENT, 1st SESSION, EDITED HANSARD • NUMBER 041, Thursday, June 15, 2006".
- ↑ Kadis profile, including breast cancer history, collectionscanada.gc.ca; accessed April 28, 2014.
- ↑ "Angry Thornhill parents ask ministry to probe school". July 15, 1987. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
- ↑ "Racial bias said factor in school's failure rate". July 16, 1987. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
- ↑ "23 Students Who Flunked To Be Retested Next Week". August 26, 1987. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
- ↑ Maclean's magazine: Capital diary: week starting Nov. 10 [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Past Members of Council".
- ↑ "Two Liberals back Martow in Thornhill race".
- ↑ "Minutes of the City of Vaughan Committee of the Whole for September 7, 2004 which contains Susan Kadis' resignation letter" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 21, 2006.
- ↑ "Description of National Strategy at Alzheimers.ca". Archived from the original on September 27, 2006.
- ↑ "CTV article "Women's caucus calls Belinda backlash 'sexist.'"".[ dead link ]
- ↑ "CTV interview with Susan Kadis about Michaëlle Jean's separatist tie". Archived from the original on February 11, 2006.
- ↑ "Kadis's endorsement of Ignatieff".[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ MP withdraws support for Ignatieff over 'war crimes' comment, Scott Deveau, Globe and Mail, October 11, 2006
- ↑ "Former Ignatieff co-chair throws support behind Rae". CBC News . October 27, 2006. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ↑ "Member of Parliament Profile (current)".
- ↑ Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion Shuffles Critics in Anticipation of Upcoming Session Archived 2008-02-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Michael DiBiase Campaign endorsements
- ↑ Mario Racco Campaign endorsements Archived 2007-09-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Reza Moridi 'What People Say"
- ↑ "Two Liberals back Martow in Thornhill race".
