Ridings
139 Hamilton East-Stoney Creek
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
This new southern Ontario riding takes in the eastern part of Hamilton
and part of Stoney Creek.
The boundaries are Lake Ontario in the north, the Niagara escarpment in
the south, Ottawa Street and Mountain Brow Boulevard in the west and beyond
Fifty Road in the east.
Manufacturing and the service sector are major industries. The local economy
is sustained by light industries and service companies feeding off the steel
industry in Hamilton and the automotive industry in St. Catharines.
Close to a third of the population are immigrants and 10 per cent of residents are of Italian origin.
Average family income is $59,120 and unemployment is 6.7 per cent.
The riding of Hamilton East-Stoney Creek was created in 2004 from 58 per
cent of Hamilton East and 53 per cent of the Stoney Creek riding. The Stoney
Creek area was formerly the Lincoln riding.
Population: 115,709
Political History
This was a tight race in 2004, with Liberal Tony Valeri winning by 927
votes over NDP candidate Tony DePaulo.
Liberal MP Sheila Copps from Hamilton East and Valeri from Stoney Creek
competed in a hotly contested race for the Liberal nomination in this
riding. Valeri won. Both Hamilton East and Stoney Creek ridings have a
long history of voting Liberal.
Copps first won in Hamilton East in 1984 and formed part of the Liberal
Rat Pack in the Commons before becoming a cabinet minister under Jean
Chrétien in 1993. She resigned in May 1996, after promising to
do so if the Liberals didn't scrap the GST; she was re-elected in the
byelection that had to be held as a result.
Valeri was elected in the Lincoln riding in 1993 and the Stoney Creek
riding in 1997 and 2000. Paul Martin named him minister of transport in
December 2003. In 2004, he was named government leader in the House of
Commons.
Copps's predecessor in Hamilton East was Liberal John Munro, who was
MP from 1962-80. He served as minister of health and welfare, minister
of labour and minister of Indian affairs and northern development.
2004 - LIB
CANDIDATE PROFILES
Frank Rukavina
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ont.
Education: Holds a BA in political science from McMaster University
Profession: Project co-ordinator
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Lidija
Children: Michael
Career Background: Began his professional career in the engineering business in 1986.
For the past nine years, he has worked as a project coordinator
for Metropolitan Consulting where his responsibilities have
included working with developers and civil servants during the
development, design and implementation stages of various
projects, liaising with officials at the federal, provincial,
and municipal levels, and overseeing construction projects.
Community Activities: He volunteers at his church and intends on becoming an
assistant coach to his son's hockey team.
Campaign Address:
400 Jones R., Stoney Creek, Ont., L8E 2N1
905-643-5289
info@votefrank.ca
www.votefrank.ca
Bob Mann
Party: Communist Party of Canada
Profession: Retired Chief Steward in Local 1005, USWA
Campaign Address:
905-584-9586
votebobmann@hotmail.com
Jo Pavlov
Party: Green Party of Canada
Age: 33
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ont.
Profession: Computer technician
Career Background: Works for the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board
Community Activities:
Electoral History
Provincial: Defeated in Hamilton West in 2003
Campaign Address:
11 Gainsborough Rd., Hamilton, Ont., L8E 1E2
905-308-8417
jpavlov@greenparty.ca
Tony Valeri
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth Date: Aug. 11, 1957
Age: 48
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ont.
Education: Holds a BA in economics from McMaster University
Profession: Insurance agent
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Terri
Children: Anthony, Luca
Career Background: President of Orchard Hill Real Estate, Canadian Financial Group Ltd and Business Insurance Services Inc.
Former president of Tripemco Financial Services; manager of distribution in Western Canada for Haltronics; was citizens' appointee to the Business Land Use advisory board;
director of Independent Brokers Life Insurance of Canada Association; member of the Canadian and Ontario Real Estate Associations
Electoral History
Federal: Elected in Lincoln (1993); elected in Stoney Creek (2000); elected in Hamilton East-Stoney Creek (2004)
Political History
Cabinet: December 12/03 - Minister of Transport; July 20/04 - Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Parliamentary Secretary: July 10/97-September 7/99 - to Minister of Finance
Committee: Former Chair: Government Operations; former Vice-Chair: Government Operations and Estimates;
former member: Finance; Industry; Natural Resources and
Government Operations; Environment and Sustainable Development;
Citizenship and Immigration; Government Operations and Estimates.
former Vice-Chair, Cabinet Domestic Affairs Committee;
former Member, Cabinet Cttes on Priorities & Planning; Security,
Public Health & Emergencies; Expenditure Review; Canada/U.S.
Vice-Chair: Cabinet Ctte on Operations.
member: Board of Internal Economy.
Caucus: Former Chair of the National Caucus Economic Development
Committee; non-partisan Parliamentary Steel Caucus;
Liberal Caucus Task Force on Jobs and Small Business
Campaign Address:
Battlefield Square, 840 Queenston Rd., Stoney Creek, Ont., L8G 4A8
905-664-2303
www.votevaleri.com
Riding Address:
99 Highway #8, Stoney Creek, Ont.
905-662-4763
Ottawa Address:
Room 209-S, Centre Block, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ont.
613-992-6535
Wayne Marston
Party: New Democratic Party
Birth Date: 1947
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Barbara
Children: Two
Career Background: Worked as a signal maintainer for the CNR. Retired in 1995 after 20 years as a technician with Bell Canada. President of the Hamilton and District Labour Council for the past 11 years. Member of the Ontario Federation of Labour Executive Council.
Community Activities: Member of the board of directors of the Hamilton Tourism Board, the Strengthening Hamilton Community Initiative, the Hamilton Downtown Partnership, and the Mohawk College Labour Advisory Committee. Chair of the Worker Education Centre and the McMaster University Labour Studies Advisory Committee.
Electoral History
Party: Member of Hamilton East Federal NDP Riding Association.
Municipal: Ward 5 Trustee on the Hamilton Wentworth District School Board (2000-present).Member of the Special Education Advisory Committee.
Federal: Defeated in Hamilton East (1993, 1996 by-election, 1997).
Campaign Address:
905-547-5179
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