Ridings
167 Oakville
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
This affluent southern Ontario riding is on the shores of Lake Ontario,
about 40 kilometres west of Toronto.
It contains part of the town of Oakville, stretching from Lake Ontario
to Upper Middle Road West, Eighth Line and Dundas Street East, between
Winston Churchill Boulevard in the east and Burloak Drive in the west.
The riding has a high percentage of administrative-managerial jobs as
well as a strong manufacturing sector. Average family income is $116,565
and unemployment is 4.7 per cent. More than 21 per cent have university
degrees.
The riding of Oakville-Milton was created in 1986 from most of Halton
riding. It became Oakville riding in the 1996 redistribution. In 2004,
a small portion of Halton riding was added in the northeast.
Population: 109,602
Political
History
In 2004, Liberal Bonnie Brown defeated Conservative Rick Byers by 9,205
votes to win a fourth term. He had first been elected in Oakville-Milton.
This riding and its predecessor, Halton riding, have traditionally swung
between supporting Tories and Liberals.
From 1979 to 1983, the MP for Halton was Conservative Otto Jelinek, who
was minister of state for fitness and amateur sport, minister of state
for multiculturalism and minister of supply and services.
Halton:
1891-1930 - CON
1935-49 - LIB
1953, 1957, 1958 - PC
1962, 1963, 1965, 1968 - LIB
1972 - PC
1974 - LIB
1979, 1980, 1984 - PC
Oakville-Milton:
1988 - PC
1993 - LIB
Oakville:
1997, 2000, 2004 - LIB
CANDIDATE PROFILES
Terence Young
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Birth Date: July 24, 1952
Age: 53
Birthplace: Toronto, Ont.
Education: BA in Political and Social Science from York University; attended Osgoode Hall Law School for one year
Profession: Policy director
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Gloria
Children: Hart and Madeline
Career Background: Former Staff Manager with Bell Canada. President of Policy Alliance Inc.,
specializing in government relations, business development and
strategic communications
Community Activities:
Has volunteered with Halton Crime Stoppers, Community Policing, Glen Abbey Residents' Association, United Way and other
important community groups on Oakville. He has assisted numerous hospitals in recent years as a
consultant and served as a volunteer on the board of directors of two seniors' residences: St. Anne's Tower and St.
Hilda's Tower. Worked as a government relations consultant and assisted various groups deal with the Ontario government
free of charge, including the Canadian Opera Company, Family Alliance Ontario and Canadian Veterans Remembered. He is a
co-founder of the non-partisan Ontario Association of Former
Parliamentarians in 2000 and is currently Vice-Chair.
Electoral History
Party: Extensive involvement in municipal, provincial and federal
campaigns. Political organizer and area president for federal
riding
Provincial: Elected in Halton Centre in 1995; did not run in 1999
Political History
Parliamentary Secretary: July 1995-April 1997 - to Minister of Education and Training (Colleges and Universities).
November 1997 - to Minister of Finance
Committee: Former chair, Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs.
Former Member, Standing Committee on Public Accounts and Standing
Committee on Estimates
Laura Domsy
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birth Date: May 7, 1982
Age: 23
Birthplace: Toronto, Ont.
Education: Political Science degree from Wilfrid Laurier University and an Investment Funds certificate
Profession: Banker
Marital Status: Single
Career Background: Banker at TD Canada Trust
Campaign Office:
424 Lakeshore Road East
Oakville, Ont.
(905) 339-1545
ldomsy@greenparty.ca
Bonnie Brown
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth Date: March 2, 1941
Age: 64
Birthplace: Toronto, Ont.
Education: Attended the University of Western Ontario for two years;
Ontario Teacher's Certificate from Lakeshore Teacher's College
Profession: Teacher
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Ron Coupland
Children: Andrea, Lindsay, Peggy, Caroline
Career Background: Teacher, social worker and consultant. For six years, was executive director of Parental Stress
Services/Parents Anonymous. In 1990, she became assistant to Beth Phinney, MP for Hamilton-Mountain.
Community Activities: Chaired the Halton Cancer Study and Children's Mental Health
Steering Committees, Child Abuse Council, Halton District Health
Council and Halton Day Care Advisory Committee.
Served on Boards including United Way, Elizabeth Fry,
Halton Alcohol and Drug Addiction Programme.
Founder of Oakville Track Club and a former Governor of Oakville-Trafalgar Memorial Hospital
Electoral History
Party: Active on local provincial and federal riding executives. Active
campaign worker. Delegate to Policy, Constitution and Leadership
Conventions since 1974
Municipal: 1976-78 - School Trustee, Halton Separate School Board
1978-80 - Regional Councillor, RM of Halton (defeated in 1980)
1985-88 - Town Councillor, Oakville
Federal: Oakville-Milton: defeated in 1988; elected in 1993
Elected in Oakville in 1997, 2000, 2004
Political History
Parliamentary Secretary: July 1998-Aug 2000 - to Minister of Human Resources Development
Committee: Former Vice-Chair, Human Resources Development and the Status
of Persons with Disabilities.
Former member: Industry; Canadian Heritage; Public Accounts.
Chair: Standing Committee on Health; sub-committee on Committee
Budgets of the Liaison Committee
Caucus: Chaired the Parliamentary Steel Caucus and the National Caucus
Committee on Social Policy working to strengthen Canada's
social safety net
Riding Address:
2421 Marine Drive, Unit 3
Oakville, Ont.
(905) 827-2077
Christina Agrell
Party: New Democratic Party
Birthplace: England
Education: Degrees in applied psychology
Profession: Teacher
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Harry
Children: Two daughters
Career Background: Taught at inner city primary schools, worked in recruitment and training for a major computer firm
and was a professor of psychology at Thames University
Community Activities: School volunteer, Brownie leader, school council member.
Participated in the Barbecue for Bricks Tsunami Relief campaign in the summer of 2005
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