Ridings
277 Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca
2006 Candidates:
RIDING PROFILE
This riding is in the southwest corner of Vancouver Island, with Victoria
as its southeast boundary and the Strait of Juan de Fuca to its west and
south.
Esquimalt, Langford, Colwood, View Royal, Metchosin and Sooke are here,
as is that part of the district of Saanich west of Douglas Street.
Of the 110,909 residents counted during the 2001 census, 14 per cent are immigrants and 12 per cent are seniors.
Because Victoria is right next door, lots of residents work for the government. CFB Esquimalt and Royal Roads University are also major employers. Unemployment is just 6.1 per cent; the average family income is $61,140.
This riding was created in 1986, and a decade later it added one-fifth of the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding.
Population: 110,909
Political History
Four-term incumbent Keith Martin first won office on the Reform ticket
in 1993, when he unseated the New Democrat MP, Dave Barrett. New Democrats
had dominated here for most of the 1970s and 1980s.
In 2000, Martin knocked off Liberal challenger Alan Thompson by 12,446
votes. Early in 2004, Martin joined the Liberals. In the election that
year, he defeated New Democrat Randall Garrison by 2,568 votes.
1988 - NDP
1993, 1997 - REF
2000 - CA
2004 - LIB
CANDIDATE PROFILES
David Piney
Party: Canadian Action Party
Birth Date: 1950
Age: 55
Birthplace: Peterborough, Ont.
Profession: eNews editor
Career background: Runs an eNews gleaning service
Riding Contacts:
General Delivery Victoria, B.C. V8W 2L9
Tel.: (250) 483-1417
victoria.tc.ca/~d.piney
d.piney@victoria.tc.ca
Troy DeSouza
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Education: Holds a political science degree from the University of Victoria and a law degree from the University of Windsor
Profession: Lawyer
Marital status: Married
Name of spouse: Kismet
Children: Ava
Career background: Is a municipal prosecutor with the law firm of Staples, McDannold, Stewart
Community activities: Was president of Young Lawyers of Victoria and director of the Victoria Dragon Boat Festival Society
Riding Address:
Box 404
108-800 Kelly Road
Victoria, BC V9D 6J9
Mike Robinson
Party: Green Party of Canada
Age: 42
Education: Enrolled in the MA in Leadership and Training program (MALT) at Royal Roads University
Profession: Guide and self-described jack-of-all-trades.
Community activities: Three years as the president of the Lund Community Society. Served on the board of the Weyerhaeuser/Stillwater Community Advisory Group for Sustainable Forest Practices - Education Committee, and actively volunteers with Power of Hope and Inclusive Leadership Adventures
Riding Contacts:
(250) 884-5508
mrobinson@greenparty.ca
ridings.greenparty.ca/article277.html
Keith Martin
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birth date: April 13, 1960
Age: 45
Birthplace: London, England
Education: Holds a science degree and a medical doctorate from the University of Toronto
Profession: Doctor
Marital status: Single
Career background: An emergency room physician/general practitioner by training, he has had a varied career. He has worked as a physician in northern B.C., and worked as a correctional officer and science researcher. He has been on diplomatic missions to some of the most difficult areas of the world, including Sierra Leone, Sudan and Zimbabwe. He has had more than 100 articles published in Canadian newspapers and journals. He hosted his own nationally syndicated television show, Beyond Politics, for five years
Community activities:Provided care to remote aboriginal villages and did two tours of duty at a rural bush hospital on the Mozambique border during that country's civil war
Electoral History
Federal: Elected in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca in 1993, 1997, 2000 and 2004
Political History
Committee: Former member of Fisheries and Oceans; Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Health; Justice and Human Rights
Caucus: Former Reform/Canadian Alliance critic for International Human Rights; Health; Foreign Affairs; International Financial Institutions; Latin America and Africa; Financial Institutions. In January 2004, he announced he would not join the new Conservative party; he would sit as an Independent until the next election and seek the Liberal nomination in the riding, which he won as a Liberal in 2004.
Riding Address:
666 Granderson Road
Victoria, B.C. V9B 2R8
(250) 474-6505
Randall Garrison
Party: New Democratic Party
Birth date: April 13, 1960
Age: 42
Birthplace: London, England
Education: Holds an undergraduate degree in history and an MA in political science from the University of British Columbia. He has completed additional graduate work in economics, public policy development, and policing
Marital status: Single
Career background: Currently teaches in the criminal justice program at Camosun College. He served for two years as director of public policy for the B.C. government and also worked as a public policy researcher and assistant to the NDP leader in the B.C. legislature, the Alberta legislature and the House of Commons
Community activities:Was co-ordinator of the human rights observer mission for the 1999 UN referendum on independence in East Timor. He is a former executive director and board member of the Pacific Peoples Partnership, the founding president of the Victoria Immigrant and Refugee Centre, and recently served a three-year term on the Esquimalt Municipal Police Board.
Electoral History
Federal: Defeated in Esquimalt-Juan de Fuca in 2004
Riding Address:
101 - 1315 Esquimalt Road,
Victoria, B.C. V9A 3P5
(250) 360-1003
Doug Christie
Party: Western Block Party
Riding Contact:
(250) 385-1022
www.westernblockparty.com/
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