Results, Ridings and Candidates
Mount Royal
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 195/195 polls | |||
| LIB | Irwin Cotler | 19,702 | 55.71 |
Elected |
| CON | Rafael Tzoubari | 9,646 | 27.28 |
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| NDP | Nicolas Thibodeau | 2,733 | 7.73 |
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| GRN | Tyrell Alexander | 1,555 | 4.40 |
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| BQ | Maryse Lavallée | 1,543 | 4.36 |
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| ML | Diane Johnston | 97 | 0.27 |
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| COM | Antonio Artuso | 89 | 0.25 |
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Unofficial results were updated at the time shown following judicial recounts in six ridings. For more recent results, visit Elections Canada. The CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites. External links will open in a new window.
View these results in the interactive map »- Maryse Lavallée
- Rafael Tzoubari
- Antonio Artuso
- Tyrell Alexander
- Irwin Cotler (Incumbent)
- Diane Johnston
- Nicolas Thibodeau
Maryse Lavallée
Party: Bloc Québécois
Education: Earned a certificate in human resources management from the University of Quebec in Montreal and a certificate in industrial relations from the University of Montreal. Also studied computer technology at the Collège Ahuntsic, a community college in Montreal.
Profession: Manager, graphic designer
Career Background: In 1998, she was editor-in-chief of a small tabloid newspaper. The following year, she worked for the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society as a graphic designer. From 2004 to 2006, she was a teller at Elections Canada. She currently works the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ), the provincial liquor corporation, where she has been serving as a branch manager since 2003 and previously served as the director of SAQ.com and the co-ordinator of branch operations.
Community Activities: Volunteered with Productions Vélocité, a consulting company that offers advice for corporate advertising and promotions.
Mailing address:
4055 Ste-Catherine Ouest, Suite 135
Montreal, Que.
H3Z 3J8
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-933-5868
Rafael Tzoubari
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Birthdate: 1954
Birthplace: Israel
Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering from Concordia University
Profession: Businessman and engineer
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Naomi Bercusson
Children: Five - Eden, Liat, Carmit, Ma’ayan and Ofir
Career Background: Member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
Community Activities: Board member of B’nai Brith. Board member of the architectural committee of Hampstead. Co-founder of CubaChai, a humanitarian initiative that brings medical, financial and logistical aid to Jewish Cubans.
Mailing address:
5011 Queen Mary Rd.
Montreal, Que.
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-482-0770
Fax: 514-733-4505
Antonio Artuso
Party: Communist Party of Canada
Birthdate: 1945
Age: 63
Birthplace: Egypt
Education: Earned bachelor's degrees in education and French studies. Also studied language at the University of Montreal, and attended the École Polytechnique engineering school in Montreal and the University of São Paulo.
Profession: Translator
Career Background: Since 1983, he has worked as a translator in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese. He also previously taught at several language schools, and briefly worked as a technical designer and illustrator.
Community Activities: Serves as a member of the Council of Canadians, based in Ottawa. Also, a longstanding member of several international movements, including anti-war, anti-imperialist and cultural groups.
Electoral History
Provincial: Ran unsuccessfully as a Québec Solidaire candidate in this riding in 2007.
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Ahuntstic in 2000.
Contact information:
Tyrell Alexander
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birthdate: Dec. 22, 1978
Age: 29
Birthplace: Montreal
Education: Earned a bachelor's degree in political science and history in 2005.
Profession: Student
Marital Status: Single
Career Background: Post office clerk at Shoppers Drug Mart.
Community Activities: Involved in the World Federalist Association of Canada.
Electoral History
Municipal: Projet Montréal candidate in 2005.
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-344-5882
Irwin Cotler
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birthdate: May 8, 1940
Age: 68
Birthplace: Montreal
Education: Has a law degree, a Master's in Law, Doctorate of Law and eight honourary law degrees.
Profession: Lawyer
Career Background: Served as senior adviser to John Turner, justice minister and attorney general from 1968 to 1972. Has been a law professor at McGill University for 30 years and director of its human rights program. Also was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Yale. As a practitioner of constitutional and comparative law, he has litigated every section of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Founded Pointe St-Charles Legal Aid Clinic over 30 years ago. An international human rights lawyer, he served as counsel to former prisoners of conscience, Andrei Sakharov, Nelson Mandela, Jacobo Timmerman and Muchtar Pakpahan.. He later served as international legal counsel to imprisoned Russian environmentalist Aleksandr Nikitin, and Nigerian playwright and Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. In 1992, he was appointed an officer of the Order of Canada. He is the only Canadian elected to the Paris-based Académie universelle des cultures, and was the first recipient of the Justice Walter Tarnopolsky Memorial Medal and the Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award.
Community Activities: Founded Project Genesis, a community service storefront office in Mount Royal. Served as counsel to the National Coalition for Japanese-Canadian Redress and the Coalition for Women's Human Rights in Conflict Situations. Chaired the National Conference on Aboriginal Rights and the Canadian Justice System and co-chaired the Canadian Helsinki Watch Group. Is an officer of the Order of Canada and has received numerous justice and human rights awards locally, nationally and internationally.
Electoral History
Federal: First elected in this riding in a 1999 byelection. Re-elected in 2000, 2004 and 2006.
Political History
Cabinet: Served as minister of justice and attorney general of Canada in 2003.
Committee: Chaired the subcommittee on human rights. Was a member of the standing committees on foreign affairs and international trade, and justice and human rights.
Mailing address:
Cavendish Mall
5800 Cavendish Blvd.
Cote-St-Luc, Que.
H4W 2T5
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-482-5580
Fax: 514-482-1024
Diane Johnston
Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Profession: Office worker
Electoral History
Provincial: Defeated in Ste-Anne, Que. in 1989; Don Mills, Ont. in 1993 by-election; Etobicoke - Rexdale, Ont. in 1995; Etobicoke North, Ont. in 1999; Westmount-Saint-Louis, Que. in 2003 and Mont Royal, Que. in 2007.
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in York Centre in 1993, 1997 and 2000 and Mount Royal in 2004 and 2006.
Contact information:
Nicolas Thibodeau
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Birthdate: Sept. 1977
Age: 31
Birthplace: Montreal
Education: DEC Intégré, Collège Jean-de-Bébeuf; BA in political science, Université du Québec à Montréal
Career Background: Working for SmartDesign Group. Also worked in a variety of veterinary organizations.
Electoral History
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in the 2006 general election.
Contact information:
Telephone: 514-276-9595
CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external sites - links will open in new window.2008 Results
Overall Results
| Party | Elected | Leading | Total | Vote Share (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008, 5:00 PM EST | ||||
| CON | 143 | 0 | 143 | 37.63 |
| LIB | 77 | 0 | 77 | 26.24 |
| BQ | 49 | 0 | 49 | 9.97 |
| NDP | 37 | 0 | 37 | 18.20 |
| IND | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.65 |
| GRN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.80 |
| OTH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 |
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