Papineau

• Vivian Barbot (Incumbent)
• Mustaque Sarker
• Ingrid Hein
• Mahmood Baig
• Justin Trudeau
• Costa Zafiropoulos

Vivian Barbot

Party: Bloc Québécois

Birthdate: July 7, 1941

Age: 67

Birthplace: Saint-Marc, Haiti

Education: Bachelor's degree in literary studies from the University of Quebec in Montreal, master's degree in intercultural education at the University of Sherbrooke

Profession: Teacher

Career Background: Taught French and English as a second language throughout Quebec.

Community Activities: Former president of the Quebec Women's Federation and the CEGEP Teachers Federation. Volunteered in Africa as a French teacher for women from poor backgrounds. Helped found and operate a summer camp for black children in Montreal. Board member of the Quebec Sovereignty Council; Syndicalistes et progressistes pour un Québec libre, a political group advocating for progressive and union causes; and the League of Rights and Freedoms.

Electoral History

Federal: Elected in 2006

Political History

Committees: Vice-chair of House committee on foreign affairs and international development; member of special committee on the Canadian mission in Afghanistan. Associate member: aboriginal affairs and northern development; access to information, privacy and ethics; agriculture and agri-food; Canadian heritage; citizenship and immigration; environment and sustainable development; finance; government operations and estimates; health; human resources; industry, science and technology; international trade; justice and human rights; liaison; national defence; natural resources; official languages; transport, infrastructure and communities.

Caucus: Critic for intergovernmental affairs.

Mailing address:

173 Jean-Talon St. E.

Montreal, Que.

H2R 1S8

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-270-0801

campagne@vivianbarbot.org

vivianbarbot.org

Mustaque Sarker

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Education: Graduated from Dhaka University; MBA, Tulane University; diploma in EDC and AMC from McGill University

Career Background: He is president and CEO of Phahmed Comptabilité et Gestion d'affaires Inc.

Community Activities: President of both the Bangladesh-Canada Friendship Association and of the Multicultural Society of Canada.

Electoral History

Federal: Defeated in Papineau-Saint-Denis in 2000 and in Papineau in 2004 and 2006.

Contact information:

www.mustaquesarker.ca

Ingrid Hein

Party: Green Party of Canada

Age: 35

Birthplace: Scarborough, Ont.

Education: BA in journalism, Concordia University

Profession: Writer and web project manager

Marital Status: Married

Children: Two

Career Background: Wrote a newspaper column on technology and democracy for three years for the newspapers, Hour (Montreal) and Eye Weekly (Toronto). Founded and launched the award-winning National Film Board of Canada website, CitizenShift, and is taking on a management role in a series of Heritage Canada virtual museum projects, including Haida Spirits of the Sea: Exhibit for Expo 98, Canadian Pavilion, The Canadian Virtual Exhibit on biodiversity: Focus on Insects, Focus on Amphibians and Focus on Quebec Minerals.

Community Activities: Went to South Africa for community development work, facilitating media skill-building workshops for social change with the NGO Alternatives. Her efforts resulted in the development of a local newspaper for a community of eleven villages.

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-948-4290

ingrid.hein@greenparty.ca

greenparty.ca

Mahmood Baig

Party: Independent

Birthdate: 1965

Birthplace: Pakistan

Education: Earned a graduate degree in journalism.

Profession: Journalist

Marital Status: Single

Career Background: He covered Canadian arts and business for several newspapers in Pakistan. He has also written about politics for the Asian Report in Montreal.

Community Activities: He volunteered with several senior citizens' centres. He also went to Winnipeg to help citizens caught in the Red River flood of 1997. He also organized Pakistan's Independence Day in Montreal in 1997. Additionally, he served on several foreign trade delegations. He was a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Gujranwala, Pakistan.

Electoral History

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully as a Canadian Action Party candidate in this riding in the 2006 general election, in Repentigny in a 2006 byelection and in Outremont in a 2007 byelection as an Independent.

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-271-8975

raza3500@yahoo.com

Justin Trudeau

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Birthdate: Dec. 25, 1971

Age: 36

Birthplace: Ottawa, Ont.

Education: BA in English literature, McGill University; B.Ed., University of British Columbia; master's candidate in Geography at McGill University

Profession: Teacher

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Sophie Grégoire

Children: One son

Community Activities: Has worked with environmental groups such as the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society. Was chair of Katimavik, Canada’s National Youth Service program.

Mailing address:

7217 rue St-Denis

Montreal, Que.

H2R 2E3

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-273-8878

Number 2: 555-555-5555

info@justin.ca

justin.ca

Costa Zafiropoulos

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Age: 32

Birthplace: Montreal

Education: Completing his honours degree in political science with a minor in economics at Concordia University

Career Background: Quality assurance analyst for an IT company and an award-winning upright bass player.

Contact information:

Telephone: 514-271-9886

costazafiropoulos@ndp.ca

costazafiropoulos.ndp.ca

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