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Mississauga East - Cooksville
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 241/242 polls | |||
| LIB | Albina Guarnieri | 20,371 | 50.16 |
Elected |
| CON | Melissa Bhagat | 13,215 | 32.54 |
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| NDP | Satish Balasunderam | 4,614 | 11.36 |
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| GRN | Jaymini Bhikha | 2,126 | 5.24 |
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| ML | Pierre Chénier | 285 | 0.70 |
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View these results in the interactive map »Melissa Bhagat
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Age: 32
Birthplace: Mississauga, Ont.
Education: Graduate of the Glendon school of public affairs at York University, Toronto.
Profession: Broadcast journalist, multicultural/tourism spokeswoman
Career Background: Former host of Bollywood Boulevard, an entertainment program dealing with Indian cinema, on OMNI TV. Is the South Asian spokeswoman for World Vision Canada.
Community Activities: Has worked with Mother Theresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta. Runs an annual charity golf tournament in Ontario, and works on a number of community and industry events. Among other things is involved in the multicultural council in Ontario's Peel Region.
Electoral History
Federal: Sought the Liberal nomination in Brampton-Springdale in the 2004 general election. Later joined the Conservative party.
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Jaymini Bhikha
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birthplace: Mississauga East - Cooksville
Education: Honours BA, University of Toronto at Mississauga
Profession: Works in the non-profit sector
Career Background: Was a campaign intern at the national office of the Sierra Club of Canada in Ottawa, working on such files as the species-at-risk act and the development of a green car website. Also worked with the Sierra Club as an administrative and campaigns assistant, where she worked on projects including researching and writing sections of the Kyoto Report Card, an annual publication.
Community Activities: She has volunteered for the national gallery teen council, the green team at the Ottawa Bluesfest, the Association for Canadian Environmental Resources, and with the Sierra Club of Canada's Peel region group.
Contact information:
Phone: 416-275-8573
Albina Guarnieri
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birthdate: June 23, 1953
Age: 55
Birthplace: Faeto, Italy
Education: BA and MA in English, McGill University
Profession: Businesswoman
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: John Campbell
Career Background: Former president and management consultant for GCE Access International. Former speechwriter for Bell Canada. Former press secretary to former solicitor general Bob Kaplan. Former senior policy adviser to the mayor of Toronto. Former adviser to Ontario's minister of consumer and corporate relations. Worked for Time Magazine, Globe and Mail and Manulife.
Community Activities: Member of the board of directors of the Metro Toronto Alzheimer Society. Former director of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education Legislative Initiative.
Electoral History
Federal: Elected in Mississauga East in 1988, 1993, 1997, 2000; elected in Mississauga East-Cooksville in 2004 and 2006.
Political History
Party: Chair, multicultural committee on Ontario women's Liberals
Parliamentary Secretary: Worked for the minister of Communications (Canadian Heritage) and the minister of Multiculturalism and Citizenship (Canadian Heritage), from 1993 to 1996.
Cabinet: Minister of Veterans Affairs, 2004 to 2006. Was associate minister of National Defence, Minister of State, and Minister of State (Civil Preparedness), 2003 to 2004.
Committee: Member of the committees on Citizenship and Immigration, and Foreign Affairs and International Development. Former member of committees on Finance, Canadian Heritage, Legislative committee A on Bill C-202, and the subcommittee on the study of sport in Canada. Former vice-chair of the Liaison committee
Caucus: Is the Veterans Affairs critic. Former critic for Intergovernmental Affairs and Citizenship and Immigration.
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Pierre Chénier
Party: Marxist-Leninist Party of Canada
Career Background: Secretary of the party's workers’ centre, where he helps workers across the country improve their working and living conditions. Also conducts interviews with workers for the Marxist-Leninist Daily newspaper.
Electoral History
Provincial: Ran unsuccessfully as an Independent in Mississauga West in in 1999 and Mississauga East in 2003.
Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Parkdale-High Park in 1997, Mississauga East in 2000 and Mississauga East-Cooksville in 2004 and 2006.
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Satish Balasunderam
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Age: 32
Birthplace: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Education: BA from the University of Toronto, law degree from the University of Windsor and a medical degree from the University of Detroit Mercy.
Profession: Lawyer
Marital Status: Single
Community Activities: Member of Amnesty International, Law Society of Upper Canada, the Ontario Bar Association, Family Lawyers Association and Peel Law Association.
Electoral History
Municipal: Defeated in Ward 4 for Mississauga city council in November 2006.
Provincial: Defeated in Mississauga East-Cooksville in 2007.
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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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