Results, Ridings and Candidates
Ottawa South
2008 Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Vote Share (%) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Updated: Nov. 7, 2008 5:00 PM EST | 239/239 polls | |||
| LIB | David McGuinty | 28,934 | 49.83 |
Elected |
| CON | Elie Salibi | 19,418 | 33.44 |
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| NDP | Hijal De Sarkar | 4,920 | 8.47 |
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| GRN | Qais Ghanem | 3,924 | 6.76 |
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| PCP | Al Gullon | 620 | 1.07 |
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| LTN | Jean-Serge Brisson | 244 | 0.42 |
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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 »Elie Salibi
Party: Conservative Party of Canada
Education: Honours B.Comm., University of Ottawa
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Chantal
Children: Twin daughters - Jennifer and Jessica
Career Background: Employed at a high-technology firm. Spent more than seven years working in senior roles at Corel Corporation, including director of international sales.
Community Activities: Director of political affairs at the Lebanese Information Centre. Former president of the Lebanese Cultural Club and served on an ad hoc committee which launched an international centre to help students studying abroad adapt to their surroundings. An active member of St. Elias church.
Political History
Party: Has been actively involved at the community level in the last two federal election campaigns, assisting Conservative Party of Canada nominees in their election bids.
Contact information:
Phone: 613-733-4390 ext. 1
Qais Ghanem
Party: Green Party of Canada
Birthplace: Yemen
Education: Graduate of the University of Edinburgh
Profession: Physician, teacher, broadcaster, activist and poet
Marital Status: Married
Children: Two daughters
Career Background: He is on the faculty of the University of Ottawa and practices medicine at the Ottawa Hospital and the National Defense Medical Centre. He has more than 20 medical publications. He is past president of the Canadian Society of Clinical Neurophysiologists, 2002 to 2005. He hosts a weekly Friday noon radio show on CHIN Radio 97.9FM entitled Dialogue with Diversity.
Community Activities: Past president of the Arab Canadian University Graduates Association, 1992 to 2002, past chair of the education committee of the Ottawa Chapter of Fair Vote Canada, member of the Ottawa Chapter of the Council of Canadians and a member of the Ottawa Health Coalition (for universal public health care). In 2002, he was also the initiator and co-founder of Potlucks for Peace, a dialogue group of Jews and Arabs in Ottawa.
Contact information:
David McGuinty
Party: Liberal Party of Canada
Birthdate: Feb. 25, 1960
Age: 48
Birthplace: Ottawa, Ont.
Education: Graduate degree in law, London School of Economics; BA in political science and law degree, University of Ottawa; diploma in agriculture from Kemptville College
Profession: Lawyer
Marital Status: Married
Name of Spouse: Brigitte Bélanger
Children: Four children
Career Background: Environmental and natural resources lawyer. Worked with the United Nations and the International Development Law Organization, in private practice, and with two international non-governmental organizations. Worked as an immigration officer; taught at the University of London and helped run a succession of family-owned businesses.
Electoral History
Federal: Elected in this riding in the general elections of 2004 and 2006.
Political History
Committee: Vice-chair of the committee on Natural Resources. Member of the committees on Environment and Sustainable Development; on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities; and on Bill C-30, an act to amend the environmental protection act.
Caucus: Member of the Liberal caucus.
Mailing address:
1818 Bank St.
Ottawa, Ont.
K1V 7Y6
Contact information:
Telephone: 613-260-7541
votefordavidmcguinty@gmail.com
Jean-Serge Brisson
Party: Libertarian Party of Canada
Birthplace: Embrun, Ont.
Profession: Owns a radiator repair business
Electoral History
Municipal: Ran for a seat as councillor in Russell Township in 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006. Was elected in 2003 as councillor, but was defeated when ran again in 2006.
Provincial: Ran in 2007 in the riding of Ottawa South and was defeated.
Contact information:
Phone: 613-443-1964
Hijal De Sarkar
Party: New Democratic Party of Canada
Year of Birth: 1984
Birthplace: Toronto
Education: In third year of political science studies at Carleton University
Profession: Student
Career Background: Worked for NOW Magazine in Toronto, and currently writes for the Charlatan, Carleton's student newspaper.
Community Activities: Served on the executive of the Carleton University AIDS Awareness Society and the Carleton Disabilities Awareness Centre.
Contact information:
Al Gullon
Party: Progressive Canadian Party
Education: Earned an engineering degree from Carleton University.
Career Background: For more than 23 years, he worked at Environment Canada, where he created the Environmental Choice Program, which identifies products deemed environmentally-friendly with the EcoLogo. For the past decade, he has been devoted to traffic safety research. His work has been presented at international conferences.
Contact information:
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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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