# New Democratic Party candidates in the 2004 Canadian federal election

The New Democratic Party ran a full slate of candidates in the 2004 federal election and elected nineteen members to become the fourth largest party in parliament.

## Newfoundland and Labrador

* Avalon: Michael Kehoe
* Bonavista—Exploits: Samuel McLean
* Humber—St. Barbe—Baie Verte: Holly Pike
* Labrador: Shawn Crann
* Random—Burin—St. George's: Desmond McGrath
* St. John's North: Janine Piller
* St. John's South: Peg Norman

## Prince Edward Island

* Cardigan: Dave MacKinnon
* Charlottetown: Dody Crane
* Egmont: Regena Kaye Russell
* Malpeque: Ken Bingham

## Nova Scotia

* Cape Breton—Canso: Shirley Hartery
* Central Nova: Alexis MacDonald
* Dartmouth—Cole Harbour: Susan MacAlpine-Gillis
* Halifax: Alexa McDonough
* Halifax West: Bill Carr
* Kings—Hants: Skip Hambling
* North Nova: Margaret Sagar
* Sackville—Eastern Shore: Peter Stoffer
* South Shore—St. Margaret's: Gordon Earle
* Sydney—Victoria: John Hugh Edwards
* West Nova: Arthur Bull

## New Brunswick

* Acadie—Bathurst: Yvon Godin
* Beauséjour: Omer Bourque
* Fredericton: John Carty
* Fundy: Pat Hanratty
* Madawaska—Restigouche: Rodolphe Martin
* Miramichi: Hilaire Rousselle
* Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe: Hélène Lapointe
* St. Croix—Belleisle: Patrick Webber
* Saint John: Terry Albright
* Tobique—Mactaquac: Jason Mapplebeck

## Quebec

| Riding | Candidate's Name | Notes | Gender | Occupation | Votes | % | Rank |
| Abitibi—Témiscamingue | Dennis Shushack | | M | Industrial Mechanic | 1,472 | 3.39 | 4th |
| Ahuntsic | Annick Bergeron | | F | Lawyer | 3,013 | 6.21 | 3rd |
| Alfred-Pellan | Benjamin Le Bel | | M | Community Development Officer | 1,849 | 3.47 | 4th |
| Argenteuil—Mirabel | Elizabeth Clark | Clark had previously run for the NDP in Rimouski—Mitis in the 1997 Canadian federal election and in Beauharnois—Salaberry in 2000. | F | Research Ethics Officer | 1,493 | 3.04 | 5th |
| Beauce | Philippe Giguère | | M | Student | 1,443 | 3.05 | 4th |
| Beauharnois—Salaberry | Ligy Alakkattussery | | | | 1,018 | 1.93 | 5th |
| Beauport | Xavier Trégan | | M | Research Assistant | 1,896 | 4.09 | 4th |
| Berthier—Maskinongé | Denis McKinnon | | M | CDC Coordinator | 1,653 | 3.36 | 4th |
| Bourassa | Stefano Saykaly | | M | Doctor | 1,661 | 3.97 | 4th |
| Brome—Missisquoi | Piper Huggins | Huggins had previously run for the NDP in Saint-Laurent—Cartierville in the 2000 election. She was later president of the NDP's Quebec section from 2006 to 2008. She served on the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough council from 2009 to 2013; originally with Projet Montréal, she left the party in September 2013 to join the rival Coalition Montréal. | F | Business Person | 1,177 | 2.66 | 5th |
| Brossard—La Prairie | Nadia Alexan | | F | Professor (Retired) | 2,321 | 4.41 | 4th |
| Chambly—Borduas | Daniel Blouin | | F | Computer Specialist | 2,681 | 4.80 | 4th |
| Charlesbourg | François Villeneuve | | M | Student | 1,623 | 3.51 | 4th |
| Charlevoix—Montmorency | Steeve Hudon | | M | Student | 1,055 | 2.52 | 5th |
| Châteauguay—Saint-Constant | Mélanie Archambault | | F | Student | 1,704 | 3.33 | 5th |
| Chicoutimi—Le Fjord | Éric Dubois | | M | Community Organizer | 1,699 | 3.73 | 4th |
| Compton—Stanstead | Martin Baller | | M | Radio Host (Self-Employed) | 1,451 | 3.31 | 5th |
| Drummond | Blake Evans | | M | Student | 745 | 2.19 | 5th |
| Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine | Philip Toone | MP for Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine from 2011 to 2015. | M | Student | 805 | 2.09 | 5th |
| Gatineau | Dominique Vaillancourt | | F | Translator | 2,610 | 5.72 | 4th |
| Hochelaga | David Gagnon | | M | Development Animation Agent | 2,510 | 5.49 | 3rd |
| Honoré-Mercier | François Pilon | MP for Laval—Les Îles from 2011 to 2015. | M | Municipal Employee | 1,973 | 4.09 | 4th |
| Hull-Aylmer | Pierre Laliberté | Laliberté has a PhD in economics from the University of Massachusetts, worked for five years as an economist with the Canadian Labour Congress, and has also worked with the United Steel Workers of America, the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, and the International Labour Office. He was appointed to the Canada Employment Insurance Commission in October 2016. He also ran for the NDP in Hull-Aylmer in 2006. | M | Economist | 5,709 | 11.87 | 3rd |
| Jeanne-Le Ber | Anthony Philbin | | M | Consultant | 3,160 | 6.92 | 3rd |
| Joliette | Jacques Trudeau | | M | Retired | 1,755 | 3.63 | 4th |
| Jonquière—Alma | François Picard | | M | Student | 1,561 | 3.40 | 4th |
| La Pointe-de-l'Île | André Langevin | | M | Political Scientist | 1,751 | 3.79 | 4th |
| Lac-Saint-Louis | Daniel Quinn | | M | Student | 3,789 | 7.54 | 4th |
| LaSalle—Émard | Rebecca Blaikie | | F | Education Coordinator | 1,995 | 4.37 | 4th |
| Laurentides—Labelle | Brendan Naef | | M | Student | 1,320 | 2.69 | 5th |
| Laurier | François Grégoire | | M | Professor | 5,779 | 12.08 | 3rd |
| Laval | Alain Giguère | MP for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin from 2011 to 2015. | M | Lawyer | 1,998 | 4.10 | 4th |
| Laval—Les Îles | Paul Michaud | | M | Chemist | 2,202 | 4.39 | 4th |
| Lévis—Bellechasse | Louise Foisy | | F | Social Work Technician | 1,910 | 3.86 | 5th |
| Longueuil | Nicole Fournier-Sylvester | | F | Community Organizer | 2,512 | 5.19 | 3rd |
| Lotbinière—Chutes-de-la-Chaudière | Jean Bernatchez | | M | Researcher | 2,091 | 4.75 | 4th |
| Louis-Hébert | Robert Turcotte | | M | Conference Lecturer | 3,112 | 5.57 | 4th |
| Louis-Saint-Laurent | Christopher Bojanowski | | M | Fisher | 1,369 | 3.05 | 4th |
| Manicouagan | Pierre Ducasse | | M | Consultant | 3,361 | 10.33 | 3rd |
| Marc-Aurèle-Fortin | Lyse Généreux | | F | Retired | 1,867 | 3.57 | 5th |
| Matapédia—Matane | Jean-Guy Côté | | M | Composer | 1,581 | 4.99 | 4th |
| Mégantic—L'Érable | Alexandre Côté | | M | Security Officer | 1,608 | 3.73 | 4th |
| Montcalm | François Rivest | | M | Student | 1,531 | 3.17 | 5th |
| Mount Royal | Sébastien Beaudet | | M | Student | 1,859 | 4.91 | 4th |
| Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine | Maria Pia Chávez | | F | Teacher | 3,513 | 7.93 | 4th |
| Nunavik—Eeyou | Pierre Corbeil | | M | Advertising | 1,097 | 3.94 | 4th |
| Outremont | Omar Aktouf | | M | Professor | 5,382 | 14.06 | 3rd |
| Papineau | André Frappier | | M | Postal Carrier | 3,603 | 8.77 | 3rd |
| Pierrefonds—Dollard | Danielle Lustgarten | | F | Researcher | 2,545 | 5.47 | 4th |
| Pontiac | Gretchen Schwarz | | F | Teacher | 2,317 | 5.79 | 4th |
| Portneuf | Jean-François Breton | | M | Political Scientist | 1,540 | 3.58 | 5th |
| Québec | Jean-Marie Fiset | | M | | 2,670 | 5.55 | 4th |
| Repentigny | André Cardinal | | M | Radio Host | 1,526 | 2.98 | 4th |
| Richelieu | Charles Bussières | Bussières is a musician. He had previously run for the NDP in Verchères—Les Patriotes in the 2000 federal election. | M | Organizer | 1,017 | 2.09 | 4th |
| Richmond—Arthabaska | Jason S. Noble | | M | Youth Pastoral Worker | 1,540 | 3.26 | 5th |
| Rimouski—Témiscouata | Guy Caron | MP for Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, 2011 to present. | M | Economist | 2,717 | 7.05 | 4th |
| Rivière-des-Mille-Îles | Nicolas Du Cap | | M | Student Journalist | 1,559 | 3.42 | 5th |
| Rivière-du-Loup—Montmagny | Frédérick Garon | | M | Professional/Customer Service | 876 | 1.98 | 5th |
| Rivière-du-Nord | François Côté | | M | Lawyer | 1,290 | 2.93 | 4th |
| Roberval | Isabelle Tremblay | Tremblay subsequently ran for the NDP in Mégantic—L'Érable in the 2006 federal election. | F | Student | 1,777 | 5.11 | 4th |
| Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie | Benoît Beauchamp | | M | Teacher | 3,876 | 7.67 | 3rd |
| Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | Marie Henretta | | F | Teacher | 2,253 | 4.43 | 4th |
| Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot | Joëlle Chevrier | | F | Executive Secretary | 1,204 | 2.52 | 4th |
| Saint-Jean | Jonathan Trépanier | | M | Student | 1,687 | 3.44 | 4th |
| Saint-Lambert | Monique Garcia | | F | Student | 2,130 | 4.72 | 4th |
| Saint-Laurent—Cartierville | Zaid Mahayni | | M | Lawyer | 2,630 | 6.25 | 3rd |
| Saint-Léonard—Saint-Michel | Laura Colella | | F | Student | 2,422 | 5.98 | 3rd |
| Saint-Maurice—Champlain | Pierre J.C. Allard | | M | Lawyer | 1,104 | 2.36 | 4th |
| Shefford | Sonia Bisson | | F | Student | 1,146 | 2.43 | 5th |
| Sherbrooke | Philippe Dion | | M | Student | 1,463 | 2.93 | 5th |
| Terrebonne—Blainville | Normand Beaudet | | M | Computer Consultant | 1,451 | 3.16 | 5th |
| Trois-Rivières | Marc Tessier | | M | Student | 1,635 | 3.52 | 4th |
| Vaudreuil—Soulanges | Bert Markgraf | | M | Engineer | 2,175 | 3.90 | 4th |
| Verchères—Les Patriotes | Simon Vallée | | M | Student | 1,815 | 3.68 | 4th |
| Westmount—Ville-Marie | Eric Wilson Steedman | | M | Consultant | 4,795 | 11.99 | 3rd |

## Ontario

* Kathy Pounder (Brampton—Springdale)
* Chris Moise (Brampton West)
* Max Silverman (Eglinton—Lawrence)
* Cesar Martello (Etobicoke North)
* Ross Sutherland (Lanark—Frontenac—Lennox and Addington)
* Gary Dale (Pickering—Scarborough East)
* Nella Cotrupi (Richmond Hill)
* Ted Mouradian (St. Catharines)
* Colin Mackinnon (Simcoe—Grey)
* Elaine MacDonald (Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry)
* Maret Sadem-Thompson (Whitby—Oshawa)
* Rick Morelli (Willowdale)

## Manitoba

* Brandon—Souris: Mike Abbey
* Charleswood—St. James: Peter Carney
* Churchill: Bev Desjarlais
* Dauphin—Swan River: Walter Kolisnyk
* Elmwood—Transcona: Bill Blaikie
* Kildonan—St. Paul: Lorene Mahoney
* Portage—Lisgar: Daren Van den Bussche
* Provencher: Sarah Zaharia
* Saint Boniface: Mathieu Allard
* Selkirk—Interlake: Duane Nicol
* Winnipeg Centre: Pat Martin
* Winnipeg North: Judy Wasylycia-Leis
* Winnipeg South: Catherine Green
* Winnipeg South Centre: James Allum

## Saskatchewan

* Battlefords—Lloydminster: Shawn McKee
* Blackstrap: Don Kossick
* Churchill River: Earl Cook
* Cypress Hills—Grasslands: Jeff Potts
* Palliser: Dick Proctor
* Prince Albert: Don Hovdebo
* Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre: Moe Kovatch
* Regina—Qu'Appelle: Lorne Nystrom
* Saskatoon—Humboldt: Nettie Wiebe
* Saskatoon—Rosetown—Biggar: Dennis Gruending
* Saskatoon—Wanuskewin: Priscilla Settee
* Souris—Moose Mountain: Robert Stringer
* Wascana: Erin Weir
* Yorkton—Melville: Don Olson

## Alberta

* Daria Fox (Calgary Southwest)
* Jeff Sloychuk (Red Deer South)

## British Columbia

* Bev Meslo (Vancouver South)

## Territories

* Nunavut: Bill Riddell
* Western Arctic: Dennis Bevington
* Yukon: Pam Boyde