James Rajotte

James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970) is a Canadian politician and served as a Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2015.

James Rajotte
Rajotte in 2015
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Edmonton—Leduc
Edmonton Southwest (2000–2004)
In office
November 27, 2000 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byIan McClelland
Succeeded byMatt Jeneroux
Personal details
Born (1970-08-19) August 19, 1970
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Political partyConservative
Other political
affiliations		Canadian Alliance (2000–2003)
Spouse(s)single
ResidenceEdmonton
ProfessionExecutive assistant, political researcher

As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the House of Commons of Canada, Rajotte was chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance. Previously he was chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. He represented the riding of Edmonton Southwest from 2000 to 2004. In the 2004 federal election he was elected in the newly created riding of Edmonton-Leduc. He was re-elected in Edmonton-Leduc in the 2006 and 2008 federal elections. He was first elected as a Canadian Alliance MP in 2000, and was also one of four Alliance MPs who agreed to sit with the Progressive Conservative caucus after the December 9, 2003 creation of the Conservative Party, as the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucuses were not officially merged into a single caucus until a few weeks later.

Rajotte is a former executive assistant and researcher. Rajotte was the CPC official opposition critic for Industry and also fulfilled the role of opposition critic for Science, Research and Development. His interests include classical music and literature.

Electoral record
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Rajotte33,17463.2%+2.7%$81,190
LiberalDonna Lynn Smith9,23417.6%-1.9%$29,456
New DemocraticHana Razga5,99411.4%-2.4%$15,390
GreenValerie Kennedy4,0817.8%+1.6%$1,154
Total valid votes/Expense limit 52,483 100% $92,972
Total rejected ballots 118
Turnout 52,601 %
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeJames Rajotte33,76460.53%+5.49%
LiberalJim Jacuta10,85619.46%-9.85%
New DemocraticMartin Rybiak7,68513.78%+4.37%
GreenBen Morrison Pettit3,4796.24%+0.02%
Total valid votes 55,784 100.00%
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeJames Rajotte26,79155.04%$54,847
     Liberal Bruce King 14,269 29.31% $46,445
     New Democratic Party Doug McLachlan 4,581 9.41% $7,563
GreenBruce Sinclair3,0296.22%–$107
Total valid votes 48,670 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 111 0.23%
Turnout 48,781 65.08%
2000 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Southwest
Party Candidate Votes%Expenditures
AllianceJames Rajotte26,19748.85$47,590
LiberalChiu Lau18,22333.98$63,679
Progressive ConservativeJoseph Fernando5,80310.82$13,273
New DemocraticBernie Keeler2,7465.12$13,321
GreenJerry Paschen4620.86$478
Natural LawWade McKinley1950.36
Total valid votes 53,626
Total rejected ballots 1260.23
Turnout 53,75264.07

Other political offices
Political offices
Preceded by
Rob Merrifield		 Chair of the Standing Committee on
Finance
February 3, 2009 – August 2, 2015		 Succeeded by
Wayne Easter
Preceded by
Brent St. Denis		 Chair of the Standing Committee on
Industry, Science & Technology
May 9, 2006 – February 3, 2009		 Succeeded by
Michael Chong
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