Roger Valley

Roger Valley
Roger Valley
Member of Parliament; for Kenora
	In office; 2004–2008
Preceded by	Bob Nault
Succeeded by	Greg Rickford
Personal details
Born	January 29, 1957; Kenora, Ontario
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	Carol Valley
Residence	Dryden, Ontario
Profession	commercial fisherman

Roger Valley (born January 29, 1957 in Kenora, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2008, representing the riding of Kenora for the Liberal Party.

Valley worked as a commercial fisherman before entering federal politics. He also served as a city councillor and mayor of Dryden, and was the president of the local provincial Liberal Party riding association for almost ten years.

He was elected to parliament in the 2004 federal election, defeating NDP candidate Susan Barclay and Conservative Bill Brown in a close three-way race. The seat was left open after former Liberal cabinet minister Robert Nault announced his retirement from politics.

Valley initially won the Liberal nomination in a close contest against Charles Fox, a local aboriginal leader. Unlike the situation in some other Ontario ridings, the nomination battle did not result in lingering divisions for the local party organization; Fox endorsed Valley during the general election.

In the 2006 federal election Valley was re-elected in another close race against Brown and Barclay. He lost to Greg Rickford of the Conservative Party in 2008.[1]

Election results

2008 Canadian federal election: Kenora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Greg Rickford	9,395	40.46	+9.47	$80,724
	Liberal	Roger Valley	7,344	31.63	-4.89	$63,788
	New Democratic	Tania Cameron	5,394	23.23	-6.72	$59,298
	Green	JoJo Holiday	1,087	4.68	+2.14	$362
Total valid votes/Expense limit			23,220	100.00	$90,484
Total rejected ballots			94	0.40	+0.09
Turnout			23,314	55.37	-8.11
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing		-7.18

2006 Canadian federal election: Kenora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roger Valley	9,937	36.52	+0.29	$75,329
	Conservative	Bill Brown	8,434	30.99	+3.07	$62,258
	New Democratic	Susan Barclay	8,149	29.95	-2.11	$79,469
	Green	Dave Vasey	692	2.54	-1.26	$0
Total valid votes/Expense limit			27,212	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			85	0.31	-0.22
Turnout			27,297	63.48	+8.22

2004 Canadian federal election: Kenora
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Roger Valley	8,563	36.23	–	$66,623
	New Democratic	Susan Barclay	7,577	32.06	–	$34,796
	Conservative	Bill Brown	6,598	27.92	–	$27,132
	Green	Carl Chaboyer	898	3.80	–	$1,530
Total valid votes/Expense limit			23,636	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			126	0.53
Turnout			23,762	55.26

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References

"Mission Impossible - accomplished", Kenora Daily Miner, October 15, 2008.

External links

Roger Valley – Parliament of Canada biography

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[1] "Mission Impossible - accomplished", Kenora Daily Miner, October 15, 2008.