Roxanne James
Roxanne L. James (born 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Scarborough Centre as a member of the Conservative Party, until her defeat in the 42nd federal election on October 19, 2015, which saw her lose her seat to the Liberal Party candidate Salma Zahid.[2]
Roxanne James  | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Scarborough Centre  | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015  | |
| Preceded by | John Cannis | 
| Succeeded by | Salma Zahid | 
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 55–56) Scarborough, Ontario, Canada  | 
| Political party | Conservative | 
| Profession | Real estate agent, systems analyst | 
Her past political history included working on the Defend Marriage campaign, which sought to revoke same-sex couples' right to marry.[3]
Electoral record
    
 
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Scarborough Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Salma Zahid | 22,753 | 50.5 | +18.61 | $111,259.09 | |||
| Conservative | Roxanne James | 14,705 | 32.7 | -2.18 | $96,481.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Alex Wilson | 5,227 | 11.6 | -19.06 | $24,264.68 | |||
| Libertarian | Katerina Androutsos | 1,384 | 3.1 | $1,452.03 | ||||
| Green | Lindsay Thompson | 960 | 2.1 | -0.47 | $1,627.92 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,029 | 100.00 | +22.33 | $203,985.80 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 407 | 0.90 | +0.33 | |||||
| Turnout | 45,436 | 64.36 | +10.02 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,594 | +0.46 | ||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.39% | ||||||
Source(s)  | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election: Scarborough Centre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Roxanne James | 13,498 | 35.55 | +5.45 | ||||
| Liberal | John Cannis | 12,028 | 31.68 | -16.99 | ||||
| New Democratic | Natalie Hundt | 11,443 | 30.14 | +14.39 | ||||
| Green | Ella Ng | 998 | 2.63 | -2.83 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 37,967 | 100.00 | +3.10 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 217 | 0.57 | -0.07 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,184 | 54.34 | +2.21 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 70,274 | -1.15 | ||||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | John Cannis | 17,927 | 48.67 | -6.7 | $61,436 | |||
| Conservative | Roxanne James | 11,088 | 30.10 | +2.8 | $74,654 | |||
| New Democratic | Natalie Hundt | 5,801 | 15.75 | +1.8 | $1,449 | |||
| Green | Ella Ng | 2,011 | 5.46 | +2.2 | $1,784 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,827 | 100.00 | -12.60 | $81,313 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 235 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,062 | 52.13 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 71,094 | |||||||
| 2006 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | John Cannis | 23,332 | 55.4 | +1.7 | ||||
| Conservative | Roxanne James | 11,522 | 27.3 | +5.3 | ||||
| New Democratic | Dorothy Laxton | 5,885 | 14.0 | -1.9 | ||||
| Green | Andrew Strachan | 1,396 | 3.3 | +0.6 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,135 | 100.0 | ||||||
References
    
- Election 2011: Scarborough Centre. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
 - Liberal candidate Salma Zahid wins Scarborough Centre.The Toronto Star, October 20, 2015.
 - "canadavotes2006". cbc.ca. Retrieved May 9, 2011.
 
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