63 Priority Districts for 2019
These Federal Electoral Districts were the ones in which the 2016 Census Population of First Nations 18+ was either: a) larger than the margin of victory in the 2015 federal election b) within 5% of the margin of victory and at least 1% of the total vote eligible population in the district
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Underline indicates previous winner (If only the party is underlined the incumbent is not running)
Bold Candidates Indicates a First Nations Candidate
FN 18+ = Total number of First Nations Eligible Voters MOV = Margin of Victory in total votes in 2015
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Alberta (Five Districts) 5. Edmonton Mill Woods (Click for Map of District) 1. Calgary Confederation (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Tim Uppal GRN Tanya Herbert CPC Len Webber LIB Amarjeet Sohi GRN Natalie AM Odd NDP Nigel Logan LIB Jordan Stein PPC Annie Young NDP Gurcharan Sidhu[ PPC Colin C. Korol FN 18+: 1230 MOV: 92 FN 18+: 1095 MOV: 1586 2. Calgary Centre (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC Gary McLean GRN Thana Boolert
LIB Kent Hehr NDP essica Buresi PPC Chevy Johnston
FN 18+: 1110 MOV: 750 3. Edmonton Centre (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC James Cumming GRN Grad Murray LIB Randy Boissonnault NDP Katherine Swampy PPC Paul J. Hookham
FN 18+: 2800
MOV: 1199
4. Edmonton Griesbach (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC Kerry Diotte GRN Safi Khan LIB Habiba Mohamud NDP Mark W.J. Cherington PPC Barbara Nichols
FN 18+: 3465 MOV: 2848
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British Columbia (15 Districts) 1. Burnaby South (Click for Map of District) 5. Coquitlam--Port Coquitlam (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Jay Shin GRN Brennan Wauters CPC Nicholas Insley LIB Neelam Brar GRN Brad Nickason NDP Jagmeet Singh* LIB Ron McKinnon PPC Jody Craven NDP Christina Gower PPC Roland Spornico FN 18+: 780 MOV: 547 FN 18+: 1165 MOV: 1855 *Won a by-election, was NDP prior to by-election 6. Courtenay—Alberni (Click for Map of 2. Cariboo--Prince George (Click for Map of District) District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Byron Horner CPC Todd Doherty GRN Sean Wood GRN Mackenzie B. Kerr LIB Jonah Gowans LIB Tracy Calogheros NDP Gord Johns NDP Heather Sapergia PPC Troy C. Whitley PPC Jing Lan Yang FN 18+: 4660 FN 18+: 7765 MOV: 6868 MOV: 2767 7. Kamloops--Thompson—Cariboo (Click for 3. Central Okanagan--Similkameen—Nicola Map of District) (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Cathy McLeod CPC Dan Albas GRN Iain Currie GRN Robert Mellalieu LIB Terry Lake LIB Mary Ann Murphy NDP Cynthia Egli NDP Joan C. Philip PPC Kenneth G. Finlayson PPC Allan G. Duncan FN 18+: 5260 FN 18+: 4105 MOV: 3129 MOV: 1458 8. Kelowna--Lake Country (Click for Map of 4. Chilliwack—Hope (Click for Map of District) District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Mark Strahl CPC Tracy Gray GRN Arthur A. Green GRN Travis A. Ashley LIB Kelly Velonis LIB Stephen Fuhr NDP Heather McQuillan NDP Justin Kulik PPC Rob R.B. Bogunovic PPC John Barr FN 18+: 3770 FN 18+: 1810 MOV: 4331 MOV: 4112 3
9. Kootenay—Columbia (Click for Map of 13. Port Moody—Coquitlam (Click for Map of District) District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Rob Morrison CPC Nelly Shin GRN Abra Brynne GRN Bryce Watts LIB Robin Goldsbury LIB Sara Badiei NDP Wayne Stetski NDP* Bonita M. Zarillo PPC Richard D. Stewart PPC Jayson N. Chabot FN 18+: 2185 FN 18+: 1030 MOV: 282 MOV: 2818 10. Mission--Matsqui--Fraser Canyon (Click for *Incumbent not running Map of District) 14. Skeena--Bulkley Valley (Click for Map of Candidates: District) CPC Brad S. Vis Candidates: GRN John Kidder CPC Claire Rattée LIB Jati Sidhu GRN Michael Sawyer NDP Michael Nenn PPC Julius N. Czaszar LIB Dave Birdi NDP* Taylor Bachrach FN 18+: 5380 PPC Jody Craven MOV: 1038 FN 18+: 18705 11. Nanaimo--Ladysmith (Click for Map of MOV: 11595 District) *Incumbent not running Candidates: 15. South Okanagan--West Kootenay (Click for CPC John Hirst Map of District) GRN Paul Manly* Candidates: LIB Michelle Corfield NDP Bob Chamberlin CPC Helena R. Konanz PPC Jennifer Clarke GRN Tara Howse LIB Constance Denesiuk FN 18+: 4090 MOV: 6898 NDP Richard Cannings PPC Sean Taylor *Won a by-election, was NDP prior to by-election. FN 18+: 2380 12. Pitt Meadows--Maple Ridge (Click for Map MOV: 4952 of District)
Candidates:
CPC Marc Dalton
GRN Ariane Jaschke LIB Dan Ruimy NDP John Mogk PPC Bryton S. Cherrier FN 18+: 1550 MOV: 1300 4
Manitoba (4 Districts) 4. Kildonan—St. Paul (Click for Map of District) 1. Churchill--Keewatinook Aski (Click for Map Candidates: of District) CPC Raquel Dancho Candidates: GRN Rylan Reed LIB MaryAnn Mihychuk CPC Cyara Bird NDP Evan Krosney GRN Ralph McLean PPC Martin W. Deck LIB Judy Klassen NDP Niki Ashton FN 18+: 1860 PPC Kenneth M. Klyne MOV: 1239 FN 18+: 34855 MOV: 912
2. Dauphin--Swan River—Neepawa (Click for
Map of District)
Candidates:
CPC* Daniel Mazier GRN Katharine Storey LIB Cathy Scofiel-Singh NDP Laverne Lewqycky PPC Frank Godon FN 18+: 8345 MOV: 7000
*Incumbent not running
3. Elmwood—Transcona (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC Lawrence Toet GRN Kelly Manweiler
LIB Jennifer Malabar NDP Daniel Blaikie PPC Noel Gautron
FN 18+: 2650 MOV: 61
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Saskatchewan (4 Districts) 1. Desnethé--Missinippi--Churchill River (Click for Map of District)
Candidates:
CPC Gary Vidal
GRN Sarah Kraynick LIB Tammy Cook-Searson NDP Georgina Jolibois PPC Jerome Perrault FN 18+: 22850 MOV: 82 2. Regina—Lewvan (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC Warren Steinley GRN Naomi Hunter LIB Winter Fedyk NDP* Jigar Patel
PPC Trevor Wowk
FN 18+: 2155 MOV: 132 *Incumbent not running 3. Regina—Qu'Appelle (Click for Map of District)
Candidates:
CPC Andrew Scheer GRN Dale Dewar LIB Jordan Ames-Sinclair NDP Ray Aldinger PPC Tracey Sparrowhawk FN 18+: 6815 MOV: 5342
4. Saskatoon West (Click for Map of District)
Candidates:
CPC Brad Redekopp
GRN Shawn Setyo LIB Shah Rukh NDP Sheri Benson PPC Isaac J. Hayes FN 18+: 4960 MOV: 2520
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Ontario (23 Districts) 5. Chatham-Kent—Leamington (Click for Map of District) 1. Algoma--Manitoulin—Kapuskasing (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC* David A. Epp GRN Mark Vercouten CPC David Williamson LIB Katie Omstead GRN Max Chapman NDP Tony Walsh LIB Heather Wilson PPC John P. Balagtas NDP Carol R. Hughes PPC Dave DeLisle FN 18+: 1240 MOV: 2326 FN 18+: 7570 MOV: 2405 *Incumbent not running 2. Barrie--Springwater--Oro-Medonte (Click for 6. Hamilton East-Stoney Creek (Click for Map Map of District) of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC* Doug Shipley CPC Nikki (Gurdeep) Kaur GRN Marty Lancaster GRN Peter Ormond LIB Brian Kalliecharan LIB Robert Bratina NDP Dan R. Janssen NDP Nick Milanovic PPC David Patterson PPC Charles Crocker FN 18+: 1310 FN 18+: 1350 MOV: 86 MOV: 3157 *Incumbent not running 7. Hamilton Mountain (Click for Map of District) 3. Cambridge (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Peter S. Dyakowski GRN Dave Urquhart CPC Sunny Attwal LIB Bruno Ugrenti GRN Michele Braniff NDP Scott Duvall LIB Bryan May PPC Trevor M. Lee NDP Scott Hamilton PPC David M. Haskell FN 18+: 975 MOV: 1213 FN 18+: 1045 MOV: 2411 8. Hastings--Lennox and Addington (Click for Map of District) 4. Carleton (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Derek Sloan CPC Pierre Pollievre GRN Sari Watson GRN Gordon Kubanek LIB Mike Bossio LIB Christopher Rogers NDP David Tough NDP Kevin Hua PPC Adam L. E. Gray PPC Alain Musende FN 18+: 3550 FN 18+: 820 MOV: 225 MOV: 2411
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9. Kenora (Click for Map of District) Candidates: 13. Niagara Centre (Click for Map of District) CPC Eric Mellilo Candidates: GRN Kirsi Ralko CPC April C. Jeffs LIB Bob Nault GRN Michael Tomaino NDP Rudy Turtle PPC Michael Di Pasquale LIB Vance Badawey NDP Malcolm Allen FN 18+: 15155 PPC Andrew Sainz-Nieto MOV: 498 FN 18+: 1400 10. Kitchener Conestoga (Click for Map of MOV: 2295 District) 14. Nickel Belt (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Harold Albrecht CPC Aino Laamanen GRN Stephanie Goertz GRN Casey Lalonde LIB Tim Louis LIB Marc G. Serré NDP Riani de Wet PPC Koltyn H. Wallar NDP Stef Paquette PPC Mikko Paavola FN 18+: 440 FN 18+: 3065 MOV: 251 MOV: 2465 11. Kitchener South—Hespeler (Click for Map of District) 15. Northumberland--Peterborough South (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Alan Keeso CPC Philip Lawrence GRN David Weber GRN Jeff Wheeldon LIB Marwan Tabbara LIB Kim Rudd NDP Wasai Rahimi PPC Joseph A. Todd NDP Mallory MacDonald PPC Frank P. Vaughan FN 18+: 830 FN 18+: 1625 MOV: 2671 MOV: 1878 12. London – Fanshawe (Click for Map of 16. Oshawa (Click for Map of District) District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Colin Carrie CPC Michael Van Holst GRN Jovannah Ramsden GRN Tom Cull LIB Afroza Hossain LIB Mohamed Hammoud NDP Shailene Panylo NDP* Lindsay Mathyssen PPC Eric Mackenzie PPC Bella Kosoian FN 18+: 1780 FN 18+: 1960 MOV: 3823 MOV: 3470
*Incumbent not running
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17. Ottawa Centre (Click for Map of District) 21. Thunder Bay--Rainy River (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Carol Clemenhagen GRN Angela Keller-Herzog CPC Linda Rydholm LIB Catherine McKenna GRN Amanda Moddejonge NDP Emily Taman LIB* Marcus Powlowski PPC Merylee Sevilla NDP Yuk-Sem Won PPC Andrew H. Hartnell FN 18+: 1160 MOV: 3113 FN 18+: 6560 MOV: 6040 18. Parry-Sound Muskoka (Click for Map of District) *Incumbent not running Candidates: 22. Timmins--James Bay (Click for Map of District) CPC* Scott Aitchison GRN Gord Miller Candidates: LIB Trisha Cowie CPC Kraymr Grenke NDP Tom Young PPC Michelle L. Smith GRN Max Kennedy LIB Michelle Boileau FN 18+: 2235 NDP Charlie Angus MOV: 2269 PPC Renaud D. Roy *Incumbent not running FN 18+: 7315 MOV: 3034
23. Toronto--Danforth (Click for Map of District) 19. Simcoe North (Click for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Zia Choudhary CPC Bruce Stanton GRN Chris Tolley GRN Valerie Powell LIB Julie Dabrusin LIB Gerry Hawes NDP Min Sook Lee NDP Angelique Belcourt PPC Tara Dos Remedios PPC Stephen Makk FN 18+: 940 FN 18+: 3305 MOV: 1206 MOV: 2118
20. St. Catharines (Click for Map of District)
Candidates:
CPC Krystina Waler GRN Travis Mason LIB Chris Bittle
NDP Dennis Van Meer PPC Allan deRoo FN 18+: 1350 MOV: 3233 9
Quebec (9 Districts) 1. Abitibi--Baie-James--Nunavik--Eeyou (Click 4. Jonquière (Click for Map of District) for Map of District) Candidates: Candidates: CPC Philippe Gagnon CPC Martin Ferron GRN Lyne Bourdages GRN Kiara Cabana-Whiteley LIB Vincent Garneau LIB Isabelle Bergeron NDP Karine Trudel NDP* Jacline Rouleau PPC Sylvie Théodore PPC Guillaume Lanouette BQ Mario Simard BQ Sylvie Bérubé FN 18+: 775 FN 18+: 12055 MOV: 339 MOV: 1684 5. Lac-Saint-Jean (Click for Map of District) *Incumbent not running Candidates: 2. Chicoutimi--Le Fjord (Click for Map of CPC Jocelyn Fradette District) GRN Julie Gagnon-Bond Candidates: LIB Richard Hébert NDP Jean-Simon Fortin CPC Richard Martel PPC Dany Boudreault GRN Lynda Youde BQ Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe LIB Dajana Dautovic NDP Stéphane Girard FN 18+: 2480 PPC Jimmy Voyer MOV: 2658 BQ Valérie Tremblay 6. Manicouagan (Click for Map of District) FN 18+: 700 Candidates: MOV: 600 3. Joliette (Click for Map of District) CPC François Corriveau GRN Jacques Gélineau Candidates: LIB Dave Savard NDP Colleen McCool CPC Jean-Martin Masse PPC Jonathan Clavet GRN Érica Poirier BQ Marilène Gill LIB Michel Bourgeois NDP Julienne Soumaoro FN 18+: 7480 PPC Sylvain Prescott MOV: 4995 BQ Gabriel Ste-Marie
FN 18+: 1670
MOV: 2880
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7. Montmagny--L'Islet--Kamouraska--Rivière- du-Loup (Click for Map of District)
Candidates:
CPC Bernard Généreux
GRN Denis Ducharme LIB Aladin Legault d’Auteuil NDP Hugo Latulippe PPC Serge Haché BQ Louis Gagnon FN 18+: 395 MOV: 272
8. Pierre-Boucher--Les Patriotes--Verchères (Click for Map of District) Candidates:
CPC Mathieu Daviault GRN Dany Gariépy LIB Simon Chalifoux NDP Jonathan Le Duc PPC Clifford Albert BQ Xavier Barsalou-Duval FN 18+: 230 MOV: 213 9. Salaberry--Suroît (Click for Map of District)
Candidates: CPC Cynthia Larivière GRN Nahed AlShawa LIB Marc Faubert NDP* Joan Gottman
PPC Alain Savard BQ Claude DeBellefeuille FN 18+: 1265 MOV: 771
*Incumbent not running
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New Brunswick (1 District) 1. New Brunswick Southwest (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC John Williamson GRN Susan Jonah LIB Karen Ludwig NDP Doug Mullin PPC Meryl Sarty FN 18+: 890 MOV: 2031 Northwest Territories (1 District) 1. Northwest Territories (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC Yanik D'Aigle GRN Paul Falvo LIB Michael McLeod NDP Mary Beckett PPC Luke T. Quinlan FN 18+: 9180 MOV: 3389 Newfoundland (1 District) 1. St. John's East (Click for Map of District) Candidates: CPC Joedy Wall GRN David Peters LIB Nick Whalen NDP Jack Harris PPC FN 18+: 1250 MOV: 646
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2019 Indigenous Candidates (October 2nd, 2019)
Please note that this list, although it attempts to be, may not be inclusive of all the Indigenous or First Nations candidates running to be the nominee for a party or Member of Parliament. Currently there are 62 Indigenous Candidates running in the 2019 Federal Election, 54 was the previous record in 2015.
The Conservative Party of Canada (Two First Nation Candidates, Seven Indigenous Candidates)
1 - Leona Aglukkaq - Nunavut
• Inuk; Former Federal Cabinet Minister
2- Cyara Bird - Churchill — Keewatinook Aski
• First Nations (Ojibwa)
3- Rejeanne Caron - Saint Boniface — Saint Vital
• Métis
4- Tanya Corbet - Delta
• Twassasen First Nation; Former Council Member
5- Marc Dalton - Pitt Meadows — Maple Ridge
• Métis; Former BC MLA
6- Kathy Laframboise - Ahuntsic — Cartierville
7- Celine Laquerre - Dorval — Lachine — LaSalle
The Green Party of Canada (Four First Nation Candidates, Seven Indigenous Candidates)
1- Desmond Bull - Red Deer — Lacombe
• Louis Bull Tribe of the Maskwacis Nation (Councillor)
2- Lydia Hwitsum - Cowichan — Malahat — Langford
• Cowichan Nation
3- Amanda Kistindey - Don Valley West
• Acadian-Métis
4- Racelle Kooy - Victoria
• Samahquam First Nation
5- Ben Linnick - Saint-Boniface—Saint-Vital
• Métis
6- Ralph McLean – Churchill — Keewatinook Aski
• Métis
7- Lorraine Rekmans – Leeds — Grenville — Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
• Algonquin
The Liberal Party of Canada (12 First Nation Candidates, 18 Indigenous Candidates)
1- Javin Ames-Sinclair – Souris-Moose Mountain
• First Nations; Métis
2- Jordan Ames-Sinclair – Regina-Qu’Appelle
• First Nations; Métis
3- Vance Badawey - Niagara Centre
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• Métis; Incumbent
4- Jaime Battiste - Sydney-Victoria
• Eskasoni First Nation
5- Tammy Cook-Searson – Desnethé — Missinippi — Churchill River
• Lac La Ronge Indian Band (Chief)
6- Michelle Corfield – Nanaimo — Ladysmith
• Ucluelet First Nation
7- Trisha Cowie - Parry Sound — Muskoka
• Hiawatha First Nation
8- Mavis Erickson – Prince George-Peace River-Northern Rockies
• Former Chief of Carrier Sekani Tribal Council
9- Maggie Farrington - Fort McMurray-Cold Lake
• Métis;
10- Yvonne Jones - Labrador
• Inuk; Incumbent
11- Judy Klassen – Churchill — Keewatinook Aski
• St. Theresa Point First Nation; Former MLA
12- Jesse McCormick – Lambton-Kent-Middlesex
• First Nations, Anishnaabe
13- Michael McLeod - Northwest Territories
• First Nations (Dene); Incumbent
14- Robert-Falcon Ouellette - Winnipeg Centre
• Red Pheasant First Nation and Métis; Incumbent
15- Megan Pizzo-Lyall - Nunavut
• Inuk
16- Marc Serré - Nickel Belt
• Métis; Incumbent
17- Dan Vandal - Saint Boniface-Saint Vital
• Métis; Incumbent
18- Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux – York-Simcoe
• Chippewa of the Georgina Island First Nation
The New Democratic Party of Canada (19 First Nation Candidates, 27 Indigenous Candidates)
1- Anna Betty Achneepineskum - Thunder Bay — Superior North
• Nishnabe Aski Nation (Deputy Grand Chief)
2- Angelique Belcourt – Simcoe North
• Métis
3- Lori Campbell - Waterloo
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• Métis and Cree; Two-Spirit
4- Bob Chamberlin - Nanaimo — Ladysmith
• Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis First Nation; Former Kwakwaka’wakw chief councillor; Former Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs vice-president
5- Billie Cross – Saint Boniface-Saint Vidal
• First Nations
6- Claude Dufour – Laurentides-Labelle
• First Nations
7- Ashley Duguay – Brandon Souris
• First Nations
8- Nathan Fortin – Calgary Rocky Ridge
• First Nations
9- Logan Garbanewski – Red Deer-Mountain View
• Métis
10- Leah Gazan - Winnipeg Centre
• Wood Mountain Lakota Nation
11- Ashlee Hicks – Souris-Moose Mountain
• Cowessess First Nation
12- Noel Joe - Coast of Bays — Central — Notre Dame
• Miawpukek First Nation, Former Band Councillor
13- Harmony Johnson-Harder - Prince Albert
• Métis
14- Georgina Jolibois - Desnethé — Missinippi — Churchill River
• First Nations (Dene); Incumbent
15- Kyle Mason - Winnipeg North
• Cree and Ojibway
16- Keith McCrady - Scarborough Southwest
• Cree and Ojibway; Two-Spirit
17- Sean McQuillan - Vancouver South
• Cree and Métis
18- Breen Ouellette - Vancouver Centre
• Métis; Lawyer on the MMIW Inquiry yet resigned citing government interference
19- Joan Philip - Central Okanagan — Similkameen — Nicola
• Penticton Indian Band (councillor)
20- Joe Pimlott - Calgary Forest Lawn
• Métis
21- Mumilaaq Qaqqaq - Nunavut
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• Inuit
22- Jacline Rouleau - Abitibi — Baie James — Nunavik — Eeyou
• Métis and Ojibwa
23- Sabrina Sawyer - Brantford-Brant
• Chippewas of Rama First Nation
24- Charmaine St. Germaine - Edmonton Griesbach
• Métis
25- Katherine Swampy - Edmonton Centre
• Samson Cree Nation; Former councillor
26- Rudy Turtle - Kenora
• Grassy Narrows First Nation (Chief)
27- Jennifer Villebrun – Peace River-Westlock
• Métis
Peoples Party of Canada (One First Nation Candidate, Two Indigenous)
1- Frank Godon – Dauphin — Swan River — Neepawa
• Métis
2- Nany Mercier – Beausejour
• First Nations
Independent Candidates (One First Nation Candidate)
1- Jody Wilson-Raybould - Vancouver-Granville
• We Wai Kai Nation; Former Federal Cabinet Minister
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