James Rajotte  MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton—Leduc
Incumbent
Assumed office  2004 federal election
Preceded by	new riding
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Edmonton Southwest
In office 2000 – 2004
Preceded by	Ian McClelland
Succeeded by	riding abolished
Born	August 19, 1970 (1970-08-19) (age 39) Edmonton, Alberta
Political party	Conservative
Other political affiliations	Canadian Alliance (2000-2003)
Spouse(s)	single
Residence	Edmonton
Profession	Executive assistant, political researcher
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James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.

As a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, Rajotte is 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.

[edit] External links

• Parliament Webpage

[edit] Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	James Rajotte	26,791	55.04%		$54,847
	Liberal	Bruce King	14,269	29.31%		$46,445
	New Democratic Party	Doug McLachlan	4,581	9.41%		$7,563
	Green	Bruce Sinclair	3,029	6.22%		$107
Total valid votes			48,670	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			111	0.23%
Turnout			48,781	65.08%

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Ian McClelland	Member of Parliament Edmonton Southwest 2000-2004	Succeeded by District Abolished
Preceded by New District	Member of Parliament Edmonton-Leduc 2004-present	Succeeded by Incumbent