James "Jim" Abbott, PC, MP (born August 18, 1942 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Conservative member of Canada's House of Commons. Abbott was a member of the Reform Party from 1993 to 2000 and a member of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2004. Originally representing the riding of Kootenay East, he has represented Kootenay—Columbia since the boundaries were redrawn, and the name changed, in 1997. Before retiring, Abbott was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation (Canada). On October 15, 2007, he was sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada, and as such is entitled to the style "The Honourable" for life. [1] On June 30, 2010, being the representative of Canada, he went to the inauguration of President Benigno Aquino III in Manila, Philippines. [2]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2008 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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| Conservative | Jim Abbott | 23,398 | 59.6% | +5.2 | |
| New Democratic | Leon R. Pendleton | 8,892 | 22.6% | -3.3 | |
| Green | Ralph Moore | 3,933 | 10.0% | +3.9 | |
| Liberal | Betty Aitchison | 3,044 | 7.8% | -5.5 | |
| Total valid votes | – | 100.00% |
| Canadian federal election, 2006 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
|---|
| Conservative | Jim Abbott | 22,181 | 54.4% | +2.4 | $76,689.06 |
| New Democratic | Brent Bush | 10,560 | 25.9% | +2.1 | $20.927.27 |
| Liberal | Jhim Burwell | 5,443 | 13.3% | -4.6 | $8,240.83 |
| Green | Clements Verhoeven | 2,490 | 6.1% | -0.1 | $3,632.47 |
| Canadian Action | Thomas Frederick Sima | 132 | 0.3% | – | N/A |
| Total valid votes | 40,806 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | 129 | 0.32% |
| Turnout | 40,935 | 64.76% |
| Canadian federal election, 2004 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
|---|
| Conservative | Jim Abbott | 21,336 | 52.01% | – | $89,327 |
| New Democratic | Brent Bush | 9,772 | 23.82% | – | $32,311 |
| Liberal | Ross Priest | 7,351 | 17.92% | – | $36,595 |
| Green | Carmen Gustafson | 2,558 | 6.23% | – | |
| Total valid votes | 41,017 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | 130 | 0.32% |
| Turnout | 41,147 | 65.09% |
| Canadian federal election, 2000 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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| Alliance | Jim Abbott | 25,663 | 67.77% | – | $62,316 |
| Liberal | Delvin R. Chatterson | 5,581 | 14.73% | – | $18,971 |
| New Democratic | Andrea Dunlop | 3,297 | 8.70% | – | $3,732 |
| Progressive Conservative | Jerry Pirie | 2,165 | 5.71% | – | $340 |
| Green | Jubilee Rose Cacaci | 1,158 | 3.05% | – | |
| Total valid votes | 37,864 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | 139 | 0.37% |
| Turnout | 38,003 | 65.16% |
| Canadian federal election, 1997 |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures |
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| Reform | Jim Abbott | 22,387 | 61.91% | – | $49,956 |
| Liberal | Mark Shmigelsky | 6,373 | 17.62% | – | $28,560 |
| New Democratic | Greg Edwards | 5,133 | 14.19% | – | $29,778 |
| Progressive Conservative | Mark Palmer | 1,479 | 4.09% | – | $322 |
| Green | Anna Rowe | 786 | 2.17% | – | |
| Total valid votes | 36,158 | 100.00% |
| Total rejected ballots | 131 | 0.36% |
| Turnout | 36,289 | 64.90% |
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