Communist Party of Canada candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election

This is list of Communist Party of Canada 2008 federal election candidates by riding and province.

Alberta

 * Calgary East - Jason Devine
 * Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont - Naomi Rankin

British Columbia

 * Burnaby—Douglas - George Gidora
 * Kelowna—Lake Country - Mark Haley
 * Newton—North Delta - Harjit Daudharia
 * Vancouver Kingsway - Kimball Cariou

Manitoba

 * Brandon—Souris - Lisa Gallagher
 * Winnipeg Centre - Darrell Rankin
 * Winnipeg North - Frank Komarniski

Brampton—Springdale: Dimitrios (Jim) Kabitsis
Kabitsis was 76 years old at the time of the election, and was a retired real estate salesman. He joined the Communist Party of Canada in 1962. Kabitsis ran for a seat on the Toronto City Council in 1980, calling for a reduction in the cost of the Toronto Transit Commission's Metropass, a shorter term of the Metro Toronto Chairman, and the recognition of day care as a right. His 2008 election biography also indicates that he has been a municipal candidate in Orillia. He is a member of Fair Vote Canada, a group advocating electoral reform.

Note: The results from 1980 are taken from the Toronto Star newspaper, 11 November 1980, A12 (146 out of 148 polls reporting).


 * Davenport - Miguel Figueroa
 * Don Valley West - Cathy Holliday
 * Guelph - Drew Garvie
 * Kitchener Centre - Martin Suter
 * Kitchener—Waterloo - Ramon Portillo
 * Ottawa West—Nepean - Alex McDonald
 * St. Catharines - Sam Hammond
 * Toronto Centre - Johan Boyden
 * Windsor West - Elizabeth Rowley

Quebec

 * Hochelaga - Marianne Fontaine
 * Laurier—Sainte-Marie - Samie Page-Quirion
 * Mount Royal - Antonio Artuso
 * Westmount—Ville-Marie - Bill Sloan