Durham

• Henry Zekveld
• Bev Oda (Incumbent)
• Stephen Leahy
• Bryan Ransom
• Andrew McKeever

Henry Zekveld

Party: Christian Heritage Party of Canada

Birthdate: 1966

Birthplace: Lindsay, Ont.

Education: Graduated from Fanshawe Agriculture College in Woodstock.

Profession: Farmer

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Annette

Children: Six

Career Background: He and his family run a farm in the Listowel area.

Community Activities: He is an active member of his church, having served as a deacon and currently an elder. He is a member of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, and the Christian Farmers' Federation of Ontario and has served on its board.

Electoral History

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in Huron-Bruce in 1993 and in Durham in 2006.

Contact information:

hazekveld@porchlight.ca

Bev Oda

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Birthdate: July 27, 1944

Age: 64

Birthplace: Thunder Bay, Ont.

Education: Graduated from the University of Toronto and Lakeshore Teacher's College

Career Background: Taught primary school in Mississauga for six years. Full-time CRTC commissioner, 1987 to 1993. Held various management and production positions with broadcasting companies including Rogers Broadcasting Inc., OMNI 1, Global Television Network, Multilingual Television (Toronto) Ltd., CFMT-TV and Rogers Cable Television, Toronto. Retired from a career in broadcasting as the senior vice-president of industry affairs for CTV Inc., 1991. Was a member of the Ontario Film Review Board and the national advisory committee to the president of the Treasury Board on employment equity in the federal public service and crown corporations. Served as adviser to three different secretaries of state.

Community Activities: Served as chair of the board of Lakeridge Health; board member of the Durham Community Foundation and Abilities Centre Durham; on Orono community improvement task force; founding member of the Great Canadian Town Band Festival in Orono.

Electoral History

Federal: Elected in Clarington-Scugog-Uxbridge in 2004. Elected in Durham in 2006.

Political History

Cabinet: Named Minister of Canadian Heritage and Status of Women in 2006. Moved to the international co-operation portfolio in a cabinet shuffle on Aug. 14, 2007.

Committee: Former member of Canadian Heritage committee.

Caucus: Former critic for Canadian Heritage.

Contact information:

bevoda.ca

Stephen Leahy

Party: Green Party of Canada

Profession: Journalist

Career Background: Currently the North American environmental correspondent for the Inter Press Service news agency, based in Rome. Has also written for for Maclean’s Magazine, The Toronto Star, UK-based New Scientist magazine, BBC Wildlife, London Sunday Times, the US-based Wired News, Audubon Magazine and Earth Island Journal. Has also covered farming and agricultural issues for Durham publications. Previously worked in corporate marketing.

Community Activities: Member of the Optimist Club and the Durham Environmental Network, co-founded the Concerned Citizens of Brooklin and has coached basketball for several years.

Contact information:

Telephone: 905-862-3044

stephen.leahy@greenparty.ca

durhamgreens.ca

Bryan Ransom

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Education: Received a BA from the University of Waterloo in 1979, and a Masters of Divinity from Queen's University in 1982. Is now completing his doctoral thesis at the University of Windsor.

Profession: Clergyman

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Roberta

Children: Three

Career Background: Was ordained a United Church minister in 1985. Has served in Saskatchewan and Ontario, and is now at Lansing United Church in Toronto.

Community Activities: Is a volunteer in community activities from food banks to coaching soccer.

Mailing address:

PO Box 102, 62 King Street West

Bowmanville, Ont.

L1C 3K8

- Bowmanville Office:

  16 Division St.

- Uxbridge Office:

  92 Brock St. West

Contact information:

Telephone: 905-623-7750

Toll free: 1-866-956-8683

bryan@bryanransom.ca

www.bryanransom.ca

Andrew McKeever

Andrew McKeever had been nominated as a candidate for the New Democratic Party, but resigned during the campaign. The resignation came after the Elections Canada cutoff date, so his name will still appear on the ballot.

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2008 Results