Ottawa - Orléans

• Royal Galipeau (Incumbent)
• Paul Maillet
• Marc Godbout
• Amy O'Dell

Royal Galipeau

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Birthdate: Jan. 5, 1947

Age: 61

Birthplace: St-Isidore, Ont.

Profession: Businessman

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Anne Pallascio

Children: Three sons, one daughter

Career Background: Served two terms as a director of TVOntario. Was manager of a printing business in Ottawa before joining SNC Engineering and the Association of Consulting Engineers of Canada. Worked for Avcorp, a Vancouver aerospace company.

Community Activities: Served as trustee and vice-chair of the Ottawa Public Library, as well as on the Ottawa–Carleton Regional District Health Council.

Electoral History

Municipal: Former Gloucester city councillor

Federal: Elected in this riding in 2006.

Political History

Committee: Acclaimed as deputy chair of Committees of the Whole House in 2006, re-elected to this position in 2008.

Mailing address:

5929 Jeanne D'Arc

Orléans, Ont.

K1C 6V8

Contact information:

Telephone: 613-830-8800

info@royalgalipeau.ca

royalgalipeau.ca

Paul Maillet

Party: Green Party of Canada

Profession: Consultant

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Nicole

Children: Two sons - Andre and Daniel

Career Background: Is a retired Air Force Colonel with 25 years experience as an aerospace engineering officer and executive in the Department of National Defence, and four years experience as the department's director of defence ethics. Has been a consultant in government and business organizational ethics since his retirement in 2001. Is currently a vice-chair of the Ethics Practitioners Association of Canada (EPAC) and a former member of the Ethics Review Committee of the Canada Council for International Cooperation (CCIC).

Community Activities: Has been active in the community of Orléans as a minor hockey trainer, soccer coach, little league coach, former member of Arteast and past chairman of the board of the Gloucester Arts Council.

Contact information:

pmaillet@magma.ca

www.vote-green.ca/paul.maillet

Marc Godbout

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Birthdate: June 8, 1951

Age: 57

Birthplace: Ottawa, Ont.

Education: M.Ed., University of Ottawa

Profession: Teacher

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Suzanne

Children: Three children

Career Background: Former assistant deputy minister responsible for elementary and secondary education in Ontario. Former director-general and secretary-treasurer of the Conseil des écoles catholiques de langue française du Centre-Est de l'Ontario. Former vice-president Academic at La Cité collégiale in Ottawa. Chaired numerous administrative boards both provincially and federally. Active participant in constitutional conferences including the negotiation of the Canada Clause in the Charlottetown Accord framework.

Electoral History

Federal: Elected in Ottawa-Orléans in the 2004 general election. Defeated in 2006.

Mailing address:

5926 Jeanne d’Arc Blvd.

Orléans, Ont.

K1C 6V8

Contact information:

Campaign office: 613-841-1600

info@marcgodbout.com

marcgodbout.com

Amy O'Dell

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Birthplace: Cape Breton, N.S.

Education: Honours bachelor of arts, bachelor of education, both from the University of Ottawa.

Profession: Educator with Ottawa Carleton Catholic school board.

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Chris

Career Background: Lecturer in English and communications at the Canadian National Institute of Health; employment counsellor with the youth services bureau of Ottawa's Orleans employment resource centre.

Mailing address:

300-279 Laurier West

Ottawa, ON

K1P 5J9

Contact information:

amyodell@ndp.ca

amyodell.ndp.ca

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