Thornhill

• Peter Kent
• Norbert Koehl
• Susan Kadis (Incumbent)
• Simon Strelchik

Peter Kent

Party: Conservative Party of Canada

Birthplace: Sussex, England

Profession: Journalist

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Cilla

Children: One daughter - Trilby

Career Background: More than 40 years experience in broadcast journalism, including executive and anchoring positions, both at home and abroad.

Community Activities: Promoter of the "White Ribbon Campaign" and co-chair of Uniting Toronto Against Guns - Safer Streets, Stronger Communities.

Electoral History

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in St. Paul's in the 2006 general election.

Mailing address:

64 Ladyslipper Court

Thornhill,Ont.

L3T 2S7

Contact information:

Telephone: 416-804-5009

peter@peterkent.ca

www.peterkent.ca

Norbert Koehl

Party: Green Party of Canada

Birthdate: Oct. 31, 1966

Age: 41

Birthplace: Windsor, Ont.

Education: Honours BA in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. Studied at the Albert Ludwigs Universität in Freiburg, Germany and Université Blaise Pascal in Clermont Ferrand, France.

Profession: General manager at The Stonemill Bakehouse Ltd.

Marital Status: Married

Name of Spouse: Gisela

Children: Five boys

Career Background: General manager at the Stonemill Bakehouse in Scarborough, Ont., since 2001. Previously worked with Quaker Oats in Ontario and Germany, German Swiss Resources in Hong Kong and McComas Industries in Ontario.

Community Activities: Has served on the St. Anthony School Council for five years – the last two years as its treasurer. Has also coached several local children’s soccer teams and was involved with Big Brothers in the early nineties.

Political History

Mailing address:

28 Silver Aspen Dr.

Thornhill, Ontario

L3T 3T2

Contact information:

Telephone: 416-606-4189

norbert@thornhillgreens.ca

thornhillgreens.x10hosting.com

Susan Kadis

Party: Liberal Party of Canada

Birthdate: Jan. 11, 1953

Age: 55

Birthplace: Toronto

Education: BA in sociology from York University.

Marital Status: Married

Children: Five

Career Background: Former publisher of the Thornhill Times community newspaper.

Community Activities: Has served on the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation's Board of Directors.

Electoral History

Municipal: Elected school trustee in 1988. Elected to Thornhill City Council in 1997.

Federal: Elected in this riding in the 2004 and 2006 general elections.

Political History

Committee: Vice-chair of the committees on Health and on Public Safety and National Security.

Caucus: Member of the Liberal Caucus.

Mailing address:

1118 Centre St., Unit 13

Thornhill, Ont.

L4J 7R9

Contact information:

Telephone: 905-731-4462

susan@susankadis.ca

www.susankadis.com

Simon Strelchik

Party: New Democratic Party of Canada

Profession: Student

Community Activities: Was a volunteer with Free the Children, an international network of children helping children through education. Past chair of the York Region Health Services Youth Advisory Board, and past member of Vaughan Council's Youth Advisory Committee. Was an organizer of the "Truth About Youth" conference and the "Smoke This..." conference, and was the executive director of Youth Fighting Tobacco. Was the chief organizer of the 30-Hour Famine at his school for three years. Was a member of the York Region No-smoking Bylaw Task Force, also vice-chair of its education subcommittee. Volunteers with developmentally disabled children in York Region.

Electoral History

School Board: Ran unsuccessfully in the 2000 and 2005 York Region District School Board elections.

Federal: Ran unsuccessfully in this riding in the 2006 general election.

Political History

Party: President of the Thornhill NDP since 2001.

Contact information:

simonstrelchik@ndp.ca

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