Susan Truppe

Susan Truppe
Member of Parliament
for London North Centre
In office
May 30, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byGlen Pearson
Succeeded byPeter Fragiskatos
Personal details
Born (1959-08-20) August 20, 1959 (age 65)
Windsor, Ontario
Political partyConservative

Susan Truppe (born August 20, 1959) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of London North Centre as a member of the Conservative Party.

During the 41st Canadian Parliament, Truppe served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister responsible for the Status of Women. She also served on the Standing Committee on the Status of Women and the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women.

In the 2015 Canadian federal election, Truppe ran unsuccessfully for re-election, coming second behind challenger Peter Fragiskatos of the Liberal Party of Canada.

On November 4, 2016, Truppe announced that she would seek the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario (PC) nomination in London North Centre. On April 2, 2017, she won the nomination to become the PC candidate for the 42nd Ontario general election.[2][3] In the election on June 7, 2018, she finished second to Terence Kernaghan of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Electoral history

2018 Ontario general election: London North Centre
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Terence Kernaghan 25,757 47.60
Progressive Conservative Susan Truppe 16,701 30.86
Liberal Kate Graham 8,501 15.71
Green Carol Dyck 2,493 4.61
Libertarian Calvin McKay 299 0.55
Freedom Paul McKeever 234 0.43
Communist Clara Sorrenti 128 0.24
Total valid votes 54,113 100.0  
Source: Elections Ontario[4]
2015 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Peter Fragiskatos 32,421 50.46 +16.22 –
Conservative Susan Truppe 19,989 31.11 -5.94 –
New Democratic German Gutierrez 9,422 14.66 -9.62 –
Green Carol Dyck 2,274 3.54 -0.50 –
Marxist–Leninist Marvin Roman 145 0.23 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,251 100.0     $227,732.91
Total rejected ballots – – –
Turnout – – –
Eligible voters 87,668
Source: Elections Canada[5][6][7][8]
2011 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Susan Truppe 19,468 36.96 +3.99 $88,641.34
Liberal Glen Pearson 17,803 33.80 -5.33 $64,078.28
New Democratic German Gutierrez 12,996 24.67 +7.20 $16,103.05
Green Mary Ann Hodge 2,177 4.13 -6.30 $9,128.59
Animal Alliance AnnaMaria Valastro 229 0.43 – $71.19
Total valid votes 52,673 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 231 0.44 +0.03 $178,022.45
Turnout 52,904 59.69 –
Eligible voters 88,624 – –

References

  1. ^ Election 2011: London North Centre. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ Susan Truppe [@SusanTruppe] (4 November 2016). "Great crowd at my nomination kickoff to become the LNC candidate 4 PC Party of Ont. Thanks 4 the help Western Conse…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Ghonaim, Hala (April 3, 2017). "Former federal MP Susan Truppe to run for provincial Tories". Globalnews.ca. Global News.
  4. ^ "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. p. 6. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  5. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for London North Centre, 30 September 2015
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
  7. ^ Elections Canada Preliminary Results
  8. ^ Change represents redistributed results as calculated by Elections Canada from 2011 Election to boundaries of the 2013 Redistribution Order


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