Joe Daniel
| Joe Daniel | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Don Valley East |
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| In office 2011–2015 |
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| Preceded by | Yasmin Ratansi |
| Succeeded by | Yasmin Ratansi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 5, 1954 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence | Toronto, Ontario |
| Profession | Engineer, Professor |
Joe Daniel (born December 5, 1954) is a former Canadian politician. He was a Conservative member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2011 to 2015 who represented the Toronto riding of Don Valley East. He was the first Canadian MP of Malayali descent.[1]
Background
Daniel was born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. He came to Canada in 1987 to work on a contract with the Canadian military. In 1995, he moved to Toronto and joined (IBM) Celestica Inc. where he worked for 14 years as a manager in engineering. He was also a part-time professor at Humber and Centennial College and during this period presented a number of papers on fibre optic technology.[2][3]
Politics
In the 2011 Canadian federal election, he ran as the Conservative candidate in the Toronto riding of Don Valley East. He defeated Liberal incumbent Yasmin Ratansi by 870 votes.[4] He served as a backbench member of the Stephen Harper government.
In the 2015 election he ran in the new riding of Don Valley North but lost to newcomer Geng Tan by 6,215 votes.[5] During the election, Daniel was recorded giving a talk in front of supporters where he was quoted as saying that the 2015 refugee crisis was part of a Muslim agenda, which he would oppose and not allow it to spread to Canada.[6] He refused media requests for clarification of his statement, as part of his policy to avoid all interviews with media until after the election.[7] Later, during an all-candidates debate in October, Daniel referred to the "so-called" Syrian refugees, questioned their need for food and water, and criticized the Middle East for not doing more to support them.[8]
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Don Valley North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Geng Tan | 23,494 | 51.4 | +14.1 | – | |||
| Conservative | Joe Daniel | 17,279 | 37.8 | -2.5 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Akil Sadikali | 3,896 | 8.5 | -12.3 | – | |||
| Green | Caroline Brown | 1,018 | 2.2 | +0.88 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0 | $204,217.72 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 259 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,946 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 71,812 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2011: Don Valley East | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Joe Daniel | 14,422 | 36.78 | +5.78 | ||||
| Liberal | Yasmin Ratansi | 13,552 | 34.56 | -13.51 | ||||
| New Democratic | Mary Trapani Hynes | 9,878 | 25.19 | +11.87 | ||||
| Green | Akil Sadikali | 1,114 | 2.84 | -4.05 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Ryan Kidd | 246 | 0.63 | -0.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 39,212 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 218 | 0.55 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 39,430 | 57.24 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 68,890 | – | – | |||||
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- ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley North, 30 September 2015
- ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
