Joe Daniel
Joe Daniel | |
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| Member of Parliament for Don Valley East | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Yasmin Ratansi |
| Succeeded by | Yasmin Ratansi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 5, 1954 Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika Territory |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Residence(s) | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Profession | Engineer, Professor |
Joe Daniel (born December 5, 1954) is a former
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]
In March 2017, Daniel attempted a comeback by running for the Conservative Party nomination for an April by-election in Markham—Thornhill, but was defeated by journalist and radio host Gavan Paranchothy.[9]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Don Valley North | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Geng Tan | 23,494 | 51.42 | +14.13 | $89,171.01 | |||
| Conservative | Joe Daniel | 17,279 | 37.82 | -2.47 | $70,723.13 | |||
| New Democratic | Akil Sadikali | 3,896 | 8.53 | -12.20 | $16,603.42 | |||
| Green | Caroline Brown | 1,018 | 2.23 | +0.91 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 45,687 | 100.00 | $205,015.85 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 259 | 0.56 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 45,946 | 63.12 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 72,787 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.30 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
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| 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 | – | – | |||||
References
- ^ "As multicultural as his constituents: MP Joe Daniel". Retrieved 12 February 2013.
- ^ "About Joe". Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "SPIE Digital Library: Search results (3 papers found)". SPIE. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
- ^ "Riding results from across Canada". Edmonton Journal. 3 May 2011. p. A6.
- ^ "Canada Votes". The Toronto Star. 20 October 2015. pp. GT13–GT15.
- ^ Harper, Tim (23 September 2015). "Conservative candidate claims Muslim 'agenda' in refugee crisis: Tim Harper". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Brennan, Richard J. and Robert Benzie (26 August 2015). "Tory candidates told to avoid debates, media during campaign". Toronto Star. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- ^ Campion-Smith, Bruce (2 October 2015). "Toronto Tory candidate Joe Daniel questions 'so-called' refugees". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ Rona Ambrose [@RonaAmbrose] (9 March 2017). "Congrats to @gavanp and Jimmy Yu on becoming @CPC_HQ candidates! Proud of our Party's fair and open nominations" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Don Valley North, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived August 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
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