Yasmin Ratansi
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Yasmin Ratansi
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Member of Parliament
for Don Valley East |
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| Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | David Collenette |
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| Born | January 4, 1951 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse | single |
| Residence | Toronto |
| Profession | Accountant, community activist, management consultant |
| Religion | Ismaili |
Yasmin Ratansi (born January 4, 1951) is a Canadian politician, who represents the riding of Don Valley East in the Canadian House of Commons. She is a member of the Liberal Party. Ratansi is an Ismaili, and was the first Muslim woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons.
Born in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, before being elected to the House, Ratansi worked as a management consultant and a certified general accountant.
Ratansi was the federal Liberal candidate for Don Valley East in the 1988 federal election, and came within a narrow margin of defeating Conservative incumbent Alan Redway. She served on the party's federal campaign committee in 1992 and was treasurer of the party's Ontario wing from 1993 to 1997.
During the 39th parliament, Ratansi was elected the chair of the standing committee on the status of Women. Furthermore, she was elected vice-chair of the standing committee on liaison. Prior to this she served as the Official Opposition's Critic for National Revenue. Upon the election of Stéphane Dion as the leader of the Liberal party, she was given the responsibility of becoming a member of the opposition committee, "Canada and the World".
Ratansi was re-elected in the 2008 federal election.
[edit] Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2008 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Yasmin Ratansi | % | ||||
| New Democrat | Mary Trapani Hynes | % | ||||
| Conservative | Eugene McDermott | % | ||||
| Green | Wayne Clements | % | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Alex Kovalenko | % | ||||
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| Total rejected ballots | ||||||
| Turnout | % | |||||
| Canadian federal election, 2006 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||
| Liberal | Yasmin Ratansi | 23,441 | 54.0% | |||
| Conservative | Eugene McDermott | 12,661 | 29.2% | |||
| New Democratic Party | Richard Alan Hennick | 5,597 | 12.9% | |||
| Green | Wayne Clements | 1,714 | 3.9% | |||
| Total valid votes | 43,413 | 100.00% | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 201 | 0 | ||||
| Canadian federal election, 2004 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Liberal | Yasmin Ratansi | 21,864 | |||
| Conservative | David Johnson | 11,206 | |||
| New Democratic Party | Valerie Mah | 5,287 | |||
| Green | Dan King | 1,172 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Ryan Kidd | 351 | |||
| Communist | Christopher Black | 149 | |||
| Canadian federal election, 1988 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Alan Redway | 18,719 | |||
| Liberal | Yasmin Ratansi | 15,881 | |||
| New Democrat | Brant Loper | 6,310 | |||
| Libertarian | Mark Meschino | 538 | |||
| Independent | David Smith | 271 | |||
| Communist | Maria Kontopidis | 155 | |||
