Stella Ambler | |
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| Member of Parliament for Mississauga South | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Szabo |
| Succeeded by | Sven Spengemann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 29, 1966 Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse | Richard Ambler |
| Residence(s) | Wasaga Beach, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | St. Michael's College, Toronto |
| Profession | Civil servant |
Stella Ambler (born September 29, 1966) is a Canadian politician who served as the Member of Parliament for the federal electoral district of Mississauga South from 2011 to 2015. She is a member of the Conservative Party.
Background
Ambler's parents are Italian immigrants who met and married in Canada, settling in Etobicoke then moving to Brampton. She obtained a degree in psychology from the University of Toronto. Ambler married her husband, Richard Ambler, in 1992. She worked as a political advisor to the Ontario government but left this position to stay at home and raise her children for nine years. They lived in Brampton together before moving to Mississauga's Lorne Park neighbourhood.
Politics
Ambler was the Director of Regional Affairs (Greater Toronto Area) to the Minister responsible for Ontario, the former Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. She ran in the 2008 federal election in the riding of Bramalea—Gore—Malton, but was defeated by Liberal Gurbax Singh Malhi.[1] In the 2011 election she defeated Liberal MP Paul Szabo in the riding of Mississauga South.[2][3] Both Szabo and Ambler are strong supporters of the movement to criminalize abortion services. Ambler was a backbench MP in the Stephen Harper government.
In 2013, Ambler was appointed Chair of the Special Committee on Violence Against Indigenous Women.[4] A year later, the Committee released a report on the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal women that called for more action on the issue. Critics of the report complained that the report failed to recommend the establishment of a national inquiry into the issue.[5] The Liberals campaigned on establishing such an inquiry. The Trudeau government established the Inquiry immediately after defeating the Harper Conservatives.
Ambler is a supporter of the anti-abortion movement. In 2012, she voted in favour of a private member's bill sponsored by Stephen Woodworth that sought to review the definition of conception under the criminal code. In 2013, she voted in favour of another private member's bill that sought to ban sex-selective abortions.[6] In May 2015, she participated in a rally that urged demonstrators to vote for anti-abortion candidates in the upcoming election.[7]
Ambler was the Conservative candidate in the 2015 election for the new riding of Mississauga—Lakeshore. On August 4, 2015, she was defeated by Sven Spengemann in the 42nd general election.[8]
In 2020, Stella moved to the town of Wasaga Beach, Ontario. On November 27, 2020, it was reported that she launched her campaign to become the next candidate for the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario to represent the riding of Simcoe—Grey.[9]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Mississauga—Lakeshore | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sven Spengemann | 29,526 | 48.3 | +0.59 | $104,588.59 | |||
| Conservative | Stella Ambler | 22,740 | 37.3 | -3.92 | $110,262.85 | |||
| New Democratic | Adam Laughton | 5,103 | 8.4 | +0.41 | none listed | |||
| Green | Cynthia Trentelman | 2,814 | 4.6 | +2.24 | $2,524.73 | |||
| People's | Eugen Vizitiu | 717 | 1.2 | - | none listed | |||
| United | Carlton Darby | 99 | 0.2 | - | $0.00 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 407 | |||||||
| Electors on lists | 90,419 | |||||||
| Voter turnout | 61,406 | 67.9 | ||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +0.59 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Sven Spengemann | 28,279 | 47.71 | +10.86 | $74,169.40 | |||
| Conservative | Stella Ambler | 24,435 | 41.22 | -5.68 | $221,638.11 | |||
| New Democratic | Eric Guerbilsky | 4,735 | 7.99 | -4.80 | $6,908.86 | |||
| Green | Ariana Burgener | 1,397 | 2.36 | -0.72 | $1,924.23 | |||
| Libertarian | Paul Wodworth | 316 | 0.53 | - | $1,166.63 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Dagmar Sullivan | 111 | 0.19 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,273 | 100.00 | - | $224,818.71 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 271 | 0.46 | ||||||
| Turnout | 59,544 | 68.99 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,308 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +8.27 | ||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Stella Ambler | 22,991 | 46.48 | +6.90 | ||||
| Liberal | Paul Szabo | 18,393 | 37.18 | -7.04 | ||||
| New Democratic | Farah Kalbouneh | 6,354 | 12.85 | +4.01 | ||||
| Green | Paul Simas | 1,532 | 3.10 | -4.24 | ||||
| Independent | Richard Barrett | 194 | 0.39 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 49,464 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | 0.38 | +0.05 | |||||
| Turnout | 49,652 | 63.89 | +3.81 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 77,716 | – | – | |||||
| 2008 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Gurbax Singh Malhi | 22,272 | 45.05 | -5.7 | $85,496 | |||
| Conservative | Stella Ambler | 18,353 | 37.12 | +4.6 | $91,704 | |||
| New Democratic | Jash Puniya | 5,945 | 12.02 | -0.8 | $21,613 | |||
| Green | Mark Pajot | 2,551 | 5.16 | +1.8 | $869 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Frank Chilelli | 309 | 0.62 | +0.1 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 49,430 | 100.00 | $97,671 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 307 | 0.62 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 49,737 | 49.74 | – | – | ||||
References
- ↑ "Greater Toronto Area Results". The Toronto Star. October 15, 2008. p. U2.
- ↑ "Ambler breaks through for the blue in Mississauga South". Toronto Star. May 3, 2011. Retrieved 2015-02-25.
- ↑ "Riding results from across Canada". Edmonton Journal. May 3, 2011. p. A6.
- ↑ Louie, Rosella (March 28, 2013). "MP Stella Ambler to head committee investigating missing women". Mississauga News. p. 1.
- ↑ Kusch, Larry (March 8, 2014). "'Status quo' report incites outrage". Winnipeg Free Press. p. A12.
- ↑ Wingrove, Josh (May 10, 2013). "MPs rally for renewed abortion debate". The Globe and Mail. p. A6.
- ↑ Feibel, Adam (May 15, 2015). "MPs urge Hill demonstrators to 'vote pro-life' in fall election". The Ottawa Citizen. p. A2.
- ↑ "Liberal candidate Sven Spengemann wins Mississauga-Lakeshore". Toronto Star. October 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
- ↑ "Wasaga resident launches campaign for PC nomination". New Tecumseth Times. 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 4, 2019.