Rahim Jaffer
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Rahim Jaffer (born December 15, 1971) is the Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament for the Edmonton-Strathcona district of Alberta. Born in Kampala, Uganda and of Pakistani origin, he originally won his seat as a member of the Reform Party of Canada (later the Canadian Alliance and then merged with the Progressive Conservatives to form the Conservative Party). Jaffer is a Muslim of the Ismaili faith, and was the only Muslim member of the Canadian House of Commons from 2000 to 2004.
Jaffer strongly supported the 2003 invasion of Iraq, arguing that Iraqis longed to live in freedom and rid themselves of Saddam Hussein. In making this argument, he drew attention to the fact that his own family endured oppression under Idi Amin.
Jaffer is perhaps best known for a much-publicized 2001 incident in which he claimed to have done a radio interview. The interview was actually done by an aide, Matthew Johnston, who impersonated Jaffer, as Jaffer was opening his new Timothy's World Coffee shop down the street at the same time as the interview. Jaffer subsequently apologized for this falsehood, and was suspended from his caucus position for several months. The incident provided much fodder for the satirical current affairs show This Hour Has 22 Minutes, most notably when Rick Mercer performed a rap based on Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady", with the lyrics "Will the real Rahim Jaffer please stand up, please stand up?".
Following the 2006 election, Jaffer was named as chair of the Conservative caucus by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Electoral record
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Rahim Jaffer |align="right"|22,009 |align="right"|41.7% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Linda Duncan |align="right"|17,153 |align="right"|32.5% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Andy Hladyshevsky |align="right"|9,391 |align="right"|17.8% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Cameron Wakefield |align="right"|3,139 |align="right"|5.9% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Canadian/row |Progressive Canadian Party |Michael Fedeyko |align="right"|582 |align="right"|1.1% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marijuana/row |Marijuana |Dave Dowling |align="right"|390 |align="right"|0.7% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marxist-Leninist/row |Marxist-Leninist |Kevan Hunter |align="right"|106 |align="right"|0.2% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|52,770 !align="right"|99.72% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|148 !align="right"|0.28% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|52,918 !align="right"|70.6% !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Conservative/row |Conservative |Rahim Jaffer |align="right"|19,089 |align="right"|39.40% |align="right"| |align="right"|$67,449 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Debby Carlson |align="right"|14,057 |align="right"|29.01% |align="right"| |align="right"|$67,910 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Malcolm Azania |align="right"|11,535 |align="right"|23.80% |align="right"| |align="right"|$46,100 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Cameron Wakefield |align="right"|3,146 |align="right"|6.49% |align="right"| |align="right"|$2,353 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marijuana/row |Marijuana |Dave Dowling |align="right"|519 |align="right"|1.07% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marxist-Leninist/row |Marxist-Leninist |Kevan Hunter |align="right"|103 |align="right"|0.21% |align="right"| |align="right"|$26 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|48,449 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|150 !align="right"|0.31% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|48,599 !align="right"|65.66% !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Alliance/row |Canadian Alliance |Rahim Jaffer |align="right"|23,463 |align="right"|42.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|$57,365 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Jonathan Dai |align="right"|17,816 |align="right"|31.89% |align="right"| |align="right"|$48,430 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Hélène Narayana |align="right"|8,256 |align="right"|14.78% |align="right"| |align="right"|$25,883 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row |Progressive Conservative |Gregory Toogood |align="right"|5,047 |align="right"|9.03% |align="right"| |align="right"|$4,252 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marijuana/row |Marijuana |Ken Kirk |align="right"|814 |align="right"|1.45% |align="right"| |align="right"|$149 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Action/row |Canadian Action | style="width: 145px"|Kesa Rose Semenchuk |align="right"|299 |align="right"|0.53% |align="right"| |align="right"|$1,485 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Marxist-Leninist/row |Marxist-Leninist |Kevan Hunter |align="right"|164 |align="right"|0.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|$275 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|48,449 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|150 !align="right"|0.31% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|48,599 !align="right"|65.66% !align="right"| !align="right"| Template:End
Template:CanElec2 |- Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Reform/row |Reform |Rahim Jaffer |align="right"|20,605 |align="right"|41.30% | |align="right"|$58,003 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Liberal/row |Liberal |Ginette Rodger |align="right"|17,654 |align="right"|35.38% | |align="right"|$58,244 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/NDP/row |New Democratic Party |Jean McBean |align="right"|7,251 |align="right"|14.53% | |align="right"|$42,936 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Progressive Conservatives/row |Progressive Conservative |Edo Nyland |align="right"|3,614 |align="right"|7.24% | |align="right"|$10,183 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Green/row |Green |Karina Gregory |align="right"|406 |align="right"|0.81% |align="right"| |align="right"|$520 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Natural Law/row |Natural Law |Maury Shapka |align="right"|153 |align="right"|0.30% |align="right"| |align="right"| Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Independents/row |No affiliation |Naomi Rankin |align="right"|115 |align="right"|0.23% |align="right"| |align="right"|$1,732 Template:Canadian politics/party colours/Canadian Action/row |Canadian Action |J. Alex Ford |align="right"|92 |align="right"|0.18% |align="right"| |align="right"|$845 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|49,890 !align="right"|100.00% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|101 !align="right"|0.20% ! ! |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|49,991 !align="right"|62.74% ! ! Template:End
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