James Rajotte
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James Rajotte (born August 19, 1970 in Edmonton, Alberta) is a Canadian politician.
Rajotte is currently a member of the Conservative Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Edmonton Southwest since 2000. He was first elected as a Canadian Alliance MP in 2000, and was also one of four Alliance MPs who agreed to sit with the Progressive Conservative caucus after the December 9, 2003 creation of the Conservative Party, as the Alliance and Progressive Conservative parliamentary caucuses were not officially merged into a single caucus until a few weeks later.
Rajotte is a former executive assistant and researcher, and was once in a bloody bar fight that nearly resulted in hospitalization. Rajotte is the current official opposition critic of Industry and is a former opposition critic of Science, Research and Development.
- Preceded by: Ian McClelland, Reform Party
- Succeeded by: (incumbent)