Pam Damoff | |
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| Member of Parliament forOakville North—Burlington | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | Constituency dissolved |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety | |
| In office October 26, 2021 – March 23, 2025 | |
| Minister | Dominic LeBlanc |
| Oakville Town Councillor | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – October 26, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Cathy Duddeck |
| Succeeded by | Ray Chisholm |
| Constituency | Ward 2 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pamela Damoff March 13 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Oakville, Ontario |
| Alma mater | University of Western Ontario (BA) |
Pamela Damoff (born March 13)[1] is aCanadian politician, who represented theriding ofOakville North—Burlington in theHouse of Commons of Canada from 2015 to 2025 as a member of theLiberal Party. She represented Ward 2 on the Oakville Town Council from 2010 to 2015.
Born inLondon, Ontario, her father was vice-president of a manufacturing company and her mother was a homemaker. Damoff attended theUniversity of Western Ontario, graduating with aBachelor of Arts degree in 1980.[2][3][4] She spent 27 years working in financial and investment banking positions and the last 11 years as a self-employed consultant, while she focused on the community.[5] Damoff has lived inOakville since 1992.[5]
Damoff was elected to theOakville Town Council representing Ward 2 in2010, andre-elected in 2014. During her time on council, she served on the Oakville Public Library Board, the budget committee and the Oakville Tourism Partnership. She was recognized as an advocate for active transportation and bettercycling infrastructure in Oakville. Damoff is the chair of Oakville'sTerry Fox Run and was the chair of the OakvilleSanta Claus Parade.[5]
Oakville Ward 6 councillor Max Khan was the initial Liberal Party candidate forOakville North—Burlington in the2015 federal election, but he died suddenly in March 2015, leaving a need to nominate a new candidate.[6] Damoff announced her candidacy for the nomination on April 29, 2015, with the support of Khan's father.[5] She subsequently secured the nomination, and narrowly won the general election by 3.41% of the vote.[7]
Damoff was named vice-chair of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women in December 2015.[8] In April 2019, she fainted at her desk in theHouse of Commons during question period.[9]
She was re-elected in the2019 federal election, defeating Conservative candidate Sean Weir by a margin of 10.22% or 7113 votes.[10] Shortly after, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to theMinister of Indigenous Services,Marc Miller.[11] Damoff was elected to a third term in the 2021 federal election, where she defeated Conservative candidate Hanan Rizkalla by a margin of 8.8% or 5891 votes, with New Democratic candidate Lenaee Dupuis coming in third with 6574 votes.
On May 1, 2024, Damoff announced that she would not seek re-election in the upcoming2025 Canadian federal election, citing fears for her safety and disgust with toxicity in politics.[12] On January 14, 2025, she endorsed Burlington MP Karina Gould in the2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election.[13]
Following her exit from politics, it was announced that she would be Chief Executive Officer ofPearson Centre.[14]
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pam Damoff | 30,910 | 46.8 | –1.5 | $71,960.98 | |||
| Conservative | Hanan Rizkalla | 25,091 | 38.0 | ±0.0 | $81,816.65 | |||
| New Democratic | Lenaee Dupuis | 6,574 | 10.0 | +1.6 | $9,944.56 | |||
| People's | Gilbert Jubinville | 2,429 | 3.7 | +2.6 | $9,465.38 | |||
| Green | Bruno Sousa | 1,019 | 1.5 | –2.7 | $2,312.56 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 66,023 | 99.2 | – | $126,208.50 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 533 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Turnout | 66,556 | 66.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 99,493 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | -0.8 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[15] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Oakville North—Burlington | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pam Damoff | 33,597 | 48.26 | +1.52 | $113,366.12 | |||
| Conservative | Sean Weir | 26,484 | 38.04 | −5.29 | $111,573.20 | |||
| New Democratic | Nicolas Dion | 5,866 | 8.43 | +1.18 | none listed | |||
| Green | Michael Houghton | 2,925 | 4.20 | +2.61 | $332.94 | |||
| People's | Gilbert Joseph Jubinville | 751 | 1.08 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 69,623 | 99.41 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 412 | 0.59 | +0.14 | |||||
| Turnout | 70,035 | 71.69 | +0.45 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 97,696 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +3.40 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[16][17] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Oakville North—Burlington | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pam Damoff | 28,415 | 46.74 | +19.77 | $87,266.36 | |||
| Conservative | Effie Triantafilopoulos | 26,342 | 43.33 | –10.83 | $133,882.22 | |||
| New Democratic | Janice Best | 4,405 | 7.25 | –8.26 | $10,112.38 | |||
| Green | Adnan Shahbaz | 968 | 1.59 | –1.51 | $2,273.28 | |||
| Libertarian | David Clement | 666 | 1.10 | – | $3,998.74 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,796 | 99.55 | $223,412.78 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 272 | 0.45 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 61,068 | 71.24 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 85,727 | |||||||
| Liberalnotional gain fromConservative | Swing | +15.30 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[18][19] | ||||||||