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{{Short description|Canadian politician (born 1970)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox CanadianMP
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = James Rajotte
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = James Rajotte in 2022.jpg
| image_size          = 200px
| caption             = Rajotte in 2022
| riding              = [[Edmonton—Leduc]]<br /><small>[[Edmonton Southwest]] (2000–2004)</small>
| term_start          = November 27, 2000
| term_end            = August 4, 2015
| predecessor         = [[Ian McClelland]]
| successor           = [[Matt Jeneroux]]
| parliament          = Canadian
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1970|8|19}}
| birth_place         = [[Edmonton]], [[Alberta]], Canada
| death_date          = 
| death_place         = 
| party               = [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
| otherparty          = [[Canadian Alliance]] (2000–2003)
| spouse              = single
| residence           = Edmonton
| profession          = Executive assistant, political researcher
| footnotes           = 
| signature           = 
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'''James Rajotte''' (born August 19, 1970) is a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[politician]] who currently serves as Alberta's senior representative to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bellefontaine |first=Michelle |date=January 15, 2022 |title=Alberta trade offices seek outside help in ramping up U.S. presence |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/alberta-trade-offices-seek-outside-help-in-ramping-up-u-s-presence-1.6316127 |access-date=2022-05-17 |website=[[CBC News]]}}</ref> He served as a [[Member of Parliament (Canada)|Member of Parliament]] from 2004 to 2015.

As a member of the [[Conservative Party of Canada]] in the [[House of Commons of Canada]], Rajotte was chair of Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance. Previously he was chair of the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology. He represented the riding of [[Edmonton Southwest]] from 2000 to 2004. In the [[2004 Canadian federal election|2004 federal election]] he was elected in the newly created riding of [[Edmonton-Leduc]]. He was re-elected in [[Edmonton-Leduc]] in the [[2006 Canadian federal election|2006]] and [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008]] federal elections. 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 Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] caucus after the December 9, 2003 creation of the [[Conservative Party of Canada|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.  Rajotte was the CPC official opposition critic for Industry and also fulfilled the role of opposition critic for Science, Research and Development. His interests include classical music and literature.

==Electoral record==
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|James Rajotte|33,174|63.2%|+2.7% |$81,190 }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Donna Lynn Smith|9,234|17.6%| -1.9%|$29,456 }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Hana Razga|5,994|11.4%| -2.4%| $15,390}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Valerie Kennedy|4,081|7.8%|+1.6% |$1,154 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|52,483| 100%| $92,972 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|118| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|52,601| %}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2006|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|James Rajotte|33,764|60.53%|+5.49%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Jim Jacuta|10,856|19.46%|-9.85%}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Martin Rybiak|7,685|13.78%|+4.37%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Ben Morrison Pettit|3,479|6.24%|+0.02%}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|55,784	|100.00%}}
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{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2004|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
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{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|James Rajotte|26,791|55.04%|-|$54,847}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Bruce King|14,269|29.31%|-|$46,445}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Doug McLachlan|4,581|9.41%|-|$7,563}}
{{CANelec|CA |Green |Bruce Sinclair |3,029 |6.22% |– |$107}}
|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes
!align="right"|48,670
!align="right"|100.00%
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots
!align="right"|111
!align="right"|0.23%
!align="right"|
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|- bgcolor="white"
!align="right" colspan=3|Turnout
!align="right"|48,781
!align="right"|65.08%
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{{2000 Canadian federal election/Edmonton Southwest}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=5078}}
*{{official|www.jamesrajottemp.ca/}}

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|title=[[Minister of Finance (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on <br />Finance]]
|before=[[Rob Merrifield]]
|after=Wayne Easter
|years= February 3, 2009 – August 2, 2015}}
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|title=[[Minister of Industry (Canada)|Chair of the Standing Committee on <br />Industry, Science & Technology]]
|before= [[Brent St. Denis]]
|after=[[Michael Chong]]
|years=May 9, 2006 – February 3, 2009}}
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[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Canadian Alliance MPs]]
[[Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs]]
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[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Alberta]]
[[Category:Politicians from Edmonton]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]