Ziad Aboultaif

Ziad Aboultaif MP (Arabic: زياد أبو لطيف; born 10 September 1966) is a Canadian politician first elected to represent the riding of Edmonton Manning in the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election.^[1]

Ziad Aboultaif MP
Member of Parliament for Edmonton Manning
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Riding Established
Personal details
Born	(1966-09-10) September 10, 1966 (age 58) Aiha, Lebanon
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Elizabeth
Children	2
Residence(s)	Edmonton, Alberta
Profession	Businessman

Before politics

On first coming to Canada, Aboultaif started working as a labourer. He learned the business from the ground up, moving from warehouse to office - eventually opening a business of his own.^[2] He was co-owner and co-managed Axxess Furniture Inc., an Edmonton-based furniture distribution business, for 12 years.^[3][4]

Federal politics

Aboultaif was first elected in 2015, campaigning on his credentials as a small business owner. He pledged support for small business and to lower taxes.

From 2015 to 2017 he was shadow minister of National Revenue, followed by two years as shadow minister for International Development, then a year as shadow minister for Digital Government.^[5][6]

He has served on a number of Parliamentary committees, including International Trade, Government Operations and Estimates, COVID-19 Pandemic, Foreign Affairs and International Development, Finance and National Revenue.^[7]

He won re-election in 2019, partially on a platform focused on cost of living and support for pipeline development.^[8] In early 2021 he introduced a symbolic motion in Parliament supporting Canada's oil and gas sector industries.^[9]

He voted in support of Bill C-233 - An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sex-selective abortion), which would make it an indictable or a summary offence for a medical practitioner to knowingly perform an abortion solely on the grounds of the child's genetic sex.^[10]

Organ donation

In 2003 Aboultaif made a partial-liver donation to his son. In Parliament, he has worked to increase awareness of organ and tissue donation. His ultimately unsuccessful Private Members Bill, C-223, would have established a Canadian Organ Donor Registry to coordinate and promote organ donation throughout Canada.^[11]

Personal life

Originally from Lebanon, Aboultaif immigrated to Canada in 1990. He has been married to his wife Elizabeth since 1991 and together they have two sons. His work on community boards earned him both an Alberta Centennial Medal (2005), and a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal (2012). Aboultaif is a Druze.^[12]

Aboultaif holds Dual-citizenship with Lebanon.^[13]

Electoral record

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Manning
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ziad Aboultaif	26,445	53.09	+11.97
	Liberal	Blair-Marie Coles	17,603	35.34	+14.77
	New Democratic	Lesley Thompson	4,935	9.91	–21.10
	People's	Robert Bard	824	1.65	–5.36
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			49,807	61.17
Eligible voters			81,425
	Conservative notional hold		Swing		–1.40
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Manning
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ziad Aboultaif	20,219	41.1	-14.8	$38,666.56
	New Democratic	Charmaine St. Germain	14,999	30.5	+12.9	$5,643.23
	Liberal	Donna Lynn Smith	10,468	21.3	-0.2	$14,542.92
	People's	Martin Halvorson	3,407	6.9	+4.9	$3,852.57
	Marxist–Leninist	Andre Vachon	133	0.3	+0.2	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			49,226	100.0	–	$118,181.44
Total rejected ballots			429
Turnout			49,655	54.9%
Eligible voters			89,690
	Conservative hold		Swing		-13.85
Source: Elections Canada[16][17]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Edmonton Manning
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ziad Aboultaif	30,425	55.9%	+10.66	$77,497.08
	Liberal	Kamal Kadri	11,692	21.5%	-6.07	none listed
	New Democratic	Charmaine St. Germain	9,555	17.6%	-6.04	$2,962.31
	Green	Laura-Leah Shaw	1,255	2.3%	+0.10	none listed
	People's	Daniel Summers	1,109	2.0%	-	none listed
	Christian Heritage	Pamella Phiri	276	0.5%	-	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Andre Vachon	68	0.1%	-0.16	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			54,380	100.0
Total rejected ballots			357
Turnout			54,737	61.5%
Eligible voters			89,075
	Conservative hold		Swing		+8.37
Source: Elections Canada[18][19]

2015 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Ziad Aboultaif	22,166	45.2	-10.25	–
	Liberal	Sukhdev Aujla	13,509	27.6	+18.5	–
	New Democratic	Aaron Paquette	11,582	23.6	-3.1	–
	Green	Chris Vallee	1,079	2.2	-0.68	–
	Independent	Mebreate Deres	540	1.1	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	André Vachon	125	0.3	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			49,001	100.0		$212,270.98
Total rejected ballots			185	–	–
Turnout			49,186	61.3%	–
Eligible voters			80,111
	Conservative hold		Swing		-14.37%
Source: Elections Canada[20][21]

See also

• List of Druze