Randall Denley is a Canadian journalist and politician who ran as the Progressive Conservative (PC) candidate for Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) in Ottawa West—Nepean in 2011 election and 2014 election. He writes for the Ottawa Citizen and National Post as a columnist.^[1]

Background

Denley was born London, Ontario, Denley graduated from the University of Western Ontario with a journalism degree in 1973.^[1]

Writing career

Denley spent several years as a journalist and editor for the Owen Sound Sun Times^[1] before joining the Ottawa Citizen as a journalist in 1983.^[1] In 1992, he moved from the regular journalism beat to a political column with the paper, writing about both municipal and provincial politics.^[1]

Denley's first novel, a murder mystery titled Necessary Victims, was serialized in the Citizen in 2004.^[2] In 2006, he published The Perfect Candidate, a satire of local municipal politics in which Will Hacker, a former hockey player turned radio talk show host, is bribed by local developers to run a fake campaign for mayor of Ottawa.^[3] His third novel, a murder mystery titled One Dead Sister, was published in 2010.^[3]

Denley now publishes the occasional op-ed in newspapers like the National Post.

Provincial politics

Denley took a leave of absence from the Citizen in 2011 to run as an Ontario Progressive Conservative Party candidate in Ottawa West—Nepean for the 2011 provincial election.^[4] He briefly returned to the Citizen as an editorial writer after losing the election to incumbent MPP Bob Chiarelli, but retired from the paper in 2012.^[5] He ran again in the 2014 election,^[5] again losing to Chiarelli.^[6]

Electoral record

2014 Ontario general election: Ottawa West—Nepean
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	21,035	44.84	+4.06
	Progressive Conservative	Randall Denley	15,895	33.89	−6.06
	New Democratic	Alex Cullen	6,760	14.41	−0.51
	Green	Alex Hill	2,899	6.18	+2.67
	Libertarian	Matthew Brooks	318	0.68
Total valid votes			46,907	98.49
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			719	1.51
Turnout			47,626	55.95
Eligible voters			85,125
	Liberal hold		Swing		+5.06
Source(s) "General Election Results by District, 066 Ottawa West—Nepean". Elections Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.

2011 Ontario general election: Ottawa West—Nepean
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bob Chiarelli	18,492	41.62	−1.83	$ 93,241.85
	Progressive Conservative	Randall Denley	17,483	39.35	+0.36	80,950.00
	New Democratic	Wendy Byrne	6,576	14.80	+6.35	13,936.09
	Green	Alex Hill	1,485	3.34	−4.96	3,113.29
	Family Coalition	John Pacheco	396	0.89		8,382.66
Total valid votes / expense limit			44,432	100.00	+56.27	$ 97,809.67
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			174	0.39	−0.18
Turnout			44,606	54.27	+21.33
Eligible voters			82,187		−5.32
	Liberal hold		Swing		−1.10
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate – October 6, 2011 General Election" (PDF). "Statistical Summary – General Elections 2011" ( Excel Spreadsheet (71KB)). Elections Ontario. "2011 Candidate Campaign Returns (CR-1)". Retrieved May 31, 2014.

References

External links

• Randall Denley