Rachel Bendayan
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Rachel Bendayan | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Outremont | |
Assumed office February 25, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Tom Mulcair |
Personal details | |
Born | 1978/1979 (age 39–40)[1] Montreal, Quebec |
Political party | Liberal |
Rachel Bendayan MP (born c. 1979) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on February 25, 2019.[2] She represents the electoral district of Outremont as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[2]
She previously ran as the Liberal candidate for Outremont in the 2015 Canadian federal election, losing to Tom Mulcair.
She later worked for the Liberal party as chief of staff to small business minister Bardish Chagger.[3]
Electoral record[edit]
Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: Outremont Resignation of Tom Mulcair | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Rachel Bendayan | 6,086 | 40.4 | 6.94 | ||||
New Democratic | Julia Sánchez | 3,925 | 26.1 | 18.01 | ||||
Green | Daniel Green | 1,889 | 12.5 | 8.89 | ||||
Bloc Québécois | Michel Duchesne | 1,683 | 11.2 | 2.79 | ||||
Conservative | Jasmine Louras | 1,098 | 7.3 | 2.23 | ||||
People's | James Seale | 322 | 2.1 | New | ||||
Independent | William Barrett | 52 | 0.3 | New | ||||
Total valid votes | 15,053 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 135 | 0.90 | ||||||
Turnout | 15,188 | 21.57 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 70,414 | |||||||
Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | |||||||
Source: Elections Canada [4] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Jewish Candidate Rachel Bendayan Favoured to Win Outremont Liberal Nomination". B'nai Brith Canada, December 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "Liberal Party’s Rachel Bendayan wins federal byelection in Outremont". Global News, February 25, 2019.
- ^ "Liberal candidate launches Outremont byelection bid". Canadian Jewish News, January 27, 2019.
- ^ "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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