Marwan Tabbara

Marwan Tabbara MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Kitchener South—Hespeler
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	District Created
Personal details
Born	(1984-08-23) August 23, 1984 Beirut, Lebanon
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Kitchener, Ontario
Alma mater	University of Guelph

Marwan Rached Tabbara MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Kitchener South—Hespeler in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.

Early life

Marwan Tabbara was born in Beirut, Lebanon on August 23, 1984. Four years later, his family immigrated to Canada to flee the ongoing Lebanese Civil War.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Government from the University of Guelph, Tabbara took several construction jobs in the summer before working at the Frito Lay plant in Cambridge, where he worked as a line technician. He also worked as a field supervisor for a management company doing quality control work within the automotive industry.

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Marwan Tabbara	20,215	42.3	+23.38	$68,757.73
	Conservative	Marian Gagné	17,544	36.7	-14.49	$96,904.47
	New Democratic	Lorne Bruce	7,440	15.6	-10.16	–
	Green	David Weber	1,767	3.7	-0.3	$2,785.51
	Libertarian	Nathan Lajeunesse	772	1.6	–	$2,129.83
	Marxist–Leninist	Elaine Baetz	91	0.2	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			47,829	100.0		$205,534.07
Total rejected ballots			259	0.5	–
Turnout			48,088	66.4	–
Eligible voters			72,359
	Liberal notional gain from Conservative		Swing		+18.93%
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• Marwan Tabbara – Parliament of Canada biography