Rachel Bendayan

Rachel Bendayan MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Outremont
Incumbent
Assumed office February 25, 2019
Preceded by	Tom Mulcair
Personal details
Born	May 10, 1980 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	McGill University

Rachel Bendayan MP (born c. 1980) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on February 25, 2019. She represents the electoral district of Outremont as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

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.

Electoral record

Canadian federal by-election, February 25, 2019: Outremont Resignation of Tom Mulcair
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		+11.78
Source: Elections Canada

2015 Canadian federal election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Tom Mulcair	19,242	44.11	−11.57	$101,332.88
	Liberal	Rachel Bendayan	14,597	33.46	+11.84	$101,506.39
	Conservative	Rodolphe Husny	4,159	9.53	+1.55	$7,828.89
	Bloc Québécois	Roger Galland Barou	3,668	8.41	−3.20	$6,959.30
	Green	Amara Diallo	1,575	3.61	+1.37	–
	Libertarian	Francis Pouliot	216	0.50	–	–
	Communist	Adrien Welsh	162	0.37	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,619	100.00	–	$204,392.07
Total rejected ballots			426	0.97	–	–
Turnout			44,045	62.42	–	–
Eligible voters			70,559	–	–	–
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Canada