2023 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount federal by-election
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A by-election was held in the federal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount in Quebec on June 19, 2023, following the resignation of Liberal MP Marc Garneau.[1]
The by-election was held on the same day as three others; Oxford, Portage—Lisgar and Winnipeg South Centre.[2]
Background[edit]
Constituency[edit]
The electoral district is located on the Island of Montreal and is centred on the namesake neighbourhood of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and the city of Westmount. South Montreal is considered a heartland for the Liberal Party of Canada,[3] and this riding is no exception. Being a heavily Anglophone riding for Quebec (44% of residents have English as their mother tongue), language issues play a large factor in the district.[4] This part of Montreal has elected Liberals in every election since 1962, except for in 2011 when the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce part of the riding (which was in the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine at the time) voted NDP.
Representation[edit]
Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and first contested in 2015.
Garneau, previously the Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Justin Trudeau, had held the seat since 2008.
Candidates[edit]
Running for the Liberals is Anna Gainey, former president of the party and daughter of former Montreal Canadiens General Manager Bob Gainey.[5][6] Gainey won the Liberal nomination on May 15, 2023, defeating Fred Headon, vice president and general counsel of Air Canada, and 2021 La Pointe-de-l'Île candidate Jonas Fadeu.[7][6]
Human rights activist and Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault was announced as the party's candidate on May 15, 2023.[8]
The People's Party of Canada announced Tiny Olinga as their candidate. He previously contested Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne in 2021.[9]
Results[edit]
| Canadian federal by-election, June 19, 2023: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount Resignation of Marc Garneau | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Anna Gainey | 11,051 | 50.87 | -2.90 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-François Filion | 3,001 | 13.81 | -5.39 | ||||
| Conservative | Mathew Kaminski | 2,936 | 13.51 | -0.55 | ||||
| Green | Jonathan Pedneault | 2,922 | 13.45 | +9.42 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Laurence Massey | 985 | 4.53 | -0.75 | ||||
| Centrist | Alex Trainman Montagano | 510 | 2.35 | |||||
| People's | Tiny Olinga | 141 | 0.65 | -2.64 | ||||
| Rhinoceros | Sean Carson | 97 | 0.45 | |||||
| Christian Heritage | Yves Gilbert | 65 | 0.30 | +0.17 | ||||
| No Affiliation[a] | Félix Vincent Ardea | 18 | 0.08 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 21,726 | 99.25 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 165 | 0.75 | -0.22 | |||||
| Turnout | 29.93 | -32.63 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 73,152 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
- ^ Ardea is a member of the Communist League, an unregistered party; "No Affiliation" is EC's term for leaving the party affiliation blank on a candidate's registration form.
2021 result[edit]
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marc Garneau | 24,510 | 53.76 | -2.37 | ||||
| New Democratic | Emma Elbourne-Weinstock | 8,753 | 19.20 | +3.79 | ||||
| Conservative | Mathew Kaminski | 6,412 | 14.06 | +2.61 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Jordan Craig Larouche | 2,407 | 5.30 | +0.62 | ||||
| Green | Sam Fairbrother | 1,835 | 4.02 | -6.70 | ||||
| People's | David Freiheit | 1,498 | 3.29 | +2.17 | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Rachel Hoffman | 117 | 0.26 | +0.12 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Geofryde Wandji | 59 | 0.13 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,591 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 446 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,037 | 62.66 | -4.06 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 73,474 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.10 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ Raycraft, Richard (March 8, 2023). "Former cabinet minister Marc Garneau resigning from House of Commons". CBC News. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
- ^ "4 federal byelections set for June in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ Lurie, Rob. "Are Quebec Liberal strongholds safe?". ctvnews. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ McKenna, Kate. "Language politics take centre stage in Montreal federal byelection". CBC. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
- ^ Bellavance, Joël-Denis (April 11, 2023). "Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount: Anna Gainey souhaite succéder à Marc Garneau". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ a b Goudreault, Zacharie (May 15, 2023). "Anna Gainey remporte une course à trois dans NDG-Westmount". Le Devoir (in Canadian French). Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ "Anna Gainey, Trudeau confidante, seeking nomination in safe Quebec Liberal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce-Westmount". The Hill Times. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
- ^ Thurton, David (May 15, 2023). "Green Party deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault to run in Montreal federal byelection". CBC News. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
- ^ Olinga, Tiny (May 25, 2023). "tweet". Twitter. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "June 19, 2023, by-elections—Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "September 20, 2021 General Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 19, 2022.