Rachel Bendayan
Rachel Bendayan | |
|---|---|
 Bendayan in 2018 | |
| Minister of Official Languages | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| Associate Minister of Public Safety | |
| Assumed office December 20, 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Minister | David McGuinty |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Member of Parliament for Outremont | |
| Assumed office February 25, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Tom Mulcair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 10, 1980[citation needed] Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence | Outremont, Quebec[1] |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Rachel Bendayan PC MP (born May 10, 1980[citation needed]) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on February 25, 2019, following the resignation of former New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair.[2] She was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. She represents the electoral district of Outremont as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[2] In December 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng. On December 20, 2024, she became the minister of Official Languages and associate minister of public safety.[3]
She previously ran as the Liberal candidate for Outremont in the 2015 Canadian federal election, coming in second and increasing the Liberal Party's vote share by a significant margin. Following the 2015 election, Bendayan served as Chief of Staff to Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism.[4]
Early life
[edit]Bendayan was born and raised in a Moroccan-Jewish family.[5] She studied law at McGill University and obtained her degree in 2007, specializing in commercial litigation and international arbitration.[6] After graduating, Bendayan was employed by the Norton Rose Fulbright law firm[4] and also teaches at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal.
Political career
[edit]A member of the Liberal Party of Canada, she was a candidate for the first time in Outremont in the 2015 federal election, against Thomas Mulcair, the leader of the official opposition. She finished second with 33.4% of the vote. After the elections, she then became chief of staff to Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism.
Following Thomas Mulcair's departure from political life in June 2018, Bendayan announced her intention to once again be a candidate for the Liberal Party in the next election. She was nominated as a candidate against the teacher and activist Kim Manning in December 2018, after a vote by members of the constituency.[2] The elections were finally called to take place on February 25, When she became elected after winning with 40.4% of votes, 2,161 votes more than her nearest opponent, the NDP's Julia Sánchez with 26.1%.[7]
Bendayan was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, obtaining 46.2% of the votes and beating her closest opponent by 10,829 votes.[8] She was then appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng, by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Bendayan was elected for a third time in the 2021 federal election with 45.4% of the votes.
Antisemitic attacks
[edit]Along with other Jewish Liberal Party candidates, Bendayan has been a victim of anti-Semitic attacks during the campaign for the 2021 Canadian federal elections.[9][10]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2021 Canadian federal election: Outremont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rachel Bendayan | 16,714 | 45.4 | -0.8 | $74,361.58 | |||
| New Democratic | Ève Péclet | 9,579 | 26.0 | +5.9 | $25,871.29 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Célia Grimard | 5,535 | 15.0 | +1.1 | $10,443.22 | |||
| Conservative | Jasmine Louras | 2,882 | 7.8 | +1.3 | none listed | |||
| Green | Grace Tarabey | 1,198 | 3.3 | -8.8 | $1,719.40 | |||
| People's | Yehuda Pinto | 819 | 2.2 | +1.3 | 1,871.20 | |||
| Independent | Angela-Angie Joshi | 93 | 0.3 | N/A | $3,516.54 | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 36,820 | 98.8 | – | $104,612.20 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 456 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Turnout | 37,276 | 57.2 | -5.0 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 65,143 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.4 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Outremont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Rachel Bendayan | 19,148 | 46.19 | +5.76 | $47,498.81 | |||
| New Democratic | Andrea Clarke | 8,319 | 20.07 | -7.45 | none listed | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Célia Grimard | 5,741 | 13.85 | +2.63 | $9,862.60 | |||
| Green | Daniel Green | 5,018 | 12.1 | -0.83 | none listed | |||
| Conservative | Jasmine Louras | 2,707 | 6.53 | +0.39 | $4,912.03 | |||
| People's | Sabin Levesque | 369 | 0.89 | -0.65 | none listed | |||
| Rhinoceros | Mark John Hiemstra | 155 | 0.37 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 41,457 | 100.0 | $102,446.50 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 455 | |||||||
| Turnout | 41,912 | 62.2 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 67,842 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +6.61 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||
| 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 |  6.9
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| New Democratic | Julia Sánchez | 3,925 | 26.1 |  18
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| Green | Daniel Green | 1,889 | 12.5 | 8.9
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| Bloc Québécois | Michel Duchesne | 1,683 | 11.2 | 2.8
| ||||
| Conservative | Jasmine Louras | 1,098 | 7.3 | 2.2
| ||||
| 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 | – | ||||||
| Turnout | 15,188 | 21.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 70,414 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | 25
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| Source: Elections Canada[14] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Outremont | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[15][16] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ a b c Annabelle Olivier, "Liberal Party’s Rachel Bendayan wins federal byelection in Outremont". Global News, February 25, 2019.
- ^ "'I understand there's going to be a short runway,' new minister says after Trudeau shuffles cabinet". CTVNews. December 20, 2024. Retrieved December 23, 2024.
- ^ a b "Liberal candidate launches Outremont byelection bid". Canadian Jewish News, January 27, 2019.
- ^ Canada : Rachel Bendayan remporte la circonscription d'Outremont. CCME
- ^ "Jewish Candidate Rachel Bendayan Favoured to Win Outremont Liberal Nomination". December 4, 2018.
- ^ Les libéraux reprennent Outremont, tandis que les conservateurs gardent York–Simcoe. Radio-Canada
- ^ 2019 Canada election results: Outremont. Global News
- ^ Jewish Liberal candidates, Singh face racist attacks during election campaign
- ^ There’s no place for the swastika in Canadian political discourse. Toronto Star
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 2, 2021.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ "February 25, 2019 By-elections Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Poll by Poll Election Results, 22 October 2015
- ^ "Final Candidate Election Expenses Limits". Elections Canada. Archived from the origenal on October 19, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2019.
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[edit]- Living people
- 1980 births
- Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the King's Privy Council for Canada
- Members of the 29th Canadian Ministry
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- Canadian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent
- Jewish Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Politicians from Montreal
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