Brenda Shanahan (politician)

Brenda Shanahan
MP
Brenda Shanahan MP
Member of Parliament; for Châteauguay—Lacolle
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Sylvain Chicoine
Personal details
Born	1957 or 1958 (age 66–67)
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Châteauguay, Quebec
Profession	banker, financial advisor, columnist

Brenda Shanahan MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Châteauguay—Lacolle in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.^[1]

Electoral record

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	20,118	38.4	-0.7
	Bloc Québécois	Claudia Valdivia	19,479	37.2	+12.84
	Conservative	Hugues Laplante	5,851	11.2	-0.01
	New Democratic	Marika Lalime	4,005	7.6	-15.55
	Green	Meryam Haddad	1,929	3.7	+1.80
	People's	Jeff Benoit	563	1.1	–
	Indépendence du Québec	Marc Gagnon	393	0.7	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	64	0.1	-0.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,402	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,071
Turnout			53,473	63.4
Eligible voters			78,194
Source: Elections Canada^[2]^[3]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	20,245	39.10	+28.90	$26,214
	Bloc Québécois	Sophie Stanké	12,615	24.36	−2.55	$27,153
	New Democratic	Sylvain Chicoine (incumbent)	11,986	23.15	-25.57	$27,865
	Conservative	Philippe St-Pierre	5,805	11.21	−0.82	$3,357
	Green	Jency Mercier	982	1.90	-0.01	$2,348
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	149	0.29	+0.06	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,782	98.27		$208,824
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			909	1.73	–	–
Turnout			52,691	69.21	–	–
Eligible voters			76,129	–	–	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+27.24
Sources:^[4]^[5]

^ Delean, Paul (20 October 2015). "Election results: Hard work turns Montreal's South Shore red". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
^ Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-second general election, 2015 (QUEBEC: Châteauguay—Lacolle).
^ Canada – Political Financing (Search for Returns). Returns listed in italics refer to information submitted by the candidates and not to the final totals as reviewed by Elections Canada.