Joël Lightbound
Joël Lightbound | |
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| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness | |
| Assumed office December 12, 2019 | |
| Minister | Bill Blair |
| Preceded by | Bill Blair as Minister of Border Security and Organized Crime Reduction |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance | |
| In office September 19, 2017 – December 12, 2019 | |
| Minister | Bill Morneau |
| Preceded by | Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Sean Fraser - as to the Minister of Finance and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Middle Class Prosperity and Associate Minister of Finance |
| Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health | |
| In office January 30, 2017 – September 19, 2017 | |
| Minister | Jane Philpott Ginette Petitpas Taylor |
| Preceded by | Kamal Khera |
| Succeeded by | Bill Blair |
| Member of Parliament for Louis-Hébert | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Denis Blanchette |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 8, 1988[1] Toronto, Ontario |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Quebec City, Quebec |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
Joël Lightbound MP (born February 8, 1988) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Louis-Hébert in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[2]
In 2008, Lightbound was awarded the Cardinal Roy Trophy from Champlain Regional College.[3] He later attended the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he won the National Laskin Moot.[4] He initially articled with the Montreal offices of Fasken, and prior to his election practised law in the Quebec City area, specializing in immigration.[5]
Lightbound was reelected in 2019, becoming the first MP in three decades to hold Louis-Hébert for more than one term.
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Louis-Hébert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 25,140 | 40.51 | +5.66 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Hébert | 17,375 | 28 | +13.59 | ||||
| Conservative | Marie-Josée Guérette | 10,912 | 17.58 | -9.61 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jérémie Juneau | 4,884 | 7.87 | -12.94 | ||||
| Green | Macarena Diab | 2,466 | 3.97 | +1.44 | ||||
| People's | Daniel Brisson | 1,016 | 1.64 | – | ||||
| Independent | Ali Dahan | 267 | 0.43 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 62,060 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 873 | |||||||
| Turnout | 62,933 | 76.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 82,131 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Louis-Hébert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 21,516 | 34.85 | +21.43 | – | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Asselin | 16,789 | 27.19 | +5.36 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 12,850 | 20.81 | -17.84 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Caroline Pageau | 8,900 | 14.41 | -9.80 | – | |||
| Green | Andrée-Anne Beaudoin-Julien | 1,561 | 2.53 | +0.88 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Stefan Jetchick | 128 | 0.21 | -0.03 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,744 | 100.00 | $217,520.39 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 627 | 1.01 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 62,371 | 76.90 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,109 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10] | ||||||||
References
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique-. "Deux libéraux élus à Québec | Élections Canada 2015". Radio-Canada.ca.
- ^ Côté, Sophie. "Victoire libérale dans Louis-Hébert". Le Journal de Québec.
- ^ http://www.slc.qc.ca/sites/slc/files/docs/slc_board_report_-_2008-06-20.pdf
- ^ "Mock victories no moot point : Law | Focus online".
- ^ Joël Lightbound, Liberal.ca
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Résultats du soir d'élection - Circonscriptions". enr.elections.ca.
External links
Media related to Joël Lightbound at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Franco-Ontarian people
- Immigration lawyers
- Lawyers in Quebec
- Liberal Party of Canada MPs
- Living people
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- New York (state) lawyers
- Politicians from Quebec City
- Politicians from Toronto
- McGill University Faculty of Law alumni
- 21st-century Canadian politicians