Ramez Ayoub
Ramez Ayoub | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Thérèse-De Blainville | |
| In office October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Louise Chabot |
| Mayor of Lorraine | |
| In office December 1, 2009 – November 10, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Boniface Dalle-Vedove |
| Succeeded by | Jean Comtois |
| Lorraine City Councillor | |
| In office December 1, 1999 – December 1, 2009 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond Léger |
| Succeeded by | Jean Comtois |
| Constituency | Seat 1 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Syria[1] |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal |
Ramez Ayoub is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Thérèse-De Blainville in the House of Commons of Canada from the 2015 federal election until the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2]
Ayoub attended the Université de Montréal, earning a bachelor's degree in economics. He worked as a real estate broker, and entered politics by serving ten years on the city council of Lorraine, before being elected mayor of Lorraine in 2009, a position he held until his election to Parliament in 2015. Ayoub also served, prior to his election to Parliament, as deputy prefect of Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.[3]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Thérèse-De Blainville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Louise Chabot | 24,486 | 41.8 | |||||
| Liberal | Ramez Ayoub | 20,988 | 35.8 | |||||
| Conservative | Marie Claude Fournier | 5,264 | 9.0 | |||||
| New Democratic | Hannah Wolker | 4,431 | 7.6 | |||||
| Green | Normand Beaudet | 2,710 | 4.6 | |||||
| People's | Désiré Mounanga | 366 | 0.6 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Alain Lamontagne | 289 | 0.4 | |||||
| Independent | Andy Piano | 89 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 58,549 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 933 | |||||||
| Turnout | 59,482 | 72.1 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 82,488 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Thérèse-De Blainville | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Ramez Ayoub | 18,281 | 32.5 | +22.24 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Alain Marginean | 15,238 | 27.1 | -0.75 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Alain Giguère | 14,022 | 24.9 | -25.14 | – | |||
| Conservative | Manuel Puga | 7,013 | 12.4 | +2.64 | – | |||
| Green | Andrew Carkner | 1,449 | 2.4 | +0.31 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Daniel Guindon | 425 | 0.6 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 56,248 | 100.0 | $213,550.54 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,007 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 57,255 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 78,804 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
Municipal
| 2013 Lorraine mayoral election | |||
| Candidate | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramez Ayoub (x) | Équipe Ayoub | 1,632 | 40.14 |
| Lyne Rémillard | Autrement Lorraine - Équipe Rémillard | 1,371 | 33.72 |
| Sylvain Fortin | Équipe Fortin | 562 | 13.82 |
| Martin Lacasse | Agir avec Lacasse | 501 | 12.32 |
| Total | 4,066 | 100.00 | |
| 2009 Lorraine mayoral election | |||
| Candidate | Party | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramez Ayoub | Équipe Ayoub | 1,809 | 51.1 |
| Boniface Dalle-Vedove (x) | Équipe Dalle-Vedove | 1,730 | 48.9 |
| Total | 3,539 | 100.00 | |
References
- ^ http://canadianimmigrant.ca/immigrant-stories/community-immigrant-stories/immigrants-in-parliament-including-ministers-and-just-announced-parliamentary-secretaries
- ^ http://www.nordinfo.com/Actualites/2015-10-20/article-4315748/Therese-De-Blainville%3A-le-liberal-Ramez-Ayoub-s%26rsquo%3Ben-va-a-la-Chambre-des-communes/1
- ^ Ramez Ayoub Biography, Liberal.ca.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Thérèse-De Blainville, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates