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Don Stewart (Ontario politician)

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Don Stewart
Stewart in 2024
Member of Parliament
for Toronto—St. Paul's
Assumed office
June 24, 2024
Preceded byCarolyn Bennett
Personal details
Born
Donald Stewart
Political partyConservative
Children2
Alma materQueen’s University (MBA)[1]

Don Stewart MP is a Canadian politician. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada,[2] he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto—St. Paul's in a 2024 by-election.[3] He is the first Conservative to represent the riding in over three decades and the first Conservative candidate to win a riding in Toronto since 2011.[4]

Personal life

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Stewart lives in Toronto with his two daughters. He earned an engineering degree and an MBA from Queen's University at Kingston. He previously worked as a director at BMO Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley. Stewart works for the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.[5][6] He has also been an honorary lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, and is the treasurer of the 2 Intelligence Company Senate, a non-profit organization set up to support current and former members of 2 Intelligence Company, a primary reserve unit of the 32 Canadian Brigade Group in Toronto.[7]

Electoral record

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Canadian federal by-election, June 24, 2024: Toronto—St. Paul's
Resignation of Carolyn Bennett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Don Stewart 15,565 42.11 +16.81
Liberal Leslie Church 14,932 40.40 -8.82
New Democratic Amrit Parhar 4,073 11.02 -5.81
Green Christian Cullis 1,057 2.86 -3.13
People's Dennis Wilson 238 0.64 -2.02
Independent Jonathan Schachter 97 0.26
Independent Mário Stocco 82 0.22
Marxist–Leninist Meñico Turcotte 59 0.16
Rhinoceros Sean Carson 51 0.14
Independent Thibaud Mony 51 0.14
Independent Glen MacDonald 42 0.11
Independent Mélodie Anderson 39 0.11
Independent Demetrios Karavas 37 0.10
No Affiliation Stephen Davis 36 0.10
Independent Jordan Wong 31 0.08
Marijuana Danny Légaré 30 0.08
Independent Alex Banks 27 0.07
Centrist Ali Mohiuddin 26 0.07
Independent Jaël Champagne Gareau 23 0.06
Independent Michael Bednarski 18 0.05
Independent John Dale 18 0.05
Independent Pierre Larochelle 17 0.05
Independent Joshua Bram Hieu Pham 17 0.05
Independent Marie-Hélène LeBel 16 0.04
Independent Guillaume Paradis 16 0.04
Independent Daniel Andrew Graham 13 0.04
Independent Pierre Granger 13 0.04
Independent Julie St-Amand 13 0.04
Independent Loren Hicks 12 0.03
Independent Matéo Martin 12 0.03
Independent Blake Hamilton 11 0.03
Independent Line Bélanger 10 0.02
Independent Charles Currie 10 0.03
Independent Cory Deville 10 0.03
Independent Alexandra Engering 10 0.03
Independent Daniel Stuckless 10 0.03
Independent Erle Stanley Bowman 9 0.02
Independent Anthony Hamel 9 0.02
Independent Pascal St-Amand 9 0.02
Independent Sébastien CoRhino 8 0.02
Independent Mark Dejewski 8 0.02
Independent Daniel Gagnon 8 0.02
Independent Agnieszka Marszalek 8 0.02
Independent Olivier Renaud 8 0.02
Independent Patrick Strzalkowski 8 0.02
Independent Donald Gagnon 7 0.02
Independent Benjamin Teichman 7 0.02
Independent MarthaLee Aykroyd 6 0.02
Independent Myriam Beaulieu 6 0.02
Independent Kubera Desai 6 0.02
Independent Donovan Eckstrom 6 0.02
Independent Kevin Krisa 6 0.02
Independent Lorant Polya 6 0.02
Independent Roger Sherwood 6 0.02
Independent Elliot Wand 6 0.02
Independent Michal Wieczorek 6 0.02
Independent Maxime Boivin 5 0.01
Independent Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville 5 0.01
Independent Jean-Denis Parent Boudreault 4 0.01
Independent Léthycia-Félix Corriveau 4 0.01
Independent Ysack Dupont 4 0.01
Independent Dji-Pé Frazer 4 0.01
Independent Zornitsa Halacheva 4 0.01
Independent Alain Lamontagne 4 0.01
Independent Renée Lemieux 4 0.01
Independent Danimal Preston 4 0.01
Independent Spencer Rocchi 4 0.01
Independent Yogo Shimada 4 0.01
Independent Darcy Vanderwater 4 0.01
Independent Mylène Bonneau 3 0.01
Independent Guillaume Gagnier-Michel 3 0.01
Independent Kerri Hildebrandt 3 0.01
Independent Krzysztof Krzywinski 3 0.01
Independent Connie Lukawski 3 0.01
Independent Wallace Richard Rowat 3 0.01
Independent Gavin Vanderwater 3 0.01
Independent Alain Bourgault 2 0.01
No Affiliation Manon Marie Lili Desbiens 2 0.01
Independent Gerrit Dogger 2 0.01
Independent Samuel Ducharme 2 0.01
Independent Yusuf Kadir Nasihi 2 0.01
Independent Winston Neutel 2 0.01
Independent Jacques Saintonge 2 0.01
Independent Felix-Antoine Hamel 0 0.00
Total valid votes 36,962
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 43.52 -21.96
Eligible voters 84,934
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.76

References

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  1. ^ "Meet Don". Conservative Party of Canada. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  2. ^ "'This changes everything': Conservatives win Toronto byelection, beating Liberals in major upset". CTVNews. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. ^ Ramzy, Mark; Tonda, MacCharles; Benzie, Robert (June 24, 2024). "Conservatives score upset win in Toronto—St. Paul's byelection". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Tasker, John Paul (June 24, 2024). "Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result". CBC News. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  5. ^ Conservative Party of Canada [@CPC_HQ] (February 15, 2024). "Welcome your Toronto—St. Paul's candidate" (Tweet). Retrieved April 18, 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. ^ "Nomination Contest Database". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  7. ^ "Who is Don Stewart? 4 things to know about the new Conservative MP for Toronto—St. Paul's". National Post. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.