Rachel Bendayan (born May 10, 1980) is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in a by-election on February 25, 2019, following the resignation of former

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leader

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.Annabelle Olivier
"Liberal Party’s Rachel Bendayan wins federal byelection in Outremont"

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, February 25, 2019. She was re-elected in the

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and

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Canadian federal elections. She represents the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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, In December 2019, she was appointed by

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to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the

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. She previously ran as the Liberal candidate for Outremont in the

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, 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

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."Liberal candidate launches Outremont byelection bid"
''

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'', January 27, 2019.

Early life

Bendayan was born and raised in a Moroccan-Jewish family. Bendayan studied law at

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and obtained her degree in 2007, specializing in commercial litigation and international arbitration. After graduating, Bendayan was employed by the

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law firm and also teaches at the Faculty of Law of the

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Political career

A member of the

, she was a candidate for the first time in

in the 2015 federal election, against

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, 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

, Minister of Small Business and Tourism. Following

'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. 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

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's Julia Sánchez with 26.1%.Les libéraux reprennent Outremont, tandis que les conservateurs gardent York–Simcoe

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Bendayan was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, obtaining 46.2% of the votes and beating her closest opponent by 10,829 votes.2019 Canada election results: Outremont

She was then appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the

, by Prime Minister

. Bendayan was elected for a third time in the 2021 federal election with 45.4% of the votes.

Antisemitic attacks

Along with other Jewish

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candidates, Bendayan has been a victim of anti-Semitic attacks during the campaign for the 2021 Canadian federal elections, with

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s drawn on her campaign posters.There’s no place for the swastika in Canadian political discourse

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Electoral record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bendayan, Rachel Living people 1980 births Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Canadian people of Moroccan-Jewish descent Jewish Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Politicians from Montreal Jewish women politicians People from Outremont, Quebec