A by-election was held in the federal riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount in Quebec on June 19, 2023, following the resignation of Liberal MP Marc Garneau. The by-election was held on the same day as three others;

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and

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Background

Constituency

The electoral district is located on the

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and is centred on the namesake neighbourhood of

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and the city of

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. South Montreal is considered a heartland for the

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, and this riding is no exception. Being a heavily Anglophone riding for Quebec (44% of residents have English as their mother tongue), language issues play a large factor in the district. This part of Montreal has elected Liberals in every election since 1962, except for in 2011 when the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce part of the riding (which was in the riding of

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at the time) voted NDP.

Representation

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Westmount was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and first contested in

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. Garneau, previously the Minister of Transport and

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in the government of

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, had held the seat since

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Candidates

Running for the Liberals is Anna Gainey, former president of the party and daughter of former

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General Manager

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. Gainey won the Liberal nomination on May 15, 2023, defeating Fred Headon, vice president and general counsel of

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, and

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candidate Jonas Fadeu. Human rights activist and

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deputy leader Jonathan Pedneault was announced as the party's candidate on May 15, 2023. The

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announced Tiny Olinga as their candidate. He previously contested

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in 2021.

Results

2021 result

References

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