Fayçal El-Khoury (born May 15, 1955) is a

Canadian Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''C ...

Liberal politician of Lebanese descent, who was elected to represent the riding of

Laval—Les Îles Laval—Les Îles () is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Its population in 2001 was 100,137. Of the population, 15.9% are Christian Orthodox, and 14.0% ar ...

in the

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in the 2015 federal election, El-Khoury won with 47.7% of the vote. He holds an engineering degree from

Concordia University Concordia University () is a Public university, public English-language research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Founded in 1974 following the merger of Loyola College (Montreal), Loyola College and Sir George Williams Universit ...

. El-Khoury immigrated to Canada from

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

in 1976. El-Khoury holds

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with Lebanon.

Electoral record

References

External links

Official Website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Khoury, Faycal 1955 births Living people Canadian consultants 20th-century Canadian engineers Canadian people of Lebanese descent Concordia University alumni Lebanese emigrants to Canada Liberal Party of Canada MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Laval, Quebec 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century Canadian engineers