Brenda Shanahan (politician)

Brenda Shanahan MP is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Châteauguay—Lacolle in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election.[1]

Brenda Shanahan MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Châteauguay—Lacolle
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Sylvain Chicoine
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 62–63)
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Châteauguay, Quebec
Profession	banker, financial advisor, columnist

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	20,118	38.4	-0.7
	Bloc Québécois	Claudia Valdivia	19,479	37.2	+12.84
	Conservative	Hugues Laplante	5,851	11.2	-0.01
	New Democratic	Marika Lalime	4,005	7.6	-15.55
	Green	Meryam Haddad	1,929	3.7	+1.80
	People's	Jeff Benoit	563	1.1	–
	Indépendence du Québec	Marc Gagnon	393	0.7	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	64	0.1	-0.19
Total valid votes/Expense limit			52,402	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,071
Turnout			53,473	63.4
Eligible voters			78,194
Source: Elections Canada[2][3]

2015 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	20,245	39.10	+28.90	$26,214
	Bloc Québécois	Sophie Stanké	12,615	24.36	−2.55	$27,153
	New Democratic	Sylvain Chicoine (incumbent)	11,986	23.15	-25.57	$27,865
	Conservative	Philippe St-Pierre	5,805	11.21	−0.82	$3,357
	Green	Jency Mercier	982	1.90	-0.01	$2,348
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	149	+0.29	+0.06	none listed
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,782	100.0		$208,824
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			909	1.73	–	–
Turnout			52,691	69.21	–	–
Eligible voters			76,129	–	–	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+27.24
Sources:[4][5]

References

1. Delean, Paul (20 October 2015). "Election results: Hard work turns Montreal's South Shore red". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
2. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
3. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
4. Elections Canada – Official voting results, Forty-second general election, 2015 (QUEBEC: Châteauguay—Lacolle).
5. Canada – Political Financing (Search for Returns). Returns listed in italics refer to information submitted by the candidates and not to the final totals as reviewed by Elections Canada.