Don Stewart (Ontario politician)
Don Stewart | |
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 Stewart in 2024 | |
| Member of Parliament for Toronto—St. Paul's | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Carolyn Bennett |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Donald Stewart |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Queen’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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ "Meet Don". Conservative Party of Canada. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
- ^ "'This changes everything': Conservatives win Toronto byelection, beating Liberals in major upset". CTVNews. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Conservative Party of Canada [@CPC_HQ] (February 15, 2024). "Welcome your Toronto—St. Paul's candidate" (Tweet). Retrieved April 18, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Nomination Contest Database". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
- ^ "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.
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