2017 Saint-Laurent federal by-election

2017 Saint-Laurent federal by-election

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Seat of Saint-Laurent
Registered69,302
Turnout28.33% (Decrease 30.65pp)
  First party Second party
 
CPC
Candidate Emmanuella Lambropoulos Jimmy Yu
Party Liberal Conservative
Popular vote 11,461 3,784
Percentage 59.13% 19.52%
Swing Decrease 2.44pp Increase 0.01pp

  Third party Fourth party
 
NDP
Candidate Daniel Green Mathieu Auclair
Party Green New Democratic
Popular vote 1,548 1,511
Percentage 7.99% 7.80%
Swing Increase 5.57pp Decrease 3.72pp

MP before election

Stéphane Dion
Liberal

Elected MP

Emmanuella Lambropoulos
Liberal

A by-election was held in the federal riding of Saint-Laurent in Quebec, Canada on 3 April 2017 following the resignation of Liberal MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs Stéphane Dion, who was appointed to a diplomatic post. The seat was held by the Liberal candidate Emmanuella Lambropoulos on a reduced majority.[1]

The by-election was scheduled to coincide with four others across the country; Calgary Heritage, Calgary Midnapore, Markham—Thornhill and Ottawa—Vanier.