Rachel Bendayan

Rachel Bendayan
MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade
In office
December 12, 2019 – August 15, 2021
MinisterMary Ng
Preceded byOmar Alghabra (International Trade)
Richard Hébert (Small Business and Export Promotion)
Member of Parliament
for Outremont
Incumbent
Assumed office
February 25, 2019
Preceded byTom Mulcair
Personal details
Born (1980-05-10) May 10, 1980 (age 44)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceOutremont, Quebec[1]
Alma materMcGill University
ProfessionLawyer

Rachel Bendayan MP (born May 10, 1980) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on February 25, 2019, following the resignation of former New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair.[2] She was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. She represents the electoral district of Outremont as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada,[2] In December 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng.

She previously ran as the Liberal candidate for Outremont in the 2015 Canadian federal election, coming in second and increasing the Liberal Party's vote share by a significant margin. Following the 2015 election, Bendayan served as Chief of Staff to Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism.[3]

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Annabelle Olivier, "Liberal Party’s Rachel Bendayan wins federal byelection in Outremont". Global News, February 25, 2019.
  3. ^ "Liberal candidate launches Outremont byelection bid". Canadian Jewish News, January 27, 2019.