2019 Outremont federal by-election

2019 Outremont federal by-election

February 25, 2019 (2019-02-25)

Riding of Outremont
Turnout21.57% ( 40.35pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
NDP
Candidate Rachel Bendayan Julia Sánchez Daniel Green
Party Liberal New Democratic Green
Popular vote 6,086 4,142 1,946
Percentage 40.43% 27.52% 12.93%
Swing 6.97pp 16.60pp 9.32pp

  Fourth party Fifth party
 
BQ
Candidate Michel Duchesne Jasmine Louras
Party Bloc Québécois Conservative
Popular vote 1,674 925
Percentage 11.12% 6.14%
Swing 2.71pp 3.39pp

MP before election

Tom Mulcair
New Democratic

Elected MP

Rachel Bendayan
Liberal

A by-election was held in the federal riding of Outremont in Quebec on February 25, 2019 following the resignation of incumbent New Democratic MP Tom Mulcair. After 12 years in Parliament, the former Leader of the Official Opposition announced that he would resign his seat.

The seat was gained by the Liberal Party of Canada, with Rachel Bendayan winning and becoming the new MP.