Viviane Lapointe
Viviane Lapointe | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Sudbury | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Lefebvre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
Viviane Lapointe is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2021 Canadian federal election. She represents the electoral district of Sudbury as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.[1]
Biography
[edit]Lapointe was born in Elliot Lake, Ontario, where her father was a miner. She later moved to the New Sudbury neighbourhood, where she grew up, graduating from École secondaire Macdonald-Cartier.[2]
She worked for the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines before later becoming executive director of Community Living Greater Sudbury.
In June 2021, she announced her intention to seek the Liberal Party of Canada nomination for the 2021 Canadian federal election, seeking to replace outgoing Liberal MP Paul Lefebvre.[3] After successfully winning the nomination over Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival director Tammy Frick,[4] she went on to win her riding in the 2021 election with 34 per cent of the vote.[5]
Committees
[edit]- Standing Committee on National Defence
- Standing Committee on Industry and Technology
- Standing Committee on Natural Resources
Electoral record
[edit]Sudbury
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election: Sudbury | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Viviane Lapointe | 31,329 | 51.79 | +16.81 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Symington | 23,748 | 39.25 | +11.43 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nadia Verrelli | 4,650 | 7.69 | –21.21 | ||||
| People's | Nicholas Bonderoff | 770 | 1.27 | –4.85 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 60,497 | 68.17 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,742 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +2.69 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Sudbury | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Viviane Lapointe | 15,871 | 34.5 | -6.4 | $81,822.79 | |||
| New Democratic | Nadia Verrelli | 13,569 | 29.5 | +0.6 | $82,941.50 | |||
| Conservative | Ian Symington | 12,747 | 27.7 | +7.1 | $89,028.04 | |||
| People's | Colette Andréa Methé | 2,735 | 5.9 | +4.1 | $3,349.70 | |||
| Green | David Robert Robinson | 940 | 2.0 | -4.7 | $0.00 | |||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 111 | 0.2 | +0.05 | $180.22 | |||
| Total valid votes | 45,973 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 313 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,286 | 62.18 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 74,386 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Liberal Viviane Lapointe elected in Sudbury". CBC Northern Ontario, September 21, 2021.
- ↑ "Meet your candidates: Viviane Lapointe, Liberals, Sudbury riding". The Sudbury Star. PostMedia. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
- ↑ "Viviane Lapointe seeks federal Liberal nomination in Sudbury". Thesudburystar. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Lapointe defeats Frick to secure federal Liberal nod". Sudbury.com, July 6, 2021.
- ↑ "'Team Viv' pulls out victory for Liberals in Sudbury riding". Thesudburystar. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
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