Matt DeCourcey
Introduction
Matthew "Matt" DeCourcey MP (born April 4, 1983) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Fredericton in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
DeCourcey first became involved in politics during his studies at St. Thomas University, volunteering for Paul Martin's successful federal Liberal leadership bid in 2003. He worked for Fredericton MP Andy Scott from 2005 to 2006, and subsequently worked for Labrador MP Todd Russell.
He spent five months in The Gambia on an international development initiative, and on his return to Canada he became the director of communications for New Brunswick's Child and Youth Advocate. He became the Liberal Party's candidate in Fredericton during the 2015 federal election, and won, ousting Conservative incumbent and former cabinet minister Keith Ashfield.
DeCourcey was appointed to the House of Commons Special Committee on Electoral Reform.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Matt DeCourcey | 23,016 | 49.26 | +25.24 | – | |||
| Conservative | Keith Ashfield | 13,280 | 28.42 | -18.55 | – | |||
| Green | Mary Lou Babineau | 5,804 | 12.42 | +8.27 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Sharon Scott-Levesque | 4,622 | 9.89 | -14.41 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 46,722 | 100.0 | $194,784.13 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 188 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 46,910 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 60,587 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||