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8 February 1988(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
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Biography
Introduction
Joël Lightbound MP (born February 8, 1988) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Louis-Hébert in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.
In 2008, Lightbound was interviewed stating that he did not support Quebec sovereignty. That year Lightbound was awarded the Cardinal Roy Trophy from Cegep Champlain. He later attended McGill Law School, where he was awarded a prize for his participation in the National Laskin Moot. He initially articled with the Montreal offices of Fasken Martineau, and prior to his election practised law in the Quebec City area, specializing in immigration.
Electoral record
| Canadian federal election, 2015: Louis-Hébert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 21,516 | 34.85 | +21.43 | – | |||
| Conservative | Jean-Pierre Asselin | 16,789 | 27.19 | +5.36 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Denis Blanchette | 12,850 | 20.81 | -17.84 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Caroline Pageau | 8,900 | 14.41 | -9.80 | – | |||
| Green | Andrée-Anne Beaudoin-Julien | 1,561 | 2.53 | +0.88 | – | |||
| Christian Heritage | Stefan Jetchick | 128 | 0.21 | -0.03 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,744 | 100.00 | $217,520.39 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 627 | 1.01 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 62,371 | 76.90 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,109 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.63 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||