(Montreal) Anna Gainey will represent the Liberals in the June 19 Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount by-election.
The one who is executive director of the Gainey Foundation, which supports organizations offering educational programs for young people, won her party’s primaries on Monday.
“Thank you, NDG―Westmount,” she wrote on Twitter. It is a real honor to have your confidence as a Liberal candidate in this important by-election. »
The Liberal Party of Canada congratulated Mr.me Gainey. “A dedicated community leader and former president of the Liberal Party, Anna is ready to vigorously represent the people of her community in Ottawa,” he said in a Twitter post.
Former Liberal foreign affairs minister and riding MP, astronaut Marc Garneau, announced he was stepping down in March after 15 years in politics.
Two New Democratic Party (NDP) candidates are campaigning in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount in order to be able to represent the party in the next by-elections: Jean-François Filion, an English teacher, and Malcolm Lewis-Richmond, a long-time party member.
Three other ridings will elect their MPs on June 19: Oxford, Ontario, Portage–Lisgar and Winnipeg–South Center, Manitoba.
Voters in the four constituencies concerned will be able to vote in their polling station on election day, June 19, or in advance, from June 9 to 12. They will also be able to vote at their Elections Canada office at any time between now and June 13, or by special ballot, by making a request before June 13 at 6 p.m.