Joël Lightbound MP (born February 8, 1988) is a Canadian politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for Louis-Hébert. A member of the Liberal Party, he was first elected following the 2015 federal election.
Background
In 2008, Lightbound was awarded the Cardinal Roy Trophy from Champlain Regional College.[2] He later attended the McGill University Faculty of Law, where he won the National Laskin Moot.[3] He initially articled with the Montreal offices of Fasken, and prior to his election practiced law in the Quebec City area, specializing in immigration.[4]
Political career
Lightbound was elected in 2015.[5] He was re-elected in 2019, becoming the first MP in three decades to hold Louis-Hébert for more than one term, and again in 2021.
In February 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic and Freedom Convoy protests, Lightbound held a press conference where he spoke out against politicians' handling of the pandemic, and denounced dismissing those with "legitimate concerns" while also calling for the convoy protesters to return home.[6] Soon afterwards, Lightbound resigned his position in the ruling party as Quebec caucus chair.[7]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Louis-Hébert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 22,933 | 38.35 | -2.16 | $51,233.94 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Marc Dean | 16,247 | 27.17 | -0.83 | $22,437.53 | |||
| Conservative | Gilles Lépine | 14,332 | 23.97 | +6.39 | $21,615.85 | |||
| New Democratic | Hamid Nadji | 4,337 | 7.25 | -0.62 | $5,611.33 | |||
| Green | Denis Blanchette | 1,573 | 2.63 | -1.34 | $2,847.44 | |||
| Independent | Ali Dahan | 378 | 0.63 | +0.20 | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,800 | – | – | $111,646.95 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 861 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,661 | 74.31 | -2.07 | |||||
| Registered voters | 81,632 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -0.67 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Louis-Hébert | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Joël Lightbound | 25,140 | 40.51 | +5.66 | $82,402.61 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Christian Hébert | 17,375 | 28.00 | +13.59 | $49,988.85 | |||
| Conservative | Marie-Josée Guérette | 10,912 | 17.58 | -9.61 | $54,059.24 | |||
| New Democratic | Jérémie Juneau | 4,884 | 7.87 | -12.94 | none listed | |||
| Green | Macarena Diab | 2,466 | 3.97 | +1.44 | none listed | |||
| People's | Daniel Brisson | 1,016 | 1.64 | – | none listed | |||
| Independent | Ali Dahan | 267 | 0.43 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 62,060 | 98.61 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 873 | 1.39 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 62,933 | 76.38 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,395 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.97 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[9][10] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: 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[11][12][13] | ||||||||
References
- ^ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique-. "Deux libéraux élus à Québec | Élections Canada 2015". Radio-Canada.ca.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-25. Retrieved 2015-10-22.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Mock victories no moot point : Law | Focus online".
- ^ Joël Lightbound, Liberal.ca
- ^ Côté, Sophie. "Victoire libérale dans Louis-Hébert". Le Journal de Québec.
- ^ Aiello, Rachel (2022-02-08). "Liberal MP breaks ranks over pandemic policies". CTVNews. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- ^ Tasker, John (Feb 8, 2022). "Liberal MP Joël Lightbound says his party's COVID policy 'stigmatizes and divides people'".
- ^ "Voter Information Service - Election results since 2015".
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Résultats du soir d'élection - Circonscriptions". enr.elections.ca.
External links
Media related to Joël Lightbound at Wikimedia Commons