Viviane Lapointe

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]

Viviane Lapointe
MP
Member of Parliament
for Sudbury
Assumed office
September 20, 2021
Preceded byPaul Lefebvre
Personal details
BornElliot Lake, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Political partyLiberal
Residence(s)Sudbury, Ontario

Biography

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
  • INDU Standing Committee on Industry and Technology
  • RNNR Standing Committee on Natural Resources

Electoral record

Sudbury
2021 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalViviane LaPointe15,87134.5-6.4
New DemocraticNadia Verrelli13,56929.5+0.6
ConservativeIan Symington12,74727.7+7.1
People'sColette Andréa Methé2,7355.9+4.1
GreenDavid Robert Robinson9402.0-4.7
IndependentJ. David Popescu1110.2
Total valid votes 45,973
Total rejected ballots 313
Turnout 46,28662.18
Eligible voters 74,386
Source: Elections Canada[6]

References
  1. "Liberal Viviane Lapointe elected in Sudbury". CBC Northern Ontario, September 21, 2021.
  2. "Meet your candidates: Viviane Lapointe, Liberals, Sudbury riding". The Sudbury Star. PostMedia. 8 September 2021. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
  3. "Viviane Lapointe seeks federal Liberal nomination in Sudbury". Thesudburystar. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. "Lapointe defeats Frick to secure federal Liberal nod". Sudbury.com, July 6, 2021.
  5. "'Team Viv' pulls out victory for Liberals in Sudbury riding". Thesudburystar. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 October 2021.


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