Viviane Lapointe | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Sudbury | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Lefebvre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elliot Lake, Ontario |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Sudbury, Ontario |
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]
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]
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Viviane LaPointe | 15,871 | 34.5 | -6.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Nadia Verrelli | 13,569 | 29.5 | +0.6 | ||||
| Conservative | Ian Symington | 12,747 | 27.7 | +7.1 | ||||
| People's | Colette Andréa Methé | 2,735 | 5.9 | +4.1 | ||||
| Green | David Robert Robinson | 940 | 2.0 | -4.7 | ||||
| Independent | J. David Popescu | 111 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 45,973 | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 313 | |||||||
| Turnout | 46,286 | 62.18 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 74,386 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6] | ||||||||