Don Stewart (Ontario politician)

Don Stewart MP is a Canadian politician. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada,[2] he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto—St. Paul's in a 2024 by-election.[3] He is the first Conservative to represent the riding in over three decades and the first Conservative candidate to win a riding in urban Toronto since 2011.[4]

Don Stewart
MP
Stewart in 2024
Member of Parliament
for Toronto—St. Paul's
Assumed office
June 24, 2024
Preceded byCarolyn Bennett
Personal details
Born
Donald Stewart
Political partyConservative
Children2
Alma materQueen’s University[1]

Personal life

Stewart lives in Toronto with his two daughters. He earned an engineering degree and an MBA from Queen's University at Kingston. He previously worked as a director at BMO Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley. Stewart works for the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.[5][6] He has also been an honorary lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, and is the treasurer of the 2 Intelligence Company Senate, a non-profit organization set up to support current and former members of 2 Intelligence Company, a primary reserve unit of the 32 Canadian Brigade Group in Toronto.[7]

Electoral record
Canadian federal by-election, June 24, 2024: Toronto—St. Paul's
Resignation of Carolyn Bennett
** Preliminary results — Not yet official **
Party Candidate Votes%±%
ConservativeDon Stewart15,55542.08+16.78
LiberalLeslie Church14,96540.49-8.73
New DemocraticAmrit Parhar4,04410.94-5.89
GreenChristian Cullis1,0592.87-3.12
People'sDennis Wilson2340.63-2.03
IndependentJonathan Schachter970.26
IndependentMário Stocco820.22
Marxist–LeninistMeñico Turcotte570.15
RhinocerosSean Carson510.14
IndependentThibaud Mony490.13
No AffiliationStephen Davis450.12
IndependentGlen MacDonald420.11
IndependentMélodie Anderson400.11
IndependentDemetrios Karavas380.10
IndependentJordan Wong310.08
MarijuanaDanny Légaré290.08
IndependentAlex Banks280.08
CentristAli Mohiuddin270.07
IndependentJaël Champagne Gareau230.06
IndependentJohn Dale180.05
IndependentJoshua Bram Hieu Pham180.05
IndependentMichael Bednarski170.05
IndependentPierre Larochelle170.05
IndependentMarie-Hélène LeBel170.05
IndependentGuillaume Paradis170.05
IndependentCharles Currie130.04
IndependentDaniel Andrew Graham130.04
IndependentJulie St-Amand130.04
IndependentLoren Hicks120.03
IndependentPierre Granger110.03
IndependentBlake Hamilton110.03
IndependentMatéo Martin110.03
IndependentErle Stanley Bowman100.03
IndependentCory Deville100.03
IndependentAlexandra Engering100.03
IndependentDaniel Stuckless100.03
IndependentLine Bélanger90.02
IndependentMark Dejewski90.02
IndependentAnthony Hamel90.02
IndependentAgnieszka Marszalek90.02
IndependentPascal St-Amand90.02
IndependentMarthaLee Aykroyd80.02
IndependentSébastien CoRhino80.02
IndependentDaniel Gagnon80.02
IndependentOlivier Renaud80.02
IndependentPatrick Strzalkowski80.02
IndependentDonald Gagnon70.02
IndependentKevin Krisa70.02
IndependentBenjamin Teichman70.02
IndependentMyriam Beaulieu60.02
IndependentKubera Desai60.02
IndependentDonovan Eckstrom60.02
IndependentLorant Polya60.02
IndependentRoger Sherwood60.02
IndependentElliot Wand60.02
IndependentMichal Wieczorek60.02
IndependentMaxime Boivin50.01
IndependentMartin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville50.01
IndependentLéthycia-Félix Corriveau40.01
IndependentYsack Dupont40.01
IndependentDji-Pé Frazer40.01
IndependentZornitsa Halacheva40.01
IndependentKrzysztof Krzywinski40.01
IndependentAlain Lamontagne40.01
IndependentRenée Lemieux40.01
IndependentDanimal Preston40.01
IndependentSpencer Rocchi40.01
IndependentYogo Shimada40.01
IndependentDarcy Vanderwater40.01
IndependentMylène Bonneau30.01
IndependentJean-Denis Parent Boudreault30.01
IndependentAlain Bourgault30.01
IndependentGuillaume Gagnier-Michel30.01
IndependentKerri Hildebrandt30.01
IndependentConnie Lukawski30.01
IndependentWallace Richard Rowat30.01
IndependentGavin Vanderwater30.01
No AffiliationManon Marie Lili Desbiens20.01
IndependentGerrit Dogger20.01
IndependentSamuel Ducharme20.01
IndependentYusuf Kadir Nasihi20.01
IndependentWinston Neutel20.01
IndependentJacques Saintonge20.01
IndependentFelix-Antoine Hamel00.00
Total valid votes 36,962
Total rejected ballots
Turnout 43.52-21.96
Eligible voters 84,934
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +12.76

References
  1. "Meet Don". Conservative Party of Canada. Archived from the original on June 9, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  2. "'This changes everything': Conservatives win Toronto byelection, beating Liberals in major upset". CTVNews. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  3. Ramzy, Mark; Tonda, MacCharles; Benzie, Robert (June 24, 2024). "Conservatives score upset win in Toronto—St. Paul's byelection". Toronto Star. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
  4. Tasker, John Paul (June 24, 2024). "Conservatives win longtime Liberal stronghold Toronto-St. Paul's in shock byelection result". CBC News. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
  5. Conservative Party of Canada [@CPC_HQ] (February 15, 2024). "Welcome your Toronto—St. Paul's candidate" (Tweet). Retrieved April 18, 2024 – via Twitter.
  6. "Nomination Contest Database". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
  7. "Who is Don Stewart? 4 things to know about the new Conservative MP for Toronto—St. Paul's". National Post. June 25, 2024. Retrieved June 26, 2024.
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