Steven MacKinnon

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The Honourable
Steven MacKinnon
PC MP
Chief Government Whip
Assumed office
October 28, 2021
Occupation
  • Politician
  • businessman

Steven Garrett MacKinnon PC MP (born September 28, 1966) is a Canadian Liberal politician who was elected to represent the riding of Gatineau in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election. [1]

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MacKinnon was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, and studied business at the Université de Moncton and Queen's University. He served as an advisor to New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna and Prime Minister Paul Martin, and later served as the Liberal Party of Canada's national director, and as the returning officer for the 2013 federal leadership election. [2]

MacKinnon worked several years for Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a global public relations firm, serving as Senior Vice President and National Practice Leader in the Financial Communications sector. [3]

He first ran for office in the 2011 federal election in Gatineau, finishing third and far behind Françoise Boivin, a former Liberal MP running for the New Democratic Party, and the then-incumbent Bloc Quebecois MP Richard Nadeau. MacKinnon ran again four years later, this time defeating Boivin, winning by a 2-to-1 margin. Boivin had amassed over sixty-percent of the popular vote in 2011.

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election : Gatineau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Steven MacKinnon 26,26750.0-2.1
Bloc Québécois Geneviève Nadeau12,27823.4+2.0
Conservative Joel Bernard 5,75211.0+0.7
New Democratic Fernanda Rengel4,5088.6-2.4
People's Mathieu Saint-Jean2,2644.3+3.3
Green Rachid Jemmah7831.5-2.6
Free Luc Lavoie4110.8N/A
Rhinoceros Sébastien Grenier1780.3N/A
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Soublière560.1±0.0
Total valid votes52,49798.5
Total rejected ballots8181.5
Turnout53,31563.8
Registered voters83,618
Liberal hold Swing -2.0
Source: Elections Canada [4]
2019 Canadian federal election : Gatineau
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Steven MacKinnon 29,08452.1-1.66$67,009.65
Bloc Québécois Geneviève Nadeau11,92621.4+11.96none listed
New Democratic Eric Chaurette6,12811.0-15.56$24,553.38
Conservative Sylvie Goneau5,74510.3+2.11$16,427.02
Green Guy Dostaler2,2644.1+2.47$0.00
People's Mario-Roberto Lam5601.0$1,439.79
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Soublière760.1-0.06$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit55,783100.0
Total rejected ballots787
Turnout56,57067.0
Eligible voters84,463
Liberal hold Swing -6.81
Source: Elections Canada [5] [6]
2015 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Steve MacKinnon31,07653.76+39.96–
New Democratic Françoise Boivin 15,35226.56-35.57–
Bloc Québécois Philippe Boily5,4559.44-5.49–
Conservative Luc Angers4,7338.19+0.18–
Green Guy Dostaler9421.63+0.49–
Independent Guy J. Bellavance1480.26––
Marxist–Leninist Pierre Soublière940.16––
Total valid votes/Expense limit57,800100.0 $221,304.70
Total rejected ballots522––
Turnout58,322––
Eligible voters83,651
Source: Elections Canada [7] [8] [9]
2011 Canadian federal election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Françoise Boivin 35,26261.83+35.71
Bloc Québécois Richard Nadeau 8,61915.11-14.04
Liberal Steve MacKinnon7,97513.98-11.34
Conservative Jennifer Gearey4,5327.95-8.86
Green Jonathan Meijer6391.12-1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit57,027100.00
Total rejected ballots365 0.64
Turnout57,39264.36
Eligible voters 89,171

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References

  1. ↑ "'Orange wave' turns into red tide in Gatineau". ottawacitizen.com. 20 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Meet Steve MacKinnon, Liberal.ca.
  3. ↑ Steven MacKinnon's Profile, linkedin.com
  4. ↑ "Confirmed candidates — Gatineau". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Voter Information Service - Who are the candidates in my electoral district?". www.elections.ca.
  8. ↑ "Elections Canada On-line - Élection Canada en-ligne". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-11-09.
  9. ↑ Canada, © 2013 - Élections. "Résultats du soir d'élection - Circonscriptions". enr.elections.ca.
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