Lena Diab

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2025 Canadian federal election: Halifax West
Lena Metlege Diab
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship
Assumed office
May 13, 2025
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Lena Metlege Diab 36,20065.60+18.04
Conservative Rob Batherson 15,02027.22+5.67
New Democratic Rae Tench3,0835.59-20.41
Green Ron G. Parker4970.90-1.55
People's Adam LeRue3840.70-1.61
Total valid votes55,18499.23
Total rejected ballots4260.77+0.30
Turnout55,61073.42+9.12
Eligible voters [a] 75,745
Liberal notional hold Swing +6.19
Source: Elections Canada [16] [17]
  1. Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.
2021 Canadian federal election : Halifax West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
Liberal Lena Metlege Diab 24,74448.49-0.97$83,716.15
New Democratic Jonathan Keith Roberts12,33124.16+4.97$15,101.47
Conservative Eleanor Humphries11,24322.03+2.74$51,584.17
People's Julie Scott1,4472.84$4,571.34
Green Richard Zurawski1,1812.31-9.75$1,237.40
Christian Heritage Kevin Schulthies850.17$164.00
Total valid votes/expense limit51,031100.00$110,211.79
Total rejected ballots191
Turnout51,22264.97-5.74
Registered voters78,839
Liberal hold Swing -2.99
Source: Elections Canada [18]
2013 Nova Scotia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
  Liberal Lena Diab3,20849.34
  New Democratic Party Drew Moore2,23334.34
  Progressive Conservative Irvine Carvery1,06116.32

Personal life

In January 2017, Diab's husband Maroun was charged with assault, uttering threats and choking his wife, as well as threatening two other people in relation to an incident that occurred at their home in Halifax on December 31, 2016. [1] On March 23, 2017, her husband was found not criminally responsible for the incident after an assessment at the East Coast Forensic Hospital. [19] [20]

References

  1. 1 2 Cabinet minister Lena Diab's husband charged with assaulting her CBC News
  2. "Lena's team here to wish our boss and hardworking MP a very happy birthday today. Hope your special day is a good one, and thanks for everything you do!". Facebook. August 17, 2023. Retrieved April 30, 2025.
  3. "Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region" Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine . Metro , October 8, 2013.
  4. Lena Diab Gets It My East Coast Experience
  5. Official Website Lenadiab.ca
  6. Faces in the Crowd – Reaching Out at Home and Abroad. Week45.com
  7. The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Q.C., ECNS CMFC-MCCF.ca
  8. Eight Saint Mary's Alumni Headed to Province House [ permanent dead link ] Saint Mary's University
  9. "Premier Stephen McNeil welcomes 16-member cabinet". CBC News. October 22, 2013. Retrieved 2014-09-28.
  10. "Andrew Younger sworn back in to cabinet after shuffle". CBC News. July 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  11. "Cabinet shuffle: Whalen out as finance minister, Younger back in". The Chronicle Herald. July 24, 2015. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
  12. "Stephen McNeil shuffles cabinet, but vows not to change course". CBC News. June 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  13. "N.S. cabinet unveiled: Casey now deputy premier, finance minister". The Chronicle Herald. June 15, 2017. Archived from the original on June 15, 2017. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  14. "N.S. premier shuffles cabinet, names new health, labour and forestry ministers". CTV News Atlantic. October 13, 2020. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  15. "Premier Iain Rankin, new Nova Scotia cabinet sworn in by lieutenant-governor". CTV News Atlantic. February 23, 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  16. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  17. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  18. "September 20, 2021 General Election Election Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
  19. Husband of cabinet minister Lena Diab not criminally responsible for assault CBC News
  20. DIAB, Maroun - June 2017 Government of Nova Scotia