Tatiana Auguste

See also: Terrebonne in the 2025 Canadian federal election

Auguste was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 2001. ^{[1] [2]} Her family immigrated to Canada in 2008, settling in Montreal. She studied economics at Concordia University, afterward working as an E-commerce consultant for the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec. Auguste also worked as an assistant to Emmanuel Dubourg, the then-Member of Parliament for Bourassa. ^[3]

Standing for election for the first time, Auguste was thought to have defeated incumbent Bloc Québécois MP Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné by 35 votes in the initial vote count. However, subsequent validation of the count by Elections Canada instead showed that Sinclair-Desgagné had retained her seat by a 44-vote margin. ^[4] Due to the tight margin, an automatic recount was called. ^[5] On May 10, 2025, the judicial recount in the Superior Court of Quebec flipped the seat back to Auguste by the margin a single vote, the narrowest result in the country. ^[6] She was one of four people born in the 21st century elected to the House of Commons in the 2025 election. ^[7] Auguste called the experience "a rollercoaster. From winning to not winning, and then winning again." ^[8]

On May 13, a Bloc voter disclosed that her mail-in ballot had been returned to her due to a postal code misprint on the envelope provided by Elections Canada. ^[9] After Elections Canada said that it did not have legal standing to change the result, the Bloc announced on May 15 that it would seek a court order for a new by-election. The same day, Elections Canada stated that five other mail ballots with the incorrect returning address printed had been rejected for having arrived at the Elections Canada office in the riding after the deadline; the statement said that they could not determine if the incorrect address was responsible. ^[10]

Tatiana Auguste MP
Member of Parliament for Terrebonne
Incumbent
Assumed office April 28, 2025

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election : Terrebonne
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Tatiana Auguste	23,352	38.741	+9.37
	Bloc Québécois	Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné	23,351	38.739	−2.66
	Conservative	Adrienne Charles	10,961	18.18	+7.72
	New Democratic	Maxime Beaudoin	1,556	2.58	−4.07
	Green	Benjamin Rankin	630	1.05	−0.38
	People's	Maria Cantore	428	0.71	−1.97
Total valid votes/expense limit			60,278	98.63
Total rejected ballots			840	1.37
Turnout			61,118	68.12
Eligible voters			89,725
	Liberal notional gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+6.02
Source: Elections Canada [11] [12]
Notes: This riding's results were subject to an automatic judicial recount on May 7, 2025. [13] Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.

References

1. Morasse, Marie-Eve; Crête, Mylène (May 1, 2025). "Terrebonne toujours dans l'attente" [Terrebonne still waiting]. La Presse (in Canadian French). Archived from the original on May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
2. "Canada : Née en Haïti, Tatiana Auguste a failli devenir la plus jeune députée élue de la 45e législature". Rezo Nòdwès (in French). 4 May 2025. Archived from the original on 26 June 2025. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
3. "Tatiana Auguste". Liberal Party of Canada. Archived from the original on May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
4. "Bloc Québécois wins Terrebonne riding after vote validation". CityNews Montreal . May 1, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
5. Zimonjic, Peter (April 29, 2025). "Why a minority Liberal government took so long to call".
6. Lopez Steven, Benjamin (May 10, 2025). "Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote". CBC News . Archived from the original on May 10, 2025. Retrieved May 10, 2025.
7. Major, Darren; Godmere, Emma (May 3, 2025). "For the first time, MPs born in the 21st century are headed to the Hill". CBC News . Retrieved May 10, 2025.
8. Izri, Touria (May 12, 2025). "Liberal MP celebrates 'rollercoaster' win, flipping Quebec seat by one vote". Global News . Archived from the original on May 12, 2025. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
9. Lau, Rachel; Lofaro, Joe (May 14, 2025). "Terrebonne resident has ballot rejected after Elections Canada error, Liberals win by 1 vote". CTV News . Archived from the original on May 14, 2025. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
10. Cabrera, Holly (May 15, 2025). "Bloc Québcois contesting recount in Terrebonne, after 5 more ballot issues declared in riding". CBC News . Retrieved 15 May 2025.
11. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
12. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 11, 2025.
13. Lopez Stephen, Benjamin (May 10, 2025). "Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals after recount shows candidate won by single vote". CBC News. Retrieved May 11, 2025.