Fayçal El-Khoury MP (born May 15, 1955)[1] is a Canadian Liberal politician of Lebanese descent, who was elected to represent the riding of Laval—Les Îles in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election, El-Khoury won with 47.7% of the vote. He holds an engineering degree from Concordia University. El-Khoury immigrated to Canada from Lebanon in 1976.[2][3]
Fayçal El-Khoury | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Laval—Les Îles | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | François Pilon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 15, 1955 Charbila, Lebanon |
| Party | Liberal |
| Education | Concordia University |
| Profession | Engineer, consultant |
| Website | https://faycalelkhoury.liberal.ca/ |
El-Khoury holds dual-citizenship with Lebanon.[4]
Electoral record
edit| 2025 Canadian federal election: Laval—Les Îles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Fayçal El-Khoury | 28,302 | 49.73 | +0.80 | $74,280.82 | |||
| Conservative | Konstantinos Merakos | 18,355 | 32.25 | +14.54 | $65,478.47 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Catherine Dansereau-Redhead | 8,298 | 14.58 | –4.50 | $8,392.32 | |||
| New Democratic | Étienne Loiselle-Schiettekatte | 1,961 | 3.45 | –4.24 | $1,781.12 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 56,916 | 98.69 | – | $132,821.52 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 758 | 1.31 | ||||||
| Turnout | 57,674 | 66.53 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,685 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | –6.87 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Fayçal El-Khoury | 24,758 | 48.9 | +0.7 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Guillaume Jolivet | 9,656 | 19.1 | -1.5 | ||||
| Conservative | Spyridonas Pettas | 8,963 | 17.7 | +1.4 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rowan Woodmass | 3,889 | 7.7 | -1.2 | ||||
| People's | Matthieu Couture | 2,571 | 5.1 | +3.4 | ||||
| Green | Ahmed Taleb | 760 | 1.5 | -2.8 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 50,597 | 98.4 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 819 | 1.6 | ||||||
| Turnout | 51,416 | 61.9 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,045 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +1.1 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Laval—Les Îles | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Fayçal El-Khoury | 26,031 | 48.2 | +0.50 | $93,691.28 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nacera Beddad | 11,120 | 20.6 | +8.18 | $1,900.53 | |||
| Conservative | Tom Pentefountas | 8,816 | 16.3 | -1.80 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Noémia Onofre De Lima | 4,803 | 8.9 | -10.87 | none listed | |||
| Green | Sari Madi | 2,306 | 4.3 | +2.61 | none listed | |||
| People's | Marie-Louise Beauchamp | 885 | 1.7 | $0.00 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,961 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 840 | |||||||
| Turnout | 54,801 | 65.8 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 83,233 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -3.84 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Fayçal El-Khoury | 25,857 | 47.70 | +27.11 | – | |||
| New Democratic | François Pilon | 10,710 | 19.77 | -27.87 | – | |||
| Conservative | Roland Dick | 9,811 | 18.10 | +2.18 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Nancy Redhead | 6,731 | 12.42 | -0.60 | – | |||
| Green | Faiza R'Guiba-Kalogerakis | 919 | 1.69 | -0.10 | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Yvon Breton | 175 | 0.32 | -0.04 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | – | 100.0 | $217,963.44 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 54,203 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 81,562 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
References
edit- ↑ Fayçal El-Khoury – Parliament of Canada biography
- ↑ "Liberals sweep all four Laval ridings | Montreal Gazette". Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Le libéral Fayçal El-Khoury sans pitié dans Laval-Les Îles - Actualités - l'Éveil et la Concorde". Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ "As Australia ousts MPs with dual citizenship, Canada's Parliament embraces many in its ranks". CBC. 8 December 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
- ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ↑ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
- ↑ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ↑ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
- ↑ "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca.
- ↑ "Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 42nd General Election October 19, 2015". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.