Jody Wilson-Raybould, the representative for Vancouver Granville, won her riding Monday night with 32 per cent of the vote, surpassing her Liberal rival Noormohamed Taleeb who earned 27 per cent.
Her fellow Independent and former Liberal colleague, Jane Philpott, meanwhile, was a distant third in her riding – with 21 per cent of the vote. It wasn’t enough to surpass Conservative Theodore Antony with 31 per cent and winner Liberal Helena Jaczek with 39 per cent. It was far from the 2015 results when Philpott, as a Liberal, earned almost 50 per cent of support from her Markham-Stouffville community.
Both politicians resigned from the Liberal cabinet and were subsequently booted from caucus during the unraveling of the SNC-Lavalin affair in early 2019. Wilson-Raybould sat as both attorney general and minister of veterans affairs, while Philpott held the positions of minister of health, minister of Indigenous services, and president of the Treasury Board.
Wilson-Raybould is the only Independent to make it through to the House of Commons. She joins three Greens, 24 NDP, 32 Bloq Quebecois, 122 Tories, and 156 Liberals. Justin Trudeau has been re-elected as prime minister of Canada.In this combo picture, Independent candidate Jane Philpott, left, greets supporters after losing her Markham-Stouffville and Independent candidate Jody Wilson-Raybould, right, celebrates her election win in Vancouver, B.C. on Monday, October 21, 2019.
c.c. Puglaas With just a little help from other parties, Jody Wilson-Raybould could be Chair of the Justice Committee.
4 years of purgatory with the Conservatives is appropriate penance. Putting her ambition ahead of her responsibility was inexcusable. Ms. Philpot is a capable woman who will thrive outside the political arena.
Thank you for your service janephilpott its unbelievable principled, character & courage to take a stand for what was right, went un rewarded in this election is really is unbelievable TorontoStar you should be ashamed of yourselves! call yourselves journalist ChantalHbert ?
c.c. Puglaas With help from other parties, Jody Wilson-Raybould could be Chair of the Justice Committee.
I wonder if Jane regrets just a little bit, supporting Wilson-Raybould. It probably cost her a very high paying cushy job.
Extremely happy to see JWR retain her seat,she tried to hold the PM accountable on his ethic violations,even if it cost her party status,based on results I will help the western provinces pursue separation but I respect her as a true Canadian
Raitt gone 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
She deserves it, great job!
Philpott paying JWRs bills again
Among the biggest election losses in 🇨🇦 is the failure to re-elect Dr. Jane Philpott janephilpott Few Canadians worked harder to improve the lives and health of our citizens. Thank you for your tremendous service to our nation
Sad. Neither of them deserved what they got. Philpott was a good Minister. Too bad she got caught in this mess. Wilson-Rayboult is overrated.
The two useless women who thought they could overthrow JT. Pathetic!
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HuffPost is now a part of Verizon MediaTrudeau will be disappointed! Just like Bernier, this was another thorn in his side that he wished to say good riddance to! Jody Wilson Raybould’s margin of votes was hardly narrow. Did you quit watching back east?
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