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2020 York Centre federal by-election

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As per the 2016 Census, 17.0% of York Centre residents are of Filipino ethnic origin and 16.0% belong to the Filipino visible minority, which are the highest such figures among all City of Toronto ridings. At the same time, the York Centre riding has the highest percentage of residents of Russian
485:, and former parliamentary staffer Melissa Lantsman; they all declined. Wilson announced on September 18 that she would not be running. The Conservatives ultimately nominated Julius Tiangson, who previously ran for the party in 1577: 866: 439:
On August 4, 2020, Levitt announced he would be resigning as an MP, effective September 1, 2020, to become the President and CEO of the Canadian Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre for Holocaust Studies.
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said he intended to run in either the Toronto Centre or York Centre by-election. Bernier decided he would run in York Centre when the by-elections were announced.
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candidate Gary Gladstone, former chief fundraiser of the provincial Ontario Liberal Fund, Bobby Walman, as well as former
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ran in this election to attempt to gain his party's first seat in Parliament (after having lost his seat in
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The Speaker's warrant regarding the vacancy was received on September 1, 2020; under the
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editor Yoni Goldstein. It was announced on September 17 that communications specialist
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after 5 years in Parliament. The seat was held for the Liberals by businesswoman
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By September 7, five candidates had launched their campaigns for the
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was officially notified of the vacancy via a warrant issued by the
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NDP candidate Andrea Våsquez Jiménez previously ran for the seat
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seats in Canada; electing liberal MPs near consistently since
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on October 26, 2020 following the resignation of incumbent
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The riding was previously considered one of the safest
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Canadian federal by-election, October 26, 2020:
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no later than February 28, 2021, 180 days after the
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It contains the neighbourhoods of 19:2020 York Centre federal by-election 1226:Baber, Roman (September 1, 2020). 342:It was held on the same day as the 99: 14: 1011:Total valid votes/expense limit 741:Total valid votes/Expense limit 243: 242: 232: 231: 221: 220: 84: 83: 25: 1681:Federal by-elections in Ontario 1195:Rana, Abbas (August 31, 2020). 1501:"List of confirmed candidates" 875:2019 Canadian federal election 1: 469:Rumoured candidates for the 889: 572: 1702: 903: 898: 895: 892: 723:John "The Engineer" Turmel 586: 581: 578: 575: 515:John "The Engineer" Turmel 452:nomination including 2019 47:October 26, 2020 1526:"Official Voting Results" 1454:"Official Voting Results" 1095: 1085: 1077: 1065: 1045: 1025: 1010: 886: 848: 835: 825: 817: 805: 785: 765: 740: 569: 554: 258: 96: 35: 23: 1666:2020 elections in Canada 522:Parliament of Canada Act 504:People's Party of Canada 329:People's Party of Canada 1026:Total rejected ballots 766:Total rejected ballots 534:Chief Electoral Officer 385:York University Heights 160:Andrea VĂĄsquez JimĂ©nez 966:Andrea VĂĄsquez JimĂ©nez 648:Andrea VĂĄsquez JimĂ©nez 526:writ for a by-election 383:, and a small part of 542:Canada Elections Act 513:Perennial candidate 498:in the 2019 election 473:nomination included 459:Canadian Jewish News 1686:Politics of Toronto 1474:Canada, Elections. 1377:. 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August 4, 2020. 487:Mississauga Centre 185:Popular vote 1653: 1652: 1644:Haldimand—Norfolk 1103: 1102: 982: 839: 838: 420:, but lost it to 305: 304: 301: 300: 254: 253: 65: 64: 1693: 1608: 1599: 1594: 1580: 1573: 1566: 1557: 1538: 1537: 1535: 1533: 1522: 1516: 1515: 1513: 1511: 1505:Elections Canada 1497: 1491: 1490: 1488: 1486: 1480:www.elections.ca 1471: 1465: 1464: 1462: 1460: 1449: 1443: 1442: 1440: 1438: 1432:Elections Canada 1424: 1415: 1414: 1412: 1410: 1393: 1387: 1386: 1384: 1382: 1367: 1361: 1360: 1358: 1356: 1342: 1336: 1335: 1333: 1331: 1319: 1310: 1309: 1303: 1301: 1285: 1279: 1278: 1272: 1270: 1254: 1248: 1247: 1241: 1239: 1223: 1217: 1216: 1214: 1212: 1192: 1186: 1185: 1183: 1181: 1166: 1160: 1159: 1157: 1155: 1140: 1134: 1133: 1116: 1098:Elections Canada 1071: 1066:Eligible voters 1061: 1056: 1051: 1041: 1036: 1031: 1021: 1016: 978: 901: 882: 869: 862: 855: 846: 811: 806:Eligible voters 801: 796: 791: 781: 776: 771: 761: 756: 751: 746: 584: 560: 552: 477:Rachel Willson, 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Index

2019
2021
York Centre
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Ya'ara Saks
Liberal
Conservative
New Democratic
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pp
pp
MP
Michael Levitt
Liberal
MP
Ya'ara Saks
Liberal
York Centre
Ontario
Liberal
Michael Levitt
Ya'ara Saks
People's Party of Canada
Maxime Bernier
Beauce
by-election
Toronto Centre
Toronto
Westminster–Branson
Bathurst Manor

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