Fares Al Soud
Fares Al Soud | |
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Al Soud's Swearing-in Ceremony | |
| Member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Omar Alghabra |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Website | faresalsoud |
Fares Al Soud MP is a Palestinian-Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada.[1] He was elected Member of Parliament for Mississauga Centre in the 2025 Canadian federal election.[2] Al Soud holds a bachelor of science degree from the University of Toronto and is originally from Montreal.[3] Alongside Tatiana Auguste, Amandeep Sodhi, and Jake Sawatzky, Al Soud is one of the first four Canadian MPs born in the 21st century.[4]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Mississauga Centre | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | 29,600 | 53.84 | –0.04 | |||||
| Conservative | Muhammad Ishaq | 23,020 | 41.87 | +13.02 | ||||
| New Democratic | Brandon Nguyen | 1,504 | 2.74 | –8.58 | ||||
| People's | Gurdeep Wolosz | 599 | 1.09 | –3.10 | ||||
| Independent | Zulfiqar Ali | 255 | 0.46 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 54,978 | 62.74 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 87,629 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | –6.53 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[5][6] | ||||||||
References
- ^ https://evrimagaci.org/tpg/emerging-voices-fares-al-soud-represents-youth-vote-260700
- ^ Staff, Metroland (2025-04-28). "Liberal Fares Al Soud wins Mississauga Centre". Mississauga.com. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Cornwell, Steve (2025-04-09). "Fares Al Soud is the Liberal party federal election candidate in Mississauga Centre". Mississauga.com. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ 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 3, 2025.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.