Celina Caesar-Chavannes

Celina Caesar-Chavannes
MP
Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Assumed office
December 2, 2015
Preceded by Paul Calandra
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Whitby
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded by Pat Perkins
Personal details
Born (1974-06-24) June 24, 1974
Grenada
Political party Liberal
Spouse(s) Vidal Chavannes
Children 3 (Desiray, Candice, Johhny)
Residence Whitby, Ontario
Alma mater New College, Toronto
Profession Entrepreneur

Celina R. Caesar-Chavannes (born June 24, 1974) is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Whitby in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 federal election.[1] On December 2, 2015, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister.[2]

Caesar-Chavannes was born in Grenada, and subsequently emigrated to Canada.[3] She graduated from New College at the University of Toronto, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in biology, followed by an MBA in healthcare management and an executive MBA. She subsequently served on the University of Toronto's governing council, including time as vice chair of the council for the University of Toronto, Scarborough.[4]

Caesar-Chavannes worked as an international research consultant, as well as a lecturer on the need to include marginalized populations in clinical research. She was named Business Entrepreneur of the Year in 2012 by the Toronto Region Board of Trade.[5]

She was the Liberal candidate for the riding of Whitby—Oshawa in the 2014 by-election resulting from the sudden death of former Conservative Finance Minister Jim Flaherty. She finished second to Conservative candidate Pat Perkins.[6] In the general election held the following year, Caesar-Chavannes was again the Liberal nominee in the newly-created Whitby riding, this time defeating Perkins in a rematch.[7]

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2015: Whitby
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
LiberalCelina Caesar-Chavannes 29,003 44.95 +30.46 –
ConservativePat Perkins 27,154 42.09 -16.72 –
New DemocraticRyan Kelly 6,677 10.35 -11.06 –
GreenCraig Cameron 1,403 2.17 -2.81 –
IndependentJon O'Connor 279 0.43 – –
Total valid votes/Expense limit 64,516100.0   $233,003.12
Total rejected ballots 235––
Turnout 64,751––
Eligible voters 90,964
Source: Elections Canada[8][9]
Canadian federal by-election, November 17, 2014: Whitby—Oshawa
Death of Jim Flaherty
Party Candidate Votes%∆%Expenditures
ConservativePat Perkins 17,082 49.31 −9.11 –  
LiberalCelina Caesar-Chavannes 14,083 40.65 +26.54 –  
New DemocraticTrish McAuliffe 2,801 8.08 −14.19 –  
GreenCraig Cameron 500 1.44 −3.45 –  
IndependentJohn "The Engineer" Turmel 101 0.29 –  
IndependentJosh Borenstein 77 0.22 –  
Total valid votes/Expense limit 100.0      
Total rejected ballots      
Turnout 34,644 31.79 −31.45
Eligible voters 108,969   +6.87
Conservative hold Swing −17.89
Source: "By-election Results". Elections Canada. November 20, 2014. 

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