Ramez Ayoub

Ramez Ayoub
Ramez Ayoub
Member of Parliament; for Thérèse-De Blainville
	In office; October 19, 2015 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Louise Chabot
Mayor of Lorraine
	In office; December 1, 2009 – November 10, 2015
Preceded by	Boniface Dalle-Vedove
Succeeded by	Jean Comtois
Lorraine City Councillor
	In office; December 1, 1999 – December 1, 2009
Preceded by	Raymond Léger
Succeeded by	Jean Comtois
Constituency	Seat 1
Personal details
Born	1966 (age 57–58); Syria
Political party	Liberal
Alma mater	Université de Montréal

Ramez Ayoub is a Canadian Liberal politician, who was elected to represent the riding of Thérèse-De Blainville in the House of Commons of Canada from the 2015 federal election until the 2019 Canadian federal election.^[2]

Ayoub attended the Université de Montréal, earning a bachelor's degree in economics. He worked as a real estate broker, and entered politics by serving ten years on the city council of Lorraine, before being elected mayor of Lorraine in 2009, a position he held until his election to Parliament in 2015. Ayoub also served, prior to his election to Parliament, as deputy prefect of Thérèse-De Blainville Regional County Municipality. He was a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.^[3]

Electoral record[edit]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Thérèse-De Blainville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Chabot	21,526	41.2	-0.6	$18,256.83
	Liberal	Ramez Ayoub	18,396	35.2	-0.6	$62,921.55
	Conservative	Marc Bissonnette	5,773	11.0	+2.0	$3,464.83
	New Democratic	Julienne Soumaoro	3,827	7.3	-0.3	$309.35
	People's	Vincent Aubé	1,386	2.7	+2.1	$578.27
	Green	Simon Paré-Poupart	1,018	1.9	-2.7	$252.95
	Free	Peggy Tassignon	362	0.7	N/A	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,288	98.3	–	$113,238.74
Total rejected ballots			915	1.7
Turnout			53,203	63.8
Registered voters			83,459
	Bloc Québécois hold		Swing		±0.0
Source: Elections Canada^[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Thérèse-De Blainville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Louise Chabot	24,486	41.8	+14.71	$10,029.76
	Liberal	Ramez Ayoub	20,988	35.8	+3.3	$63,057.06
	Conservative	Marie Claude Fournier	5,264	9.0	-3.44	none listed
	New Democratic	Hannah Wolker	4,431	7.6	-17.33	$198.59
	Green	Normand Beaudet	2,710	4.6	+2.2	$0.00
	People's	Désiré Mounanga	366	0.6		$3,675.10
	Rhinoceros	Alain Lamontagne	289	0.4		$0.00
	Independent	Andy Piano	89	0.2		$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			58,549	100.0
Total rejected ballots			933
Turnout			59,482	72.1
Eligible voters			82,488
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal		Swing		+5.71
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

2015 Canadian federal election: Thérèse-De Blainville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ramez Ayoub	18,281	32.5	+22.24	–
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Marginean	15,238	27.1	-0.75	–
	New Democratic	Alain Giguère	14,022	24.9	-25.14	–
	Conservative	Manuel Puga	7,013	12.4	+2.64	–
	Green	Andrew Carkner	1,449	2.4	+0.31	–
	Libertarian	Daniel Guindon	425	0.6	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			56,248	100.0		$213,550.54
Total rejected ballots			1,007	–	–
Turnout			57,255	–	–
Eligible voters			78,804
Source: Elections Canada^[7]^[8]

Candidate	Party	Vote	%
2013 Lorraine mayoral election
Ramez Ayoub (x)	Équipe Ayoub	1,632	40.14
Lyne Rémillard	Autrement Lorraine - Équipe Rémillard	1,371	33.72
Sylvain Fortin	Équipe Fortin	562	13.82
Martin Lacasse	Agir avec Lacasse	501	12.32
Total		4,066	100.00

Candidate	Party	Vote	%
2009 Lorraine mayoral election
Ramez Ayoub	Équipe Ayoub	1,809	51.1
Boniface Dalle-Vedove (x)	Équipe Dalle-Vedove	1,730	48.9
Total		3,539	100.00