Brenda Shanahan (politician)

Brenda Shanahan
Brenda Shanahan
Member of Parliament; for Châteauguay—Lacolle
	In office; October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Sylvain Chicoine
Succeeded by	Nathalie Provost
Personal details
Born	1958 (age 67–68)
Party	Liberal
Profession	Banker, financial advisor, columnist

Born1958 (age 67–68)

Brenda Shanahan (born 1958) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Châteauguay—Lacolle in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election,^[1] and was re-elected in 2019 and 2021.^[2] She did not seek re-election in 2025.

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	18,029	37.03	-1.36	$52,662.66
	Bloc Québécois	Patrick O'Hara	18,017	37.01	-0.16	$32,231.91
	Conservative	Pierre Bournaki	5,538	11.01	-0.16	$11,071.20
	New Democratic	Hannah Wolker	3,752	7.71	+0.07	$369.79
	People's	Jeff Benoit	1,821	3.74	+2.67	$2,883.60
	Green	Frédéric Olivier	801	1.65	-2.03	$0.00
	Free	André Lafrance	448	0.92	–	$0.00
	Indépendance du Québec	Marc Gagnon	277	0.57	-0.18	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,683	97.87	–	$110,696.46
Total rejected ballots			1,061	2.13	+0.13
Turnout			49,744	61.58	-6.64
Registered voters			79,853
	Liberal hold		Swing		-0.60
Source: Elections Canada^[3]^[4]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	20,118	38.39	-0.70	$40,263.40
	Bloc Québécois	Claudia Valdivia	19,479	37.17	+12.81	$3,185.41
	Conservative	Hugues Laplante	5,851	11.17	-0.04	none listed
	New Democratic	Marika Lalime	4,005	7.64	-15.50	$0.00
	Green	Meryam Haddad	1,929	3.68	+1.78	$3,739.15
	People's	Jeff Benoit	563	1.07	–	$3,708.72
	Indépendance du Québec	Marc Gagnon	393	0.75	–	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	64	0.12	-0.17	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			52,402	98.00
Total rejected ballots			1,071	2.00	+0.28
Turnout			53,473	68.22	-0.99
Eligible voters			78,384
	Liberal hold		Swing		-6.76
Source: Elections Canada^[5]^[6]

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay—Lacolle
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Brenda Shanahan	20,245	39.10	+28.90	$26,214
	Bloc Québécois	Sophie Stanké	12,615	24.36	−2.55	$27,153
	New Democratic	Sylvain Chicoine (incumbent)	11,986	23.15	-25.57	$27,865
	Conservative	Philippe St-Pierre	5,805	11.21	−0.82	$3,357
	Green	Jency Mercier	982	1.90	-0.01	$2,348
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	149	0.29	+0.06	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,782	98.27		$208,824
Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots			909	1.73	–	–
Turnout			52,691	69.21	–	–
Eligible voters			76,129	–	–	–
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+27.24
Sources:^[7]^[8]

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Brenda Shanahan

Member of Parliament for Châteauguay—Lacolle
In office October 19, 2015 – March 23, 2025
Preceded by	Sylvain Chicoine
Succeeded by	Nathalie Provost

Personal details
Born	1958 (age 67–68)
Party	Liberal
Profession	Banker, financial advisor, columnist