Brenda Shanahan (politician)

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.

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 66–67)
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Châteauguay, Quebec
Profession	Banker, financial advisor, columnist

Electoral record

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
	Indépendence 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]