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♀ Rathika Sitsabaiesan
aliasRathika Sitsabaiesan
Record
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Tamil-Canadian   
Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Not in office Performance: 50%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 1 1 2
Birth 23 December 1981
Age 42 years + 4 months
First mandate 2 May 2011 → 12 years + 11 months ago
↳ at age 29 years + 4 months
 
Mandate ended 8 years + 6 months ago (18 October 2015)
Special notes
None
 
Rathika Sitsabaiesan (1981– )
© Photo 2012 Nicholas Moreau — licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 4 5 16

Electoral history

Races 2  
Path points 2  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Shaun Chen  m 
 
 
Eligible: 85,183 Votes: 46,831 Participation: 54.98% Candidacies: 5
Federal
41		 Ontario
2 May 2011
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 6417(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
29
NDP
 1/5 18,935 40.62% +5,000 Loser:
CPC
 13,935 29.90% Marlene Gallyot

Service: 4 years 5 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 65,651 Votes: 39,404 Participation: 60.02% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Ontario
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7649(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✗
 Defeated incumbent →
Age
33
NDP
 3/6 8,648 22.07% -10,256 Winner:
LIB
 18,904 48.24% Shaun Chen

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
Ms. Rathika Sitsabaiesan, M.P.		 11 Mar 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
Madame Rathika Sitsabaiesan, députée		 11 Mar 2024
EN Wikipedia
Rathika Sitsabaiesan		 11 Mar 2024
FR Wikipédia
Rathika Sitsabaiesan		 11 Mar 2024

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