# Don Stewart (Ontario politician)

Don Stewart MP is a Canadian politician. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, he was elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Toronto—St. Paul's in a 2024 by-election. He is the first Conservative to represent the riding in over three decades and the first Conservative candidate to win a riding in Toronto since 2011.

## Personal life

Stewart lives in Toronto with his two daughters. He earned an engineering degree and an MBA from Queen's University at Kingston. He previously worked as a director at BMO Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley. Stewart works for the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization. He has also been an honorary lieutenant-colonel in the Canadian Armed Forces, and is the treasurer of the 2 Intelligence Company Senate, a non-profit organization set up to support current and former members of 2 Intelligence Company, a primary reserve unit of the 32 Canadian Brigade Group in Toronto.

## Electoral record

vteCanadian federal by-election, June 24, 2024: Toronto—St. Paul's Resignation of Carolyn Bennett :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Don Stewart | 15,565 | 42.11 | +16.81 |
| | Liberal | Leslie Church | 14,932 | 40.40 | -8.82 |
| | New Democratic | Amrit Parhar | 4,073 | 11.02 | -5.81 |
| | Green | Christian Cullis | 1,057 | 2.86 | -3.13 |
| | People's | Dennis Wilson | 238 | 0.64 | -2.02 |
| | Independent | Jonathan Schachter | 97 | 0.26 | |
| | Independent | Mário Stocco | 82 | 0.22 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Meñico Turcotte | 59 | 0.16 | |
| | Rhinoceros | Sean Carson | 51 | 0.14 | |
| | Independent | Thibaud Mony | 51 | 0.14 | |
| | Independent | Glen MacDonald | 42 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Mélodie Anderson | 39 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Demetrios Karavas | 37 | 0.10 | |
| | No Affiliation | Stephen Davis | 36 | 0.10 | |
| | Independent | Jordan Wong | 31 | 0.08 | |
| | Marijuana | Danny Légaré | 30 | 0.08 | |
| | Independent | Alex Banks | 27 | 0.07 | |
| | Centrist | Ali Mohiuddin | 26 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Jaël Champagne Gareau | 23 | 0.06 | |
| | Independent | Michael Bednarski | 18 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | John Dale | 18 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Pierre Larochelle | 17 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Joshua Bram Hieu Pham | 17 | 0.05 | |
| | Independent | Marie-Hélène LeBel | 16 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Guillaume Paradis | 16 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Andrew Graham | 13 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Pierre Granger | 13 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Julie St-Amand | 13 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Loren Hicks | 12 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Matéo Martin | 12 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Blake Hamilton | 11 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Line Bélanger | 10 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Charles Currie | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Cory Deville | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Alexandra Engering | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Stuckless | 10 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | Erle Stanley Bowman | 9 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Anthony Hamel | 9 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Pascal St-Amand | 9 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Sébastien CoRhino | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Mark Dejewski | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Daniel Gagnon | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Agnieszka Marszalek | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Olivier Renaud | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Strzalkowski | 8 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Donald Gagnon | 7 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Benjamin Teichman | 7 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | MarthaLee Aykroyd | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Myriam Beaulieu | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Kubera Desai | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Donovan Eckstrom | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Kevin Krisa | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Lorant Polya | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Roger Sherwood | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Elliot Wand | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Michal Wieczorek | 6 | 0.02 | |
| | Independent | Maxime Boivin | 5 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Martin Acetaria Caesar Jubinville | 5 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Jean-Denis Parent Boudreault | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Léthycia-Félix Corriveau | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Ysack Dupont | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Dji-Pé Frazer | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Zornitsa Halacheva | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Alain Lamontagne | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Renée Lemieux | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Danimal Preston | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Spencer Rocchi | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Yogo Shimada | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Darcy Vanderwater | 4 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Mylène Bonneau | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Guillaume Gagnier-Michel | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Kerri Hildebrandt | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Krzysztof Krzywinski | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Connie Lukawski | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Wallace Richard Rowat | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Gavin Vanderwater | 3 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Alain Bourgault | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | No Affiliation | Manon Marie Lili Desbiens | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Gerrit Dogger | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Samuel Ducharme | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Yusuf Kadir Nasihi | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Winston Neutel | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Jacques Saintonge | 2 | 0.01 | |
| | Independent | Felix-Antoine Hamel | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 36,962 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | 43.52 | -21.96 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 84,934 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal | Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +12.76 |