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Bruce Fanjoy

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Bruce Fanjoy
MP
Member of Parliament
for Carleton
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 28, 2025
Preceded byPierre Poilievre
Personal details
Born1964 or 1965 (age 61–62)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PartyLiberal
Children2
RelativesHarold Fanjoy (uncle)
David Myles (third cousin)
EducationDalhousie University (BComm)
Saint Mary's University (MBA)
Websitebrucefanjoy.liberal.ca

Bruce Fanjoy (born 1964) is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Carleton since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Fanjoy was elected in the 2025 federal election, unseating incumbent MP and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.

Early life and career

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Bruce Fanjoy was born c. 1964[1] in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, with both of his parents having been from there. His family lived in the Saint John neighbourhood of Millidgeville where Fanjoy attended elementary school, after which they moved to Fredericton after Fanjoy's father, Emery Fanjoy, took a secretary position for the government. Fanjoy and his family later moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[2][3] Fanjoy has a Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) from Dalhousie University and an Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Saint Mary's University.[4] He worked in business and marketing, including as director of marketing at Deloitte,[5] before focusing on being a parent and turning to volunteer roles.[6]

Political career

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Fanjoy was elected MP for Carleton in the 2025 Canadian federal election, unseating Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who had held the riding seven times since the 2004 Canadian federal election.[6] The election in Carleton was targeted by the activist group Longest Ballot Committee, which managed to get 91 candidates on the ballot.[7] Despite this, Fanjoy received more than 50% of the votes in Carleton.[6][8]

Fanjoy has sponsored an online government petition from a Manotick resident to require all federal party leaders to obtain top-secret security clearance, in response to Conservative leader Poilievre's refusal to do so, which the petition criticized as a "failure of leadership" that "exposes Canada to avoidable national security risks". The petition is open to Canadian citizens until April 2026 and received over 26,000 signatures as of 9 February.[9][10] In February 2026, Fanjoy defended a hybrid work schedule in response to a federal order for public servants to work in the office four days a week. Fanjoy argued the order would create unnecessary costs, pollution, adversely affect work–life balance, and was an ineffective way to actually improve service quality.[11]

Personal life

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Fanjoy resides in a house that he built in Ottawa's Manotick community.[6] He has two children.[12] Fanjoy's uncle, Harold Fanjoy, was a Progressive Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick (MLA) from 1974 to 1987.[2] Fanjoy and incumbent Fredericton—Oromocto Liberal MP David Myles are third cousins through their shared great-great-grandparents.[13]

Electoral record

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2025 Canadian federal election: Carleton
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalBruce Fanjoy43,84650.95+19.09
ConservativePierre Poilievre39,33345.70−6.15
New DemocraticBeth Prokaska1,2211.42−9.95
GreenMark Watson5610.65−1.49
UnitedKaren Bourdeau1120.13N/A
Canadian FutureShawn MacEachern630.07N/A
IndependentLorant Polya570.07
IndependentScott Falkingham450.05
IndependentSana Ahmad410.05
IndependentPierre Gauthier380.04
MarijuanaDanny Légaré370.04N/A
IndependentGuillaume Paradis370.04
IndependentDan Kyung350.04
RhinocerosSébastien CoRhino310.04N/A
IndependentSarah Burke270.03
IndependentMark Moutter230.03
IndependentDavid Zhu210.02
IndependentCharlie Currie200.02
IndependentJohn Dale200.02
IndependentEuan Fraser Tait180.02
IndependentJohn Boylan170.02
IndependentMélodie Anderson160.02
IndependentAlex Banks160.02
IndependentMichael Bednarski150.02
IndependentDavid Nguyen150.02
IndependentSophie Bearden140.02
IndependentSeyed Hosseini Lavasani130.02
No affiliationJeani Boudreault120.01
IndependentAlexandra Engering120.01
IndependentLajos Polya120.01
No affiliationDarcy Vanderwater120.01
IndependentJenny Cartwright110.01
IndependentJeffrey Goodman110.01
IndependentDonald McKay110.01
IndependentDaniel Stuckless110.01
IndependentMaria Gabriel100.01
No affiliationLaina Kohler100.01
IndependentCharles Lemieux100.01
IndependentMarthalee Aykroyd90.01
IndependentRyan Huard90.01
IndependentSarah Thompson90.01
IndependentAlain Bourgault80.01
IndependentDaniel Gagnon80.01
IndependentRobert Harris80.01
IndependentAndrea Hollinger80.01
IndependentConnie Lukawski80.01
IndependentJohn Francis O'Flynn80.01
IndependentPeter Gorman70.01
IndependentJulian Selody70.01
IndependentMichal Wieczorek70.01
IndependentLine Bélanger60.01
IndependentBlake Hamilton60.01
IndependentLoren Hicks60.01
No affiliationAlexander Lein60.01
IndependentAgnieszka Marszalek60.01
IndependentHakim Sheriff60.01
IndependentTetia Bayoro50.01
IndependentDavid Cherniak50.01
IndependentKevin Krisa50.01
IndependentAlain Lamontagne50.01
IndependentWinston Neutel50.01
IndependentLény Painchaud50.01
IndependentElliot Wand50.01
IndependentDante Camarena Jimenez40.00
IndependentJaël Champagne Gareau40.00
IndependentGerrit Dogger40.00
IndependentGregory Gillis40.00
No affiliationChristopher Navarro-Canseco40.00
IndependentLanna Palsson40.00
IndependentSpencer Rocchi40.00
IndependentPatrick Strzalkowski40.00
No affiliationManon Marie Lili Desbiens30.00
IndependentArtem Gudkov30.00
No affiliationKerri Hildebrandt30.00
IndependentTrevor Holsworth30.00
No affiliationKrzysztof Krzywinski30.00
IndependentSamuel Lafontaine30.00
IndependentRoger Sherwood30.00
IndependentYogo Shimada30.00
IndependentMichael Skirzynski30.00
IndependentJulie St-Amand30.00
IndependentDaniel Graham20.00
IndependentZornitsa Halacheva20.00
IndependentAnthony Hamel20.00
IndependentDemetrios Karavas20.00
IndependentSheri Oberman20.00
IndependentWallace Richard Rowat20.00
IndependentPascal St-Amand20.00
IndependentBenjamin Teichman20.00
IndependentJoseph Maw10.00
No affiliationYsack Dupont00.00
Total valid votes 86,06099.31
Total rejected ballots 5950.69+0.14
Turnout 86,65581.36+5.54
Eligible voters 106,504
Liberal notional gain from Conservative Swing +12.62
Source: Elections Canada[14][15]

See also

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  • Ali France, who similarly defeated the leader of the opposition in the Australian election within the same week of Fanjoy's election

References

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  1. ↑ Harris, Michael (March 4, 2025). "One Man's March to Beat Poilievre in His Own Riding". The Tyee. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Huras, Adam (April 30, 2025). "The giant-killer who defeated Poilievre? He's from New Brunswick". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  3. ↑ Rudderham, Hannah (May 6, 2025). "The man who unseated Poilievre: N.B.-raised Bruce Fanjoy had support from Maritimers". CBC News. Retrieved May 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Bruce Fanjoy - À propos de Bruce". www.brucefanjoy.ca. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  5. ↑ Payne, Elizabeth (April 17, 2025). "Could a Liberal defeat Pierre Poilievre in his own riding? Bruce Fanjoy thinks so". Ottawa Citizen.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Liberal Bruce Fanjoy topples Pierre Poilievre in Carleton". CBC News. April 29, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  7. ↑ Major, Darren (April 7, 2025). "Longest ballot protest targets Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's riding". CBC News. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Carleton was Poilievre's riding to lose. When he did, it came as a shock to many". CBC News. April 30, 2025. Retrieved May 1, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Chambre des communes: Une pétition réclame une cote de sécurité « Très secret » pour les chefs de parti". La Presse (in Canadian French). February 8, 2026. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  10. ↑ "Petition e-7148 - Petitions". www.ourcommons.ca. Retrieved February 9, 2026.
  11. ↑ Andrews, Ben (February 9, 2026). "Carleton MP Bruce Fanjoy calls on government to reconsider return-to-office rules". Ottawa Citizen.
  12. ↑ Sadeen, Mohsen (April 29, 2025). "How Bruce Fanjoy (somehow) beat Pierre Poilievre in Carleton". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved April 29, 2025.
  13. ↑ https://x.com/brucefanjoy/status/1925349361652809866?s=46
  14. ↑ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
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