Chrystia Freeland

Christina Alexandra Freeland (born August 2, 1968) is a Canadian politician and former journalist who is the member of Parliament (MP) for University—Rosedale. A member of the Liberal Party, Freeland served as a Cabinet minister from 2015 to 2025 and was the 10th deputy prime minister of Canada from 2019 to 2024. She was first elected as the MP for Toronto Centre in 2013 and has represented University—Rosedale since 2015. Following the 2015 federal election, Freeland was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to serve as the minister of international trade and became the minister of foreign affairs in 2017, as Canada negotiated the Canada–United States–Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and finalized the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA). In 2019, she became deputy prime minister and minister of intergovernmental affairs, serving in the latter role until 2020 when she became minister of finance. As finance minister, Freeland introduced four federal budgets, including federal aid measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was the first woman to serve in the role. In December 2024, she resigned from Cabinet on the day she was scheduled to present the government's fall economic statement. This led to a political crisis which ultimately resulted in the resignation of Trudeau. Freeland ran in the subsequent election for Liberal leader in 2025, placing a distant second to Mark Carney. In March 2025, she rejoined Cabinet as Carney named her minister of transport and internal trade, roles she held until resigning from Cabinet in September. She was appointed to be special representative for the reconstruction of Ukraine, as parliamentary secretary to the prime minister. In July 2026, Freeland will become the warden of Rhodes House and chief executive officer of the Rhodes Trust.

Infobox

Prime Minister

Justin Trudeau

Preceded by

Bob Rae

Succeeded by

Bill Morneau

Ministerial positions

Ministerial positions Minister of FinanceIn officeAugust 18, 2020 – December 16, 2024Prime MinisterJustin TrudeauPreceded byBill MorneauSucceeded byDominic LeBlancMinister of Transport and Internal TradeIn officeMarch 14, 2025 – September 16, 2025Prime MinisterMark CarneyPreceded byAnita AnandSucceeded bySteven MacKinnon (Transport)Dominic LeBlanc (Internal Trade)Minister of Intergovernmental AffairsIn officeNovember 20, 2019 – August 18, 2020Prime MinisterJustin TrudeauPreceded byDominic LeBlancSucceeded byDominic LeBlancMinister of Foreign AffairsIn officeJanuary 10, 2017 – November 20, 2019Prime MinisterJustin TrudeauPreceded byStéphane DionSucceeded byFrançois-Philippe ChampagneMinister of International TradeIn officeNovember 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017Prime MinisterJustin TrudeauPreceded byEd FastSucceeded byFrançois-Philippe Champagne

Constituency

Toronto Centre

Born

Christina Alexandra Freeland (1968-08-02) August 2, 1968 (age 57)Peace River, Alberta, Canada

Political party

Liberal

Spouse

Graham Bowley

Children

Relatives

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Residence(s)

Summerhill, Toronto, Ontario

Alma mater

Harvard University (BA) St Antony's College, Oxford (MSt)

Occupation

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Awards

Rhodes Scholarship (1993)

Website

www.chrystiafreeland.ca

Succeeding

Rick Trainor (interim)

Party

Liberal

Tables

· Electoral history

Party

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Candidate

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Votes

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Expenditures

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Total rejected ballots

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Total rejected ballots

Turnout

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Turnout

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61,977

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66.01

Eligible voters

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Eligible voters

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93,896

Source: Elections Canada

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	mw- ±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	39,589	63.88	+17.40
	Conservative	Liz Grade	14,625	23.60	+5.66
	New Democratic	Serena Purdy	6,142	9.91	–18.16
	Green	Ignacio Mongrell	1,063	1.72	–2.72
	Communist	Drew Garvie	303	0.49	+0.02
	Marxist–Leninist	Barbara Biley	138	0.22	N/A
	Independent	Adam Golding	117	0.19	N/A
Total valid votes/expense limit
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			61,977	66.01
Eligible voters			93,896
	Liberal notional hold		Swing		+5.87
Source: Elections Canada

2025 Liberal leadership election[146] · Electoral history

Votes cast

Candidate

Votes cast

Candidate

First ballot

Points allocated

First ballot

Rejected Ballots

Candidate

Rejected Ballots

Candidate

First ballot

–

First ballot

–

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Total

Candidate

Total

Candidate

151,899

First ballot

100.00

First ballot

34,300

First ballot

100.00

Abstained

Candidate

Abstained

Candidate

268

First ballot

–

First ballot

–

First ballot

–

Electors

Candidate

Electors

Candidate

163,836

First ballot

–

First ballot

–

First ballot

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Candidate		First ballot
Candidate		Votes cast	%	Points allocated	%
	Mark Carney	131,674	86.84%	29,456.91	85.9%
	Chrystia Freeland	11,134	7.34%	2,728.57	8.0%
	Karina Gould	4,785	3.16%	1,100.34	3.2%
	Frank Baylis	4,038	2.66%	1,014.18	3.0%
Rejected Ballots		0	–	–	–
Total		151,899	100.00	34,300	100.00
Abstained		268	–	–	–
Electors		163,836	–	–	–

· Electoral history

Party

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Party

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Candidate

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Votes

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Expenditures

Total valid votes/expense limit

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Total valid votes/expense limit

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45,714

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–

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–

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$109,583.59

Total rejected ballots

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Total rejected ballots

Turnout

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Turnout

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45,714

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58.83

Eligible voters

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Eligible voters

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77,708

Source: Elections Canada

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Source: Elections Canada

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	21,716	47.50	−4.20	$85,780.47
	New Democratic	Nicole Robicheau	11,384	24.90	+3.00	$32,287.56
	Conservative	Steven Taylor	9,307	20.36	+4.06	$97,838.32
	Green	Tim Grant	1,909	4.18	−4.32	$23,475.69
	People's	David Kent	1,155	2.53	+1.63	$5,169.67
	Communist	Drew Garvie	243	0.53	+0.33	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit			45,714	–	–	$109,583.59
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			45,714	58.83
Eligible voters			77,708
Source: Elections Canada

· Electoral history

Party

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Candidate

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Votes

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Expenditures

Total valid votes/expense limit

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Total valid votes/expense limit

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57,391

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100.0

Total rejected ballots

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Total rejected ballots

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281

Turnout

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Turnout

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57,672

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71.6

Eligible voters

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Eligible voters

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80,567

Source: Elections Canada

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Source: Elections Canada

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	29,652	51.7	+1.90	$83,556.09
	New Democratic	Melissa Jean-Baptiste Vajda	12,573	21.9	−6.60	$28,390.50
	Conservative	Helen-Claire Tingling	9,342	16.3	−1.03	$38,588.65
	Green	Tim Grant	4,861	8.5	+5.57	$33,386.65
	People's	Aran Lockwood	510	0.9	–	none listed
	Animal Protection	Liz White	159	0.3	+0.08	none listed
	Communist	Drew Garvie	143	0.2	−0.02	none listed
	Stop Climate Change	Karin Brothers	124	0.2	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutschinski	27	0.0	−0.10	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			57,391	100.0
Total rejected ballots			281
Turnout			57,672	71.6
Eligible voters			80,567
	Liberal hold		Swing		+4.25
Source: Elections Canada

· Electoral history

Party

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Party

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Candidate

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Votes

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±%

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Expenditures

Total valid votes/expense limit

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Total valid votes/expense limit

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55,925

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100.0

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$206,261.82

Total rejected ballots

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Total rejected ballots

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–

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–

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–

Turnout

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Turnout

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–

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–

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–

Eligible voters

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Eligible voters

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71,945

Source: Elections Canada

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	27,849	49.80	+19.23	$185,406.36
	New Democratic	Jennifer Hollett	15,988	28.59	−15.24	$142,562.73
	Conservative	Karim Jivraj	9,790	17.51	−2.62	$83,600.78
	Green	Nick Wright	1,641	2.93	−1.73	$19,152.70
	Libertarian	Jesse Waslowski	233	0.42	–	$393.64
	Animal Alliance	Simon Luisi	126	0.22	–	$153.10
	Communist	Drew Garvie	125	0.22	–	–
	Bridge	David Berlin	122	0.21	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Steve Rutchinski	51	0.10	–	–
Total valid votes/expense limit			55,925	100.0		$206,261.82
Total rejected ballots			–	–	–
Turnout			–	–	–
Eligible voters			71,945
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+17.24
Source: Elections Canada

· Electoral history

Party

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Party

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Candidate

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Votes

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

±%

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Expenditures

Total valid votes/expense limit

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Total valid votes/expense limit

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

34,821

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

99.49

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

–

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

$ 101,793.06

Total rejected ballots

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Total rejected ballots

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

177

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

0.51

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

+0.12

Turnout

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Turnout

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

34,998

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

37.72

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

−25.21

Eligible voters

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Eligible voters

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

92,780

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Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)

Canadian federal by-election, November 25, 2013: Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)Resignation of Bob Rae (July 31, 2013)
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Chrystia Freeland	17,194	49.38	+8.37	$ 97,609.64
	New Democratic	Linda McQuaig	12,640	36.30	+6.09	99,230.30
	Conservative	Geoff Pollock	3,004	8.63	−14.01	75,557.39
	Green	John Deverell	1,034	2.97	−2.05	21,521.10
	Progressive Canadian	Dorian Baxter	453	1.30		–
	Libertarian	Judi Falardeau	236	0.68	+0.18	–
	Independent	Kevin Clarke	84	0.24		560.00
	Independent	John "The Engineer" Turmel	56	0.16		–
	Independent	Leslie Bory	51	0.15		633.30
	Online	Michael Nicula	43	0.12		200.00
	Independent	Bahman Yazdanfar	26	0.07	−0.12	1,134.60
Total valid votes/expense limit			34,821	99.49	–	$ 101,793.06
Total rejected ballots			177	0.51	+0.12
Turnout			34,998	37.72	−25.21
Eligible voters			92,780
	Liberal hold		Swing		+1.14
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