Lena Diab
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Lena Metlege Diab (born August 17, 1965) is a Canadian politician who has served as the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship since 2025. A member of the Liberal Party, Diab was elected to the House of Commons in 2021 and serves as the member of Parliament (MP) for Halifax West. She was previously a member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 2013 to 2021. Diab was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2013 provincial election as a member of the Nova Scotia Liberal Party. She represented Halifax Armdale and served as the provincial immigration minister as well as minister of justice, attorney general and provincial secretary. She did not run for another term in the provincial legislature in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, opting instead to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election for the Liberal Party of Canada, in which she was elected MP for Halifax West. She was re-elected in the 2025 federal election and was appointed Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | mw- ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Lena Metlege Diab | 36,200 | 65.60 | +18.04 | ||||
| Conservative | Rob Batherson | 15,020 | 27.22 | +5.67 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rae Tench | 3,083 | 5.59 | -20.41 | ||||
| Green | Ron G. Parker | 497 | 0.90 | -1.55 | ||||
| People's | Adam LeRue | 384 | 0.70 | -1.61 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 55,184 | 99.23 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 426 | 0.77 | +0.30 | |||||
| Turnout | 55,610 | 73.42 | +9.12 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,745 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +6.19 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| mw- Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations. | ||||||||
| vte2021 Canadian federal election: Halifax West | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lena Metlege Diab | 24,744 | 48.49 | -0.97 | $83,716.15 | |||
| New Democratic | Jonathan Keith Roberts | 12,331 | 24.16 | +4.97 | $15,101.47 | |||
| Conservative | Eleanor Humphries | 11,243 | 22.03 | +2.74 | $51,584.17 | |||
| People's | Julie Scott | 1,447 | 2.84 | – | $4,571.34 | |||
| Green | Richard Zurawski | 1,181 | 2.31 | -9.75 | $1,237.40 | |||
| Christian Heritage | Kevin Schulthies | 85 | 0.17 | – | $164.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,031 | 100.00 | – | $110,211.79 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 191 | |||||||
| Turnout | 51,222 | 64.97 | -5.74 | |||||
| Registered voters | 78,839 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -2.99 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Lena Diab | 3,208 | 49.34 | ||
| New Democratic Party | Drew Moore | 2,233 | 34.34 | ||
| Progressive Conservative | Irvine Carvery | 1,061 | 16.32 | ||
References
- Number of eligible voters does not include election day registrations.
- Cabinet minister Lena Diab's husband charged with assaulting her CBC Newshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cabinet-minister-lena-diab-maroun-charged-assault-threats-1.3919734
- "Lena's team here to wish our boss and hardworking MP a very happy birthday today. Hope your special day is a good one, and thanks for everything you do!"https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=760748492523819
- "Nova Scotia votes: Riding-by-riding results for Halifax region" Archived 2014-02-28 at the Wayback Machine. Metro, Octohttp://metronews.ca/news/halifax/818290/nova-scotia-votes-riding-by-riding-results-for-halifax-region/
- Lena Diab Gets It My East Coast Experiencehttps://myeastcoastexperience.com/lena-diab-gets/
- Official Website Lenadiab.cahttps://lenadiab.ca/
- Faces in the Crowd – Reaching Out at Home and Abroad. Week45.comhttps://www.week45.com/faces-in-the-crowd-reaching-out-at-home-and-abroad/
- The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab, Q.C., ECNS CMFC-MCCF.cahttps://cmfc-mccf.ca/en/ministres/lena-metlege-diab-2/
- Eight Saint Mary's Alumni Headed to Province House[permanent dead link] Saint Mary's Universityhttps://www.smu.ca/about/news/2013/provincial-election-results.html
- Speech in the House of Commons, June 14, 2023https://openparliament.ca/debates/2023/6/13/lena-metlege-diab-1/only/
- CBC Newshttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-stephen-mcneil-welcomes-16-member-cabinet-1.2158475
- "Andrew Younger sworn back in to cabinet after shuffle"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/andrew-younger-sworn-back-in-to-cabinet-after-shuffle-1.3166058
- The Chronicle Heraldhttps://web.archive.org/web/20150725145205/http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1301187-cabinet-shuffle-whalen-out-as-finance-minister-younger-back-in
- "Stephen McNeil shuffles cabinet, but vows not to change course"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cabinet-politics-liberal-government-stephen-mcneil-1.4161624
- The Chronicle Heraldhttps://web.archive.org/web/20170615183345/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1478027-n.s.-cabinet-unveiled-casey-now-deputy-premier-finance-minister
- "N.S. premier shuffles cabinet, names new health, labour and forestry ministers"https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/ns-premier-shuffles-cabinet-names-new-health-labour-and-forestry-ministers/
- "Premier Iain Rankin, new Nova Scotia cabinet sworn in by lieutenant-governor"https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/article/premier-iain-rankin-new-nova-scotia-cabinet-sworn-in-by-lieutenant-governor/
- Elections Canadahttps://www.elections.ca/Scripts/vis/candidates?L=e&ED=12007&EV=62&EV_TYPE=1&PC=c1a1s4&PROV=&PROVID=&MAPID=&QID=8&PAGEID=17&TPAGEID=&PD=&STAT_CODE_ID=-1
- "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts"https://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?lang=e
- Elections Canadahttps://enr.elections.ca/ElectoralDistricts.aspx?ed=1576&lang=e
- Husband of cabinet minister Lena Diab not criminally responsible for assault CBC Newshttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/husband-of-cabinet-minister-lena-diab-not-criminally-responsible-for-assault-1.4049483
- DIAB, Maroun - June 2017 Government of Nova Scotiahttps://novascotia.ca/just/ccrb/disposition/DIAB,%20Maroun%20-%20June%202017.pdf