Eric Duncan (politician)

Eric Dawson Duncan MP (born 1987) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[2] Prior to his election to parliament, Duncan served as mayor of the township of North Dundas from 2010 to 2018.[3] He is the first Conservative MP to be elected as openly gay.[4]

Eric Duncan

MP
Conservative Party
Question Period Coordinator
Assumed office
September 2, 2020
LeaderErin O'Toole
Preceded byPosition established
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Stormont—Dundas—South Glengarry
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byGuy Lauzon
Personal details
Born (1987-11-10) November 10, 1987
Political partyConservative Party of Canada
ResidenceWinchester, Ontario[1]

During his term as mayor he came out as gay, and during the election campaign he defended party leader Andrew Scheer over his stance on same-sex marriage by arguing that he would not run if his sexual orientation was not being welcomed in Conservative Party.[5] After being elected, Duncan argued that the party should rethink its approach to LGBTQ issues in order to resonate with voters.[6]

Electoral record
2019 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
ConservativeEric Duncan28,97653.9+2.80
LiberalHeather Megill13,76725.6-12.90
New DemocraticKelsey Catherine Schmitz7,67414.3+6.10
GreenRaheem Aman2,1264.0+1.80
People'sSabile Trimm1,1682.2
Total valid votes/Expense limit 53,711100.0
Total rejected ballots 533
Turnout 54,24464.0
Eligible voters 84,723
Conservative hold Swing +7.85
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]
2014 North Dundas mayoral election
Mayoral Candidate[9] Vote %
Eric Duncan (X) Acclaimed
2010 North Dundas mayoral election
Mayoral Candidate [10] Vote %
Eric Duncan3,51772.59
Alvin Runnalls (X)1,32827.41

References
  1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. "Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry voters pick Conservative Eric Duncan". CBC News Ottawa, October 21, 2019.
  3. "SDSG Votes 2019: Conservative Eric Duncan wins handily". Cornwall Standard Freeholder, October 22, 2019.
  4. Mark Bonokoski (December 2, 2019). "BONOKOSKI: Scheer shuns Conservative Party's first openly-gay MP". Toronto Sun. Retrieved December 2, 2019.
  5. Peter Zimonjic and Katie Simpson, "Scheer gets support from openly gay candidate over same-sex marriage controversy". CBC News, August 27, 2019.
  6. Ryan Flanagan (November 4, 2019). "New Conservative MP says party needs to rethink LGBTQ positions, become 'more modern'". CTV News. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
  7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  9. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-09-16. Retrieved 2014-09-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20110714195026/http://www.northdundas.com/pdfs/Nominated%20Candidates.pdf
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