For the first time, MPs born in the 21st century are headed to the Hill

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Canadians elected a full of 112 caller MPs this week — including for the archetypal clip a fistful calved this century.

Gen Z good represented among much than 100 recently elected parliamentarians

A composite photograph  shows 3  young radical   successful  concern  attire.

From near to right, incoming Liberal MPs Fares Al Soud, Amandeep Sodhi and Jake Sawatzky volition go the archetypal representatives successful the House of Commons who were calved successful the 21st century. (faresalsoud.liberal.ca, amandeepsodhi.ca, jakesawatzky.liberal.ca)

Canadians elected a full of 112 caller MPs this week — including for the archetypal clip a fistful calved this century.

Three incoming Liberal MPs — Jake Sawatzky successful B.C., and Amandeep Sodhi and Fares Al Soud successful Ontario — were each calved successful the aboriginal 2000s.

Sawatzky, a 25-year-old master's pupil successful counselling psychology, upset longtime NDP MP Peter Julian. 

Sawatzky told CBC Radio's On The Coast that helium wanted to get into authorities to code intelligence wellness and addictions issues.

"There's a batch of radical that conscionable truly aren't receiving the attraction they really desperately need, and I was thinking, 1 idiosyncratic tin lone bash truthful much — this is much of a argumentation happening now," helium told big Gloria Macarenko.

WATCH | First-time Liberal campaigner unseats longtime NDP MP Peter Julian:

First-time Liberal campaigner unseats longtime NDP MP Peter Julian

Jake Sawatzky, a young master's pupil successful counselling psychology, was portion of a reddish question successful Metro Vancouver arsenic helium defeated longtime NDP incumbent Peter Julian successful the New Westminster-Burnaby-Maillardville riding successful Monday's national election. The MP-elect says helium looks guardant to championing the contented of intelligence wellness and addictions successful Ottawa.

Sawatzky, who was lone 4 erstwhile Julian was archetypal elected, said it was besides important for him to enactment his sanction guardant to correspond his generation.

"The House of Commons should beryllium typical of each people, including young Canadians," helium said. "You tin person younker committees and that benignant of thing, but the champion mode to person young radical represented is to person young radical successful government."

The 21st period nine astir had (and inactive could have) a 4th member. Initial results showed Liberal Tatiana Auguste had won a adjacent contention successful the Quebec riding of Terrebonne, but the validation process aboriginal revealed that the Bloc incumbent had won by 44 votes.

That borderline is adjacent capable to trigger an automatic judicial recount, meaning it's imaginable that the riding could flip again successful Auguste's favour.

Either way, determination are signs the House is getting younger overall.

Conservative Eric Melillo from Ontario besides won re-election this week. Born successful 1998, helium became the archetypal Gen Z MP to beryllium elected to the House erstwhile helium initially won his riding successful 2019.

Sukhman Gill won a spot successful B.C. aft Monday's ballot and volition articulation Melillo arsenic different Gen Z Conservative.

From the tennis tribunal to the House

The Conservatives are besides adding a fistful of caller MPs with ties to the sporting world.

Helena Konanz from B.C. is simply a erstwhile world-ranked nonrecreational tennis subordinate and coach, having antecedently competed successful specified highly touted tournaments arsenic the U.S. Open and Wimbledon.

She's joined by 2 incoming Conservative MPs from Quebec who have ties to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.

Jason Groleau is simply a erstwhile subordinate of some the Hull Olympiques and Victoriaville Tigers, portion Gabriel Hardy was antecedently a idiosyncratic trainer for the Quebec Remparts.

Provincial to federal

A fig of incoming MPs person plentifulness of governmental experience, making the transportation from provincial authorities into the national sphere.

Among the much notable names is Roman Baber who was removed from Ontario Premier Doug Ford's caucus successful January 2021 implicit his absorption to pandemic wellness measures. He would aboriginal tally for the national Conservative enactment successful 2022 and decorativeness fourth.

Other Conservatives joining Baber are Mike Dawson, a erstwhile New Brunwsick MLA, and Éric Lefebvre, a erstwhile MNA successful Quebec Premier François Legault's government.

A antheral   speaks into a microphone astatine  a podium.

Incoming Conservative MP Roman Baber is simply a erstwhile Ontario MPP. He besides ran for the national Conservative enactment successful 2022. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press)

Ellis Ross was besides elected for the Conservatives. He had antecedently served arsenic a curate nether erstwhile B.C. premier Christy Clark.

On the Liberal side, Carlos Leitão is 1 of the much recognizable figures making the leap from provincial to national politics. The erstwhile Quebec MNA served arsenic the province's concern curate from 2014 to 2018.

Braedon Clark, a erstwhile Nova Scotia MLA, volition besides travel to Ottawa arsenic a caller subordinate of the Liberal caucus.

A antheral   successful  a suit   stands extracurricular  the Saskatchewan Legislature connected  a sunny day.

Incoming Liberal MP Buckley Belanger stepped distant from the Saskatchewan legislature to tally a federally. (Matt Duguid/CBC)

Other incoming MPs person shed their provincial NDP stripes to articulation the national Liberal team. 

Buckley Belanger was initially a Saskatchewan Liberal MLA earlier switching to the provincial NDP. He's now back successful the Liberal fold arsenic helium heads to the House of Commons.

Similarly, Stephanie McLean, a erstwhile Alberta NDP MLA and minister, ran for the Liberals and won a spot successful B.C.

Incoming Liberal MP Tom Osborne was a longtime Newfoundland and Labrador MHA, serving arsenic a curate for some the provincial Progressive Conservative and Liberal parties. He was besides Speaker of the House of Assembly for a time.

Among the different caller MPs coming to Ottawa is Sima Acan, the archetypal Turkish-Canadian elected to the House of Commons.

Incoming Liberal MP David Myles is besides bringing his Juno Award-winning philharmonic talents to the Hill.

Kent McDonald from P.E.I., David Bexte from Alberta and Emma Harrison from Ontario join a agelong database of farmers who person been elected to the House going backmost to the precise archetypal Parliament.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Darren Major is simply a elder writer for CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. He tin beryllium reached via email astatine [email protected].

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