Nate Erskine-Smith

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The Honourable
Nate Erskine-Smith
PC MP
Erskine-Smith in 2023
Member of Parliament
for Beaches—East York
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 19, 2015
Preceded byMatthew Kellway
Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities
In office
December 20, 2024 – May 13, 2025
Prime MinisterJustin Trudeau
Mark Carney
Preceded bySean Fraser
Succeeded byGregor Robertson
Personal details
Born (1984-06-15) June 15, 1984
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
PartyLiberal (federal)
Ontario Liberal (provincial)
SpouseAmy Symington
Children2
ProfessionLawyer, politician, media personality
WebsiteConstituency website: beynate.ca
Podcast/blog: uncommons.ca
Leadership exploration website: nateerskinesmith.ca

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (born June 15, 1984) is a Canadian politician who has been the member of Parliament (MP) for Beaches—East York since 2015. A member of the Liberal Party, Erskine-Smith served as Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities from December 2024 to May 2025.

Before entering politics, he was a commercial litigation lawyer. Also a member of the provincial Ontario Liberal Party, Erskine-Smith was the runner-up in the party's 2023 leadership election as well as a prospective candidate in the upcoming 2026 race, however, in May 2026, he was unsuccessful when he sought the party's nomination for the Scarborough Southwest provincial by-election. Erskine-Smith delivered his farewell speech to the House of Commons on June 17, 2026, confirming his intention to resign as an MP during Parliament's summer recess.[1][2]

Early life and education

Erskine-Smith was born on June 15, 1984,[3] in Toronto, Ontario, attending Bowmore Elementary School and Malvern Collegiate. His parents, Sara Erskine and Lawrence Smith, were public school teachers.[4] He has a brother.[5]

Erskine-Smith attended Queen's University, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in politics in 2007, before completing law school in 2010. While a student at Queen's, Erskine-Smith attempted to start a business selling panini sandwiches.[6] His experience dealing with bureaucracy led him to unsuccessfully run for city council for the Sydenham District in Kingston, Ontario, in the 2006 municipal elections by coming in third despite being endorsed by the Whig-Standard and Queen’s Journal.[6][7][8] Erskine-Smith later described his attempt to Althia Raj as "naive" and that he knocked on no doors and spent his time researching local issues.[4]

Erskine-Smith then went on to study political philosophy and constitutional law at the University of Oxford, where he earned a Master of Laws (BCL) degree in 2013.[9] He focused on the evolution of section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, with references to assisted dying, prostitution and marijuana.[4] In addition, during his time at both universities, he played on their baseball teams as a pitcher.[10][11]

Erskine-Smith practiced commercial litigation as an associate at Kramer Simaan Dhillon, after working as a law student at Aird & Berlis LLP. He told Raj that he found some advantages in commercial litigation that helped him but felt like he could make a bigger impact advocating for issues that affect more Canadians.[4]

Erskine-Smith also volunteered for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.[12] He took on pro bono cases for a range of clients and causes, including a civil liberties case to protect religious freedom in Ontario's school system.[13] In a notable civil liberties case in 2014, Erskine-Smith successfully argued against compulsory religious studies at publicly funded high schools in Ontario.[13]

Political career

Backbench MP (2015–2024)

In November 2013, Erskine-Smith announced his candidacy for the Liberal nomination in Beaches—East York, citing Justin Trudeau's call for more youth involvement in politics, Trudeau's advocacy for empowering MPs, and positive politics as reasons to run.[4] Erskine-Smith based his nomination campaign on lessons learned from his 2006 municipal campaign and signed up nine hundred riding members. In December 2014, he defeated four candidates to become the Liberal nominee.[4]

Erskine-Smith was elected to the House of Commons in the 2015 federal election. He beat incumbent New Democrat MP Matthew Kellway, who was elected in 2011.[14][15]

Erskine-Smith was vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics during the 42nd Parliament.[3]

In the first episode of the television series Political Blind Date in 2017, Erskine-Smith and Conservative MP Garnett Genuis discussed their differing perspectives on the legalization of cannabis in Canada.[16] They also appeared on the last episode in 2022, where they discussed their differing perspectives on addressing Canada's opioid crisis.[17]

Erskine-Smith was re-elected in the 2019 election and 2021 election, in which he received more than twice as many votes as his nearest competitor.[3][18]

Uncommons Podcast

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Erskine-Smith launched the Uncommons Podcast as a substitute for local town hall meetings.[19] The episodes feature prominent guests, including members of all major parties, and often seek to showcase his thinking on a given issue.[20]

In June 2022, Erskine-Smith hosted former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole, who commented on the 2022 Conservative leadership race, expressing his concern that "the populism of anger or frustration or dislocation" can undermine institutions and national unity.[21] In June 2024, fellow Conservative MP Arnold Viersen sent a letter to Erskine-Smith stating that he felt "ambushed" by Erskine-Smith after it was revealed that on the podcast that he would ban same-sex marriage, abortion and that some members in the Conservative caucus felt the same way.[22] Viersen later walked back on his podcast comments and Erskine-Smith, who felt that those views were anathema to most Canadians, told reporters that he was surprised about the letter by stating that Viersen was well known for his anti-abortion advocacy.[23]

In October 2024, Erskine-Smith hosted both Prime Minister Trudeau, who expressed regret over his handling of electoral reform,[24] and Mark Carney, who teased his future political plans and agreed with Erskine-Smith's comments on increasing housing supply for first-time home buyers to have a home, on separate episodes of the podcast.[24][25][26]

2023 Ontario Liberal leadership campaign

Erskine-Smith ran for the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in the 2023 Ontario Liberal Party leadership election.[20][27] He positioned himself as a generational change candidate and distanced himself from previous leaders of the party like criticizing senior Liberals who wanted Ontario Greens leader Mike Schreiner to lead their party instead.[28][29] Erskine-Smith focused his campaign on renewing the grassroots renewal, rebuilding the party organization, and a political focus on "fairness".[30] He stated that he saw idealism, optimism and a rebuilt party operations in federal Liberals of 2015 and felt that approach should be applied to its provincial counterparts.[8] Erskine-Smith also ran on what he described "progressive and pragmatic ideas" around on issues such as health care, senior care, climate change and wealth inequality.[31][30]

Erskine-Smith was critical of fellow leadership candidate Bonnie Crombie's desire to move the party to the centre-right because he felt that centre-right governments lacked ambition.[32] A month before the vote, he joined fellow Liberal MP and leadership candidate Yasir Naqvi in a mutual support pact to rank each other as the second choice in an attempt to defeat Crombie, the perceived front runner.[33] Both of them felt that they shared the same priorities during the campaign, that this was the best way to win the upcoming election was building a party around Liberal values and felt that Crombie's leadership would have similar criticisms as Premier Doug Ford's Conservatives.[33]

Crombie, however, was elected on the third ballot with 53.4 per cent, ahead of Erskine-Smith who came in second with 46.6 percent.[34]

Minister of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities (2024–2025)

In January 2024, Erskine-Smith announced that he would not be running in the next federal election but he changed his mind later in the year when Trudeau appointed him as the minister of housing, infrastructure and communities on December 20, 2024, in a Cabinet shuffle, due to Sean Fraser's resignation.[35] During a press conference after his appointment to the role, Erskine-Smith stated "I understand there’s going to be a short runway," and said his goal would be "to make the biggest difference that I can."[36][26] Due to his appointment, he reversed his initial decision not to run in the 2025 federal election.[37][38] Erskine-Smith, later explained that he talked to his family, got their approval before accepting the position and compared Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives ideology to the Reform Party as reasons for his reversal.[38]

In January, Erskine-Smith reaffirmed the government support for Canada Public Transit Fund, which would allowed for municipalities to modernize their public transit systems by supporting high-density housing and eliminating mandatory minimum parking requirements within eight hundred meters of transit lines.[39] He was publicly critical of the Ontario government for reducing spending on social housing.[40] In March, Erskine-Smith sent a letter to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow warning that any form of blocking six-plexes would result in twenty-five per cent less federal funding that was pledged annually to Toronto from the Housing Accelerator Fund, a program that incentivizes cities to build more housing.[41]

Erskine-Smith remained in that role under the 30th Canadian Ministry of Mark Carney and was reelected on April 28, 2025, with the largest vote for an MP in Toronto.[5] However, when Carney reshuffled his cabinet on May 13, 2025, Erskine-Smith was dropped and replaced by Gregor Robertson.[42] Erskine-Smith told the media it was "impossible not to feel disrespected" being dropped from cabinet.[43]

Return to the backbenches (2025–present)

Following his departure from cabinet, Erskine-Smith expressed his intention to leave parliament and refocussed his attention on provincial politics. Erskine-Smith said he would resign his seat in Parliament at the end of June 2026 once the House of Commons rises for its summer break. He said he would have resigned earlier but was asked to delay his resignation by the Prime Minister's Office due to the government having had only a minority in parliament until recently.[1][44]

Ontario provincial politics

Erskine-Smith was critical of Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie following the provincial party's poor performance in the 2025 Ontario general election and called for change in the party, urging his supporters to register for the Ontario Liberal Party's annual general meeting in September 2025 in order to challenge her in that meeting's leadership review, and calling on Crombie to step down if she received the support of less than two-thirds of delegates in the review vote.[45][46] Crombie received only 57% support and subsequently resigned the leadership. Erskine-Smith was described as having undermined Crombie's leadership with his email blasts to his supporters criticizing Crombie, and was seen as the presumptive frontrunner to succeed her, but said he was undecided on whether or not to run a second time for the leadership.[47][48]

On January 9, 2026, Erskine-Smith teased on his substack that he was exploring seeking the leadership of the Ontario Liberal Party in the upcoming leadership election.[49][50] Erskine-Smith cited the opportunity to build a party that prioritizes equal opportunity, uses fiscal sustainability to deliver social progress, and supports diverse perspectives with reasonable disagreement.[51] On February 3, he confirmed his intention to seek the provincial Liberal nomination in the by-election in Scarborough Southwest.[52][53] Erskine-Smith said that his decision was based on the fact that the riding shared the same concerns as Beaches—East York over issues such as housing, public transit, education, health care and economic opportunity.[51][54]

On May 9, Erskine-Smith lost the nomination to party organizer and pizza franchisee Ahsanul Hafiz by 19 votes.[55] During the race, Hafiz and a third opponent, Qadira Jackson, formed a pact encouraging their respective supporters to rank each other 2nd on the ranked ballot, criticizing Erskine-Smith for not residing in the riding and allegedly trying to use their community as a stepping stone for his leadership ambitions.[55][56][57] Erskine-Smith appealed the outcome alleging irregularities including 34 more ballots counted than were cast; more than the 19 vote margin of victory. Erskine-Smith called for a new nomination meeting, or for the party to appoint a candidate, while ruling himself out as a candidate.[58] Erskine-Smith's appeal was dismissed by the party's three-person arbitration committee which included former cabinet minister David Zimmer.[59] The committee said that the 34-vote discrepancy was caused by names not being crossed off the voters list when voters received ballots, and that this was a technical administrative error and not an irregularity.[55]

In June, Erskine-Smith repeated his commitment to resign his federal seat and confirmed he was considering running in the 2026 Toronto municipal election in Ward 19 Beaches—East York and had discussed the idea with Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow "in passing", though he told the Toronto Star that he has not made a decision on his next steps.[60] At his June 25, 2026 retirement party, he confirmed that he would not be running for Ontario Liberal leader but was considering running municipally. He also announced that his resignation from parliament would take effect July 7, 2026.[61]

Political views

Erskine-Smith has been mostly characterized as a maverick,[32][62] though others have described him as a progressive or a left-leaning liberal,[63][64] who has been noted for breaking away from certain issues within his own party.[65][66][67] Erskine-Smith, though, has touted his ability to get things done across all parties,[28][29] describes himself as being committed to the grassroots[68] and modelled his politics after former Liberal Prime Ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau and Lester Pearson.[69]

Democratic reform

Political independence

During the SNC-Lavalin affair, Erskine-Smith alongside fellow Liberal MPs Wayne Long and Joyce Murray publicly advocated that Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott should remain as part of the Liberal caucus.[70] He wrote an op-ed in the Toronto Star where he contrasted Sheila Copps and advocated that dissident Liberals should stay in caucus.[67] He pointed out that, despite being a Liberal MP who supported his government, his party should abide by their 2015 campaign promise of empowering MPs and their communities by having more free votes in the House of Commons.[67] Erskine-Smith believed that this could strengthen the Liberal Party and Canadian democracy.[67]

Grassroot politics

In an interview with David Moscrop, Erskine-Smith was asked about how to provide a deeper commitment to grassroots involvement than previous Liberal parties and he cited relationship building and being an advocate for serving the community.[27] During the 2023 Ontario leadership race, Erskine-Smith published op-eds in the Toronto Star, National Post and Canada's National Observer, stating how he would renew the Ontario Liberals.[31][71][72] In his National Post op-ed, Erskine-Smith stated that he would lead the party by allowing a diversity of perspectives, united by shared values and collaborating on community challenges.[72] In his Toronto Star op-ed, Erskine-Smith stated that he would rebuild the party by shifting away from centralized approach by a committing to fair and open nominations, freer votes and collaborating with other parties.[31] In his National Observer op-ed, Erskine-Smith stated that he planned to increase youth engagement into politics by being less partisan and encouraged them to be involved in decision making.[71]

Electoral reform

Erskine-Smith was a member of Fair Vote, an electoral reform group, where he met with his predecessor to advocate for changes to the electoral system.[73] Erskine-Smith campaigned on the idea during his nomination race in 2014 before it was added to the Liberal platform.[73] In a 2016 CBC interview, he opposed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's idea of a preferential ballot and countered with single-transferable voting as an option.[74] After his party walked back on changing the electoral system, Erskine-Smith took out an op-ed in the Huffington Post apologizing to those who believed that the electoral system would change. He stated that his party should have held a referendum as a compromise, and that he would not stop advocating for electoral reform.[73][75] In May 2017, Erskine-Smith, alongside fellow Liberal MP Sean Casey, voted against their own party when accepting a Commons committee report that outlined how electoral reform could be implemented.[76]

During the 2023 Ontario Liberal leadership campaign, Erskine-Smith said that if he were going to address electoral reform, he would advocate for a citizens’ assembly in the vein of New Zealand.[69]

Housing and infrastructure

In 2023, Erskine-Smith told Moscrop that the Ford government started by saying the right things about housing but mismanaged a consequential issue.[27] He explained that housing factors in generational fairness, productivity.[27] Erskine-Smith suggested removing barriers that hinder development, investing more into the development of public housing, and treating it less of an investment vehicle.[27] During the 2023 leadership race, he took out an op-ed in the Trillium, explaining how he making housing more affordable, Erskine-Smith was critical of the Ford government for caving into nimbys by keeping exclusionary zoning laws, reducing density targets while embracing sprawl.[77] He also advocated for phased-in rent controls, a ownership registry, and taxes for investors that avoid increasing their supply as a way to treat housing less of an investment.[77]

After Erskine-Smith was appointed as housing minister in 2024, he reiterated three things that he would do to tackle the Canadian housing crisis by removing restrictive policies that hinder development, getting the government back into the development of public housing, and treating housing less of an investment vehicle.[38] In 2026, he emphasize the importance of driving down the cost of building homes, bringing back provincial support for non-market housing, support renters, and connect communities with public transit.[51]

Education

In 2023, Erskine-Smith told Moscrop that defending public education is important to him.[27] He viewed the public-education system as overburdened and underfunded.[27] Erskine-Smith felt that a previous budget by the Ford's government was going to lead to cuts because spending was below inflation.[27] In 2025, Erskine-Smith revealed that he joined his parents when they picketed against cuts to the education budget made during Ontario Premier Mike Harris's tenure was what got him into politics.[5]

In 2026, Erskine-Smith was critical towards Ford government changes to Ontario Student Assistance Program by believing that it would negatively impact lower income families and advocated fixing it to ensure equality of opportunity in post-secondary education.[51]

Environment

Animal welfare

In 2015, Erskine-Smith seconded Bill S-203, the Ending the Captivity of Whales and Dolphins Act, that became law in June 2019. The bill prohibits the captivity of cetaceans and requires permits to import and export them to and from Canada. Erskine-Smith spoke to the house about the importance of the bill in June 2018.[78][79]

On February 26, 2016, Erskine-Smith introduced Bill C-246, the Modernizing Animal Protections Act,[80] to ban the import of shark fins and make Canada's animal cruelty laws tougher.[68] Due to concerns from animal use lobbyists, the bill was defeated 198 to 84 at second reading.[80] The defeat of Erskine-Smith's Bill C-246 led to the creation of the Liberal Animal Welfare Caucus in 2017.[81] On September 5, 2017, Erskine-Smith wrote an article in NOW Magazine addressing his veganism and the importance of a social change towards the treatment of animals.[82] Two years later, a government bill addressing similar concerns was tabled by Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.[83] She acknowledged Erskine-Smith's efforts as a precursor to the government's legislation.[83]

Climate action

In October 2018, Erskine-Smith called an emergency debate on climate change in Parliament in response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's special report on global warming. He requested action to be taken by the government and Canadians to ensure that Canada can reduce its emissions and reach the targeted goals.[84] On June 5, 2019, Erskine-Smith introduced bill C-454, the Net-Zero Greenhouse Gas Emissions Act, to require the Government of Canada to reduce GHG emissions to net zero by 2050.[85][86]

In 2023, Erskine-Smith told Moscrop that he viewed a having good climate plan was important in creating jobs and saw nuclear energy as a part of Ontario energy sources in order to tackle climate change.[27] He also emphasized that efficiency as well as economics should be considered factors when electrifying the electric grid.[27]

Healthcare

In February 2021, alongside fellow colleague Wayne Long, Erskine-Smith was one of only two Liberal MPs to vote in favour of a New Democratic Party (NDP) motion to take a first step towards developing a national pharmacare system. The bill, proposed by Peter Julian, would have established the conditions for federal financial contributions to provincial drug insurance plans.[87] The following year, the Liberal Party would commit to work towards a "universal national pharmacare program" as part of their confidence and supply agreement with the NDP following the 2021 federal election.[88]

In 2023, Erskine-Smith told Moscorp that he felt that Ford government was incompetently managing Ontario's health-care system through under-investment and inefficiencies.[27] He argued that, while the Ontario government spent of their budget on health care, they were spending less than the national average on nurses and believed that two million people in province lacked access to a family doctor or a family health team.[27] Erskine-Smith also viewed the discussion on the privatization of healthcare as a distraction from the issue.[27]

Anti-corruption

During the SNC-Lavalin affair, Erskine-Smith along side Long broke against their party and supported an opposition motion advocating their government to launch a public inquiry into the allegations.[89] Erskine-Smith later told reporters that he wanted more information on Jody Wilson-Raybould allegation about the “inappropriate” pressure she faced by pointing to contradictions that needed to be addressed between her testimony to the Commons justice committee and other subsequent witnesses.[90] He differed from his Liberal colleagues, who wanted Wilson-Raybould or Jane Philpott to use their legal privilege when testifying; instead he advocated expanded waiver powers for them to testify against SNC-Lavalin.[90]

After a 2025 Toronto Star investigation revealed that illicit drugs were being advertised on Meta platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, Erskine-Smith intended to pass a motion for Meta to explain their lack of action in addressing this issues by attending the standing committee on industry and technology.[91] He also found this as a double standard as Meta was able block news content for Canadian users.[91]

Civil liberties

In June 2018, Erskine-Smith introduced bill C-413, an Act to amend the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, to give new powers for the federal privacy commissioner.[92] In August 2019, Erskine-Smith wrote an op-ed for the Toronto Star expressing his desire for the right to be forgotten. He explained that in an increasingly connected, online world citizens should have the right to hide content published about them from search engines if the individual’s privacy is being seriously violated.[93]

In response to the occupation of downtown Ottawa by the Freedom Convoy, the government enacted the Emergencies Act. With Ottawa streets being largely cleared of protesters by the time of the vote, Erskine-Smith's Speech to Parliament condemned the protests, but questioned the necessity of the declaration of emergency, and its approval after the clearance. He ultimately voted to confirm the use of the declaration.[94][95][96]

Drug policy reform

In February 2016, Erskine-Smith represented Canada at a joint United Nations/Inter-Parliamentary Union conference reviewing how different countries were dealing with illegal drugs. He partnered with Mexican Senator Laura Rojas to argue that countries should seek alternatives to incarceration in cases where individuals have drugs solely for personal use.[97] In March 2019, Erskine-Smith wrote an op-ed for NOW Magazine where he discussed his support a bill introduced by New Democratic Party (NDP) MP Murray Rankin, stating that only expungements would address the injustice of cannabis criminalization.[98] Erskine-Smith seconded the bill in the House of Commons.[99]

In early January 2017, Erskine-Smith published an op-ed in Vice calling for the decriminalization of all drug possession as a logical next step to the government's drug policy.[100] In late January 2017, Erskine-Smith delivered a speech in the House of Commons in support of Bill C-37, to expand access to safe injection clinics across Canada.[101] Erskine-Smith introduced bill C-460, seeking to remove criminal sanctions for low-level possession and to reduce the stigma associated with seeking treatment.[102]

In 2018, Erskine-Smith appeared on CBC's Power & Politics to speak about his disappointment in the Liberal government endorsing a ‘War on Drugs’ document from the United States during CUSMA negotiations.[103] Erskine-Smith introduced a Liberal caucus policy resolution to address the opioid crisis through a public health approach, and it was adopted as the second overall priority by the grassroots Liberal membership at the Liberal Policy Convention in Halifax in April 2018.[104] He explained to the Guardian that framing drug use as criminal issues has brought the conversation about drugs away from a health issue, helped fueled the black market and divert resources from law enforcement.[105] In 2020, Erskine-Smith introduced bill C-235 which would delete the drug possession offence from the Criminal Code.[106] He also introduced bill C-236, which would provide diversion options to law enforcement, crown attorneys, and judges for drug possession cases.[106]

Personal life

Erskine-Smith was raised vegetarian, and is now vegan.[68] He has Crohn's disease.[107]

Erskine-Smith married Amelia (Amy) Symington, a Toronto vegan chef and nutritionist, on her family farm in Camlachie, Ontario.[68] The two met in an undergraduate film studies course at Queen's University.[7] They have two sons born in 2016, and in 2019.[108]

Recognition

For his efforts to modernize Canada's federal animal protection laws with Bill C-246, Erskine-Smith received the Humane Legislator Award from Animal Justice.[109] The bill also won support from EndCruelty, a coalition of Canadians who support stronger animal protection laws.[110] In 2017, Erskine-Smith received the Fur-Bearers’ Clements award for his dedication to improving the lives of animals with Bill C-246.[111]

Electoral record

2025 Canadian federal election: Beaches—East York
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNate Erskine-Smith39,80467.75+11.17
ConservativeJocelyne Poirier13,83023.54+9.19
New DemocraticShannon Devine4,0276.85−15.67
GreenJack Pennings7481.27−1.45
IndependentDiane Joseph1610.27
CommunistElizabeth Rowley1460.25−0.01
Marxist–LeninistSteve Rutchinski390.07−0.03
Total valid votes/expense limit 58,75599.47+0.13
Total rejected ballots 3110.53-0.13
Turnout 59,06672.51+7.46
Eligible voters 81,460
Liberal hold Swing +0.99
Source: Elections Canada[112][113]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.
2021 Canadian federal election: Beaches—East York
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNathaniel Erskine-Smith28,91956.58-0.65$84,476.95
New DemocraticAlejandra Ruiz Vargas11,51322.52+1.23$34,400.36
ConservativeLisa Robinson*7,33614.35+0.19$20,930.77
People'sRadu Rautescu1,6133.16+1.70$0.00
GreenReuben Anthony DeBoer1,3882.71-3.15$1,906.03
IndependentKaren Lee Wilde1660.32$0.00
CommunistJennifer Moxon1310.26$0.00
Marxist–LeninistPhilip Fernandez500.10$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,11699.34–$110,305.28
Total rejected ballots 3400.66+0.07
Turnout 51,45665.05-5.15
Eligible voters 79,102
Liberal hold Swing -0.94
Source: Elections Canada[114] *After the ballots had been printed, but before the election day itself, Robinson was dropped by the party as the CPC candidate. She would not have been admitted to the Conservative caucus had she won.[115]
2019 Canadian federal election: Beaches—East York
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNathaniel Erskine-Smith32,16857.2+7.75$74,562.95
New DemocraticMae J. Nam11,96421.3-9.52$91,821.20
ConservativeNadirah Nazeer7,95714.2-2.23none listed
GreenSean Manners3,2955.9+3.32none listed
People'sDeborah McKenzie8221.5-$1,821.54
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,206100.0  
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Eligible voters 80,981
Liberal hold Swing +8.64
Source: Elections Canada[116][117]
2015 Canadian federal election: Beaches—East York
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalNathaniel Erskine-Smith27,45849.45+18.69$104,089.50
New DemocraticMatthew Kellway17,11330.82-10.82$129,211.99
ConservativeBill Burrows9,12416.43-6.31$35,453.04
GreenRandall Sach1,4332.58-2.02$3,691.94
IndependentJames Sears2540.46–$35,400.00
Marxist–LeninistRoger Carter1050.19-0.08–
IndependentPeter Surjanac430.08–$449.62
Total valid votes/expense limit 55,530100.00 $208,561.84
Total rejected ballots 2160.39–
Turnout 55,74673.18–
Eligible voters 76,173
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +14.76
Source: Elections Canada[118][119]
Candidates for the November 13, 2006 Kingston, Ontario Sydenham District City Councillor Election
Candidate Popular vote
Votes % ±%
Bill Glover 1,180 46.24% -
Floyd Patterson 912 35.74% -
Nathaniel Erskine-Smith 297 11.64% -
Alex Huntley 163 6.39% -
Total votes 2,552

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