Tamara Kronis
Tamara Kronis | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith | |
| Assumed office April 28, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Lisa Marie Barron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 26, 1974 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer, goldsmith |
Tamara Lynne Kronis MP is a Canadian politician, lawyer and goldsmith. A member of the Conservative Party of Canada, she was elected Member of Parliament for Nanaimo—Ladysmith in the 2025 federal election.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Kronis was born in Toronto, Ontario.[2] As a lawyer, Kronis was a trial assistant at the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia.[3] She has served as advocacy director of Egale Canada, the national LGBTQ+ rights organization.[4]
Kronis is a goldsmith, and founded the jewelry business Studio1098.[5] She moved to Vancouver Island from Ontario.[6] Kronis is Jewish, and is the second Jewish woman elected as a Conservative MP in Canada following Melissa Lantsman in 2021.[3]
Political career
[edit]Kronis first contested Nanaimo—Ladysmith in the 2021 federal election, receiving 27.1% of the votes, but narrowly losing to New Democratic Party candidate Lisa Marie Barron with 28.8% of the vote. The election was a close 3-way contest, with Green Party incumbent Paul Manly falling short with 25.7% of the vote.[7]
In the 2025 federal election, Kronis contested the seat, once again facing off against then-incumbent NDP candidate Lisa Marie Barron and Green Party candidate Paul Manly. Kronis was elected, receiving 35.2% of the vote.[8] The Liberal candidate received 27.9% of the vote, with both Manly and Barron receiving slightly over 18%.[9] The results of this election have been regarded by some commentators as a case in support of ranked voting.[10]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2025 Canadian federal election: Nanaimo—Ladysmith | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Tamara Kronis | 26,081 | 35.18 | +8.60 | ||||
| Liberal | Michelle Corfield | 20,693 | 27.91 | +14.73 | ||||
| New Democratic | Lisa Marie Barron | 13,591 | 18.33 | –11.05 | ||||
| Green | Paul Manly | 13,486 | 18.19 | –7.56 | ||||
| People's | Stephen Welton | 294 | 0.40 | –4.61 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 74,145 | 72.57 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 102,177 | |||||||
| Conservative notional gain from New Democratic | Swing | –3.07 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Nanaimo—Ladysmith | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Lisa Marie Barron | 19,826 | 28.8 | +5.2 | $79,614.79 | |||
| Conservative | Tamara Kronis | 18,627 | 27.1 | +1.2 | $134,837.55 | |||
| Green | Paul Manly | 17,640 | 25.7 | –8.9 | $118,140.35 | |||
| Liberal | Michelle Corfield | 9,314 | 13.5 | –0.1 | $33,839.39 | |||
| People's | Stephen Welton | 3,358 | 4.9 | +3.4 | $8,293.38 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 68,765 | 99.6 | – | $133,040.55 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 277 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 69,042 | 64.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 107,926 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Green | Swing | +2.0 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[13] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Team, Torstar Open Data (2025-04-29). "Nanaimo—Ladysmith live federal election results". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Daily, The CJN (2025-04-28). "Key Jewish ridings to watch as election results roll in tonight". The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ a b Margolis, Sam (2025-04-29). "Western Canada's newest Jewish Conservative MP is Tamara Kronis of Nanaimo, B.C." The Canadian Jewish News. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ "Preparing for election". Jewish Independent. 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2025-05-02.
- ^ "Celebrity Spaces: Tamara Kronis". torontosun. Archived from the original on 2021-09-11. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ Staff, NanaimoNewsNOW. "Candidate Profile: Tamara Kronis (CON)". NanaimoNewsNOW | Nanaimo news, sports, weather, real estate, classifieds and more. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "Winners declared for last 2 B.C. ridings, giving Liberals and NDP another seat each". CBC.
- ^ "In Nanaimo-Ladysmith, Conservative Tamara Kronis pulls out a win". Times Colonist. 2025-04-29. Retrieved 2025-05-08.
- ^ "Conservatives flip Nanaimo-Ladysmith, Liberals surprise as runners-up". NanaimoNewsNOW | Nanaimo news, sports, weather, real estate, classifieds and more. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Maimann, Kevin. "Trudeau wanted ranked ballots. Would that have changed Monday's results?". CBC.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved April 19, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. 29 April 2025. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates – September 20, 2021 Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved 2 September 2021.
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