Rachel Bendayan

The Honourable Rachel Bendayan PC MP
Bendayan in 2018
Minister of Official Languages
Incumbent
Assumed office December 20, 2024
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Ginette Petitpas Taylor
Associate Minister of Public Safety
Incumbent
Assumed office December 20, 2024
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Minister	David McGuinty
Preceded by	Position established
Member of Parliament for Outremont
Incumbent
Assumed office February 25, 2019
Preceded by	Tom Mulcair
Personal details
Born	(1980-05-10) May 10, 1980 (age 44)[citation needed] Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Residence	Outremont, Quebec[1]
Alma mater	McGill University
Profession	Lawyer

Rachel Bendayan PC MP (born May 10, 1980^{[citation needed]}) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election on February 25, 2019, following the resignation of former New Democratic Party leader Tom Mulcair.^[2] She was re-elected in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian federal elections. She represents the electoral district of Outremont as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.^[2] In December 2019, she was appointed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Small Business, Export Promotion and International Trade, Mary Ng. On December 20, 2024, she became the minister of Official Languages and associate minister of public safety.^[3]

She previously ran as the Liberal candidate for Outremont in the 2015 Canadian federal election, coming in second and increasing the Liberal Party's vote share by a significant margin. Following the 2015 election, Bendayan served as Chief of Staff to Bardish Chagger, Minister of Small Business and Tourism.^[4]