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The result was discussion closed as he won the election last night. Bearcat ( talk) 12:08, 20 October 2015 (UTC) reply

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Not notable as a political candidate, fails WP:NPOL, only other claim to fame is that he is a professor at McGill. FUNgus guy ( talk) 19:40, 4 October 2015 (UTC) reply

• Keep - It looks like he's no mere professor, having had a career in ice hockey as well as a significant influence in his chosen academic field, and he appears to qualify under general notability standards. Were he just another mere political candidate, I would support deletion. That's not the case. CoffeeWithMarkets ( talk) 08:33, 5 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Quebec-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 04:04, 8 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Academics and educators-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 04:04, 8 October 2015 (UTC) reply

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Politicians-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k ( talk) 04:04, 8 October 2015 (UTC) reply

• Referencing improvement is definitely needed here, but I think that being a legal professor at McGill University does constitute a potentially legitimate notability claim — and I'm not known around these parts as being particularly generous about what makes for enough preexisting notability for an unelected candidate to claim notability independently of the fact of their candidacy, either. That said, the sourcing for that part of the article is currently far too dependent on primary sources rather than reliable ones, so WP:GNG and/or our notability standards for academics and lawyers haven't been satisfied yet. Hockey doesn't help him, though, as he only ever played at the varsity level, which isn't something that gets a person over WP:ATHLETE in and of itself. Accordingly, my suggestion would be that we sandbox this in draft or user space, to allow the opportunity for referencing improvement on his legal/academic career. Bearcat ( talk) 17:17, 8 October 2015 (UTC) reply

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