Editing Parachute candidate (section)

===Federal===
* In the [[2008 Canadian federal election]], in [[Newfoundland and Labrador]], the [[New Democratic Party]] nominated Phyllis Artiss, who lived in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], for the northern riding of [[Labrador (electoral district)|Labrador]]. Artiss was nominated in the absence of any local candidate and admitted that she found her candidacy to be not ideal: "It would be much better to have someone from Labrador who has lived there all their lives or much of their lives and worked there, and I haven't done that."<ref name="NDP-crit" /> Artiss was unsuccessful in her bid.
* Former [[Prime Minister of Canada|Prime Minister]] [[Joe Clark]], an [[Alberta]]n, was seen as a parachute candidate when he ran for election in the [[Nova Scotia]] riding of [[Kings—Hants]] at a by-election in 2000. Clark had been [[1998 Progressive Conservative leadership election|elected leader]] of the [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservatives]] for the second time in 1998 and was seeking a seat in the House of Commons; incumbent Tory MP [[Scott Brison]] had stepped aside for Clark.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2000-08-11 |title=Clark nomination made official for N.S. byelection |work=[[CBC News]] |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/clark-nomination-made-official-for-n-s-byelection-1.225072 |access-date=2023-12-11}}</ref> He was elected, but in the [[2000 Canadian federal election|2000 federal election]], he instead sought election in the Alberta riding of [[Calgary Centre]]. He won in Calgary Centre, making it the only constituency to flip to the PCs.
* [[Chrystia Freeland]] faced accusations of being a parachute candidate after the [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal Party]] nominated her for the safe seat of [[Toronto Centre (federal electoral district)|Toronto Centre]] at a 2013 by-election (which its former interim leader [[Bob Rae]] had represented), as she was born in rural northern Alberta and lived in New York City at the time. She ultimately won the seat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/john-ivison-justin-trudeau-parachutes-star-candidate-chrystia-freeland-into-safe-toronto-centre|title=John Ivison: Justin Trudeau parachutes 'star' candidate Chrystia Freeland into safe Toronto Centre|publisher=}}</ref>
* [[Kellie Leitch]] was accused of being a parachute candidate when she sought the [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]] nomination in the [[Ontario]] riding of [[Simcoe—Grey (federal electoral district)|Simcoe—Grey]] in [[2011 Canadian federal election|2011]]. Leitch was born in [[Winnipeg]] and worked in [[Toronto]] at the time of her nomination.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-04-18|title=Tim Harper: Conservative civil war engulfing Helena Guergis' riding|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2011/04/17/tim_harper_conservative_civil_war_engulfing_helena_guergis_riding.html|access-date=2020-10-19|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=How Kellie Leitch touched off a culture war – Macleans.ca|url=https://www.macleans.ca/politics/how-kellie-leitch-touched-off-a-culture-war/|access-date=2020-10-19|website=www.macleans.ca|date=23 September 2016 }}</ref> Leitch won the seat over candidates including [[Helena Guergis]], the former Conservative Member of Parliament whom she defeated for the nomination and who ran as an independent.
* In [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]], the Conservative Party nominated Lea Mollison for the riding of [[Northwest Territories (electoral district)|Northwest Territories]]. Mollison was a resident of [[Thunder Bay]], Ontario, and reportedly never visited the [[Northwest Territories]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2021-09-09 |title=Eleven days out, NWT Conservative parachute candidate still absent |url=https://cabinradio.ca/72318/news/politics/eleven-days-out-nwt-conservative-parachute-candidate-still-absent/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=cabinradio.ca |language=en-US}}</ref> Mollison's campaign ignored local media requests, including an invitation to a candidates' forum, which drew widespread criticism.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Butterfield |first=Ethan |date=2021-09-09 |title=Ghost protocol: some Northwest Territories voters cool to invisible Tory parachute candidate |url=https://www.nnsl.com/news/ghost-protocol-some-northwest-territories-voters-cool-to-invisible-tory-parachute-candidate/ |access-date=2022-06-01 |website=NNSL Media |language=en-CA}}</ref>
* [[Lester B. Pearson]], who was born and raised in Toronto, served as MP for [[Algoma East]] in rural [[Northwestern Ontario]] during his parliamentary career from 1948 to 1968. In his memoirs, Pearson admitted he did not have "any earlier connection" to the riding;<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pearson |first=Lester |title=The Memoirs of the Rt. Hon. Lester B. Pearson, Volume Two: 1948–1957 |publisher=University of Toronto Press |year=1973 |pages=7}}</ref> Pearson had been seeking entry into the House of Commons, and the seat had been made vacant for him when Prime Minister [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]] recommended that its sitting member, [[Thomas Farquhar]], be appointed to the [[Senate of Canada|Senate]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cohen |first=Andrew |title=Extraordinary Canadians: Lester B. Pearson |publisher=Penguin Canada |year=2008}}</ref> Pearson nevertheless won election eight times before retiring from Parliament, culminating in his premiership of five years.
* After Conservative leader [[Pierre Poilievre]] was [[List of MPs who lost their seat in the 2025 Canadian federal election|unseated in the 2025 election]], [[Damien Kurek]] resigned to trigger a [[2025 Battle River—Crowfoot federal by-election|by-election in his safe Western Canadian seat]] in his favour.
* [[Jagmeet Singh]], former [[Ontario]] MPP for [[Bramalea—Gore—Malton (provincial electoral district)|Bramalea—Gore—Malton]], faced accusations of being a parachute candidate when he stood at [[2019 Burnaby South federal by-election|a by-election]] in [[Burnaby South]], a riding in [[British Columbia]]. Singh had been [[2017 New Democratic Party leadership election|elected leader of the NDP]] in 2017 but did not have a seat in the House of Commons (whereas his leadership opponents [[Charlie Angus]], [[Niki Ashton]], and [[Guy Caron]] were serving MPs) and stood in Burnaby South to gain one. Singh pledged to move to [[Burnaby]] if he won the by-election.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoekstra |first=Gordon |date=2018-08-08 |title=Jagmeet Singh says he'll move to Burnaby if he wins election there |url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/live-ndp-leader-jagmeet-singh-expected-to-announce-hell-run-in-burnaby-by-election |access-date=2024-04-02 |work=[[Vancouver Sun]]}}</ref> Singh was ultimately successful in his bid,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gul |first=Monika |date=2019-02-25 |title=Jagmeet Singh elected MP for Burnaby-South |url=https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2019/02/25/burnaby-south-byelection-results/ |access-date=2024-04-03 |website=[[CityNews]]}}</ref> and held his seat in the general elections of [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]] and 2021.