Kateri Champagne Jourdain
Kateri Champagne Jourdain | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Duplessis | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Lorraine Richard |
| Quebec Minister of Employment | |
| Assumed office October 20, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Jean Boulet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Political party | Coalition Avenir Quebec |
Kateri Champagne Jourdain MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of Duplessis as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She is the first indigenous woman elected to the National Assembly and the first Indigenous woman in a Quebec cabinet position.[2] She is minister of employment in the Executive Council of Quebec.[3]
Electoral record
[edit]| 2022 Quebec general election: Duplessis | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Kateri Champagne Jourdain | 8,785 | 45.14 | +11.44 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Marilou Vanier | 4,825 | 24.79 | –9.53 | ||||
| Conservative | Roberto Stéa | 3,059 | 15.72 | +14.04 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Uapukun Mestokosho | 1,821 | 9.36 | –3.03 | ||||
| Liberal | Chamroeun Khuon | 783 | 4.02 | –13.90 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Jacques Gélineau | 190 | 0.98 | New | ||||
| Total valid votes | 19,463 | 98.57 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 282 | 1.43 | –0.39 | |||||
| Turnout | 19,745 | 53.21 | –2.60 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 37,108 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois | Swing | +10.48 | ||||||
| Source: Élections Québec[4] | ||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Kateri Champagne Jourdain de la CAQ, première Innue élue, remporte Duplessis | Élections Québec 2022". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). No. Zone Politique-ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ "La caquiste Kateri Champagne Jourdain devient la première femme autochtone élue". TVA Nouvelles. Retrieved October 4, 2022.
- ^ Richardson, Lindsay (October 21, 2022). "First Indigenous woman to win seat in Quebec now in cabinet". National News.
- ^ "Résultats des élections générales du 3 octobre 2022". Élections Québec. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
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