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Revision as of 19:09, 8 May 2023
Catherine Fournier | |
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.jpg) Catherine Fournier in 2018 | |
| Mayor of Longueuil | |
| Assumed office November 14, 2021[1] | |
| Preceded by | Sylvie Parent |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Marie-Victorin | |
| In office December 5, 2016 – November 7, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Bernard Drainville |
| Succeeded by | Shirley Dorismond |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 April 1992[2] Sainte-Julie, Quebec |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Independent (2019–2021) |
| Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois (before 2019) Coalition Longueuil (2021-present) |
Catherine Fournier (born 7 April 1992) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as mayor of Longueuil on November 7, 2021. She is the third female mayor in the city's history.
She was previously member of the National Assembly of Quebec, having been elected in a by-election on December 5, 2016.[3] She represented the electoral district of Marie-Victorin. Fournier was the youngest member of the National Assembly, and the youngest woman ever elected to that body.[4]
Originally elected as a member of the Parti Québécois, Fournier won a full term in 2018 even amid the PQ's meltdown in Greater Montreal; she was the only surviving PQ member from the metro area. However, she quit the PQ on March 11, 2019 to sit as an independent MNA. She believed the party had lost its way ideologically, though she still considers herself a committed sovereigntist.[5][6]
Before her election to the National Assembly, Fournier ran for the Bloc Québécois in the 2015 federal election in the riding of Montarville, finishing second. She also briefly served as the party's vice-president.
Early life
Fournier was born in Sainte-Julie, Quebec on 7 April 1992. She holds an economics major and political science minor from the Université de Montréal. She was a political blogger and columnist for 103.3 FM.[2]
Electoral record
Federal
| 2015 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Michel Picard | 18,848 | 32.54 | +20.03 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Catherine Fournier | 16,460 | 28.42 | -0.66 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Djaouida Sellah | 14,296 | 24.68 | -19.85 | – | |||
| Conservative | Stéphane Duranleau | 6,284 | 10.85 | +1.25 | – | |||
| Green | Olivier Adam | 1,388 | 2.40 | -0.05 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Claude Leclair | 641 | 1.11 | – | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 57,917 | 100.00 | $207,758.92 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 881 | 1.50 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 58,798 | 77.86 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,521 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.94 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[7][8] | ||||||||
Provincial
Template:Quebec provincial election, 2018/Marie-Victorin (electoral district)
| Quebec provincial by-election, 2016 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Catherine Fournier | 6,302 | 52.49 | +14.33 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Carl Lévesque | 1,703 | 14.19 | +2.62 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Julie Chapdelaine | 1,699 | 14.15 | -6.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Normand Parisien | 1,613 | 13.44 | -12.61 | ||||
| Green | Vincent Charbonneau | 315 | 2.62 | +0.30 | ||||
| Option nationale | Fabien Villemaire | 109 | 0.91 | +0.11 | ||||
| Parti travailliste du Québec | Roch Dumont | 101 | 0.84 | |||||
| Conservative | Hoang Nam Nguyen | 90 | 0.75 | |||||
| Changement intégrité pour notre Québec | Shirley Cedent | 30 | 0.25 | |||||
| Équipe Autonomiste | Florent Portron | 22 | 0.18 | +0.04 | ||||
| Parti indépendantiste | Étienne Turgeon Pelletier | 21 | 0.17 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 12,005 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 147 | 1.21 | -0.70 | |||||
| Turnout | 12,152 | 25.71 | -40.62 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,267 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois hold | Swing | +5.85 | ||||||
References
- ^ "Cérémonie de prestation de serment des nouvelles élues et nouveaux élus de Longueuil".
- ^ a b Murphy, Caroline G. (December 6, 2016). "11 choses à savoir sur Catherine Fournier, la plus jeune femme élue dans l'histoire de l'Assemblée nationale". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "PQ wins two of four by-elections; status quo remains". CTV Montreal, December 5, 2016.
- ^ "PQ wins 2 byelections, keeps Pierre Karl Péladeau's seat | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved Mar 19, 2019.
- ^ "PQ may have no future, youth wing members say in open letter". The Canadian Press. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ "'They've lost their way': PQ MNA Catherine Fournier quits party". CTV Montreal. March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Voter Information Service - Find your electoral district". www.elections.ca. Retrieved Mar 19, 2019.
- ^ Canada, Elections. "Error page". www.elections.ca. Archived from the original on August 15, 2015. Retrieved March 19, 2019.
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| National | |
| Other | |
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Mayors of Longueuil
- Parti Québécois MNAs
- People from Sainte-Julie, Quebec
- Women MNAs in Quebec
- Bloc Québécois candidates for the Canadian House of Commons
- Candidates in the 2015 Canadian federal election
- Independent MNAs in Quebec
- Women mayors of places in Quebec
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- French Quebecers