Catherine Fournier (Canadian politician)

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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

Montarville

Canadian federal election, 2015
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

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Marie-Victorin

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


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