Marwah Rizqy
Marwah Rizqy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Saint-Laurent as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
Marwah Rizqy | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Marc Fournier |
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| Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Prior to her election, she was a professor of tax law at the University of Sherbrooke.
Rizqy previously ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the riding of Hochelaga, finishing behind New Democratic Party incumbent Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet by 500 votes. In 2017, Rizqy sought the Liberal nomination for the Saint-Laurent by-election caused by the resignation of Stéphane Dion. Rizqy was defeated for the nomination by eventual winner Emmanuella Lambropoulos.
Electoral record
| 2018 Quebec general election: Saint-Laurent | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Marwah Rizqy | 17,669 | 61.97 | -20.31 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Marc Baaklini | 4,322 | 15.16 | - | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Marie Josèphe Pigeon | 2,458 | 8.62 | +3.13 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Elias Dib Nicolas | 1,846 | 6.47 | -1.66 | ||||
| Conservative | Guy Morissette | 863 | 3.03 | +1.93 | ||||
| Green | Halimatou Bah | 849 | 2.98 | +0.94 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jacques Dago | 432 | 1.52 | - | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 75 | 0.26 | -0.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,514 | 98.60 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 406 | 1.40 | ||||||
| Turnout | 28.920 | 50.96 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 56,749 | |||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet | 16,034 | 30.89 | -16.59 | $64,664.42 | |||
| Liberal | Marwah Rizqy | 15,534 | 29.93 | +18.20 | $19,746.32 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Marchand | 14,389 | 27.72 | -3.04 | $47,613.01 | |||
| Conservative | Alexandre Dang | 3,555 | 6.85 | -0.35 | $3,363.29 | |||
| Green | Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny | 1,654 | 3.19 | +1.52 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Nicolas Lemay | 411 | 0.79 | +0.26 | $651.34 | |||
| Communist | Marianne Breton Fontaine | 179 | 0.34 | -0.05 | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 148 | 0.29 | -0.02 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,904 | 100.0 | $219,682.85 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 877 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,781 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,783 | |||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount,[2] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet over Marwah Rizqy decreased from 541 votes to 500 votes as a result of the recount.[3] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- "Quebec election: Saint-Laurent results". Global News, October 1, 2018.
- "Judicial Recount to Be Held in the Electoral District of Hochelaga". Elections Canada. October 29, 2015.
- "Judicial recount confirms NDP's Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet won in Hochelaga". CBC News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hochelaga, 30 September 2015
- Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
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