Monday’s general elections broke several records in the National Assembly. Portrait of the elected representatives of this new legislature in figures.
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This is the number of elected members who are from visible minorities. In addition, the first Aboriginal woman made her entry into the National Assembly. When the elections were called, twelve elected members were from visible minorities.
46%
This is the proportion of female deputies, with 58 women elected. This is the largest number of women elected in the history of Quebec.
51 years old
This is the average age of the elected members of this new legislature. The two youngest elected are Samuel Poulin and Kariane Bourassa, of the CAQ, who are 31 years old. The three oldest are Luc Provençal, Robert Bussière and Pierre Fitzgibbon, of the CAQ, who are 67 years old.
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The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Pierre Fitzgibbon
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This is the number of women candidates of the CAQ who lost on Monday. In comparison, only seven male candidates have bitten the dust. In all, 60% of the women who represented the CAQ were elected.
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Candidate of the CAQ, the former mayor of Longueuil Caroline St-Hilaire bit the dust in Sherbrooke.
66.06%
It is the voter turnout. This is the second lowest voter turnout in 50 years, after the 57.43% turnout in the 2008 ballot. In 2018, turnout was slightly higher at 66.45%.
Photo QMI Agency, Joël Lemay
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This is the number of elected officials who were not born in Quebec. The most represented country of origin is Lebanon, with three elected members: Sona Lakhoyan Olivier (PLQ), Alice Abou-Khalil (CAQ) and Ruba Ghazal (QS).
Photo QMI Agency, Joël Lemay
Ruba Ghazal
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This is the number of elected officials who do not live in the constituency where they were elected. Many, however, live in neighboring ridings, especially those who live in large centres.
Photo Didier Debusschere
Bernard Drainville, new MP for Lévis
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This is the number of elected officials who hold or have already held an elected municipal position, either as mayor or councillor. Three of them will have to leave their current functions: Yves Montigny, mayor of Baie-Comeau and elected in René-Lévesque, Isabelle Poulet, councilor in Sainte-Julie and elected in Laporte, and Daniel Bernard, councilor in Rouyn-Noranda and elected in Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue.
Photo courtesy, City of Baie-Comeau
Yves Montigny