Marwah Rizqy
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Preceded byJean-Marc Fournier
Personal details
Born (1985-05-17) May 17, 1985 (age 38)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyQuebec Liberal Party
Spouse
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(m. 2021)​

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.

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.

Personal life

In June 2021, Riqzy announced her upcoming wedding to fellow Assembly member Greg Kelley; this is the first marriage between two sitting members of the Assembly.[2] She gave birth to their first child, Gabriel, on October 6, 2022.[3]

Electoral record

Provincial

2022 Quebec general election: Saint-Laurent
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Marwah Rizqy 14,304 49.97 -12.00
Coalition Avenir Québec Mélanie Gauthier 4,091 14.29 -0.87
Conservative Catherine St-Clair 3,973 13.88 +10.85
Québec solidaire Gérard Briand 2,840 9.92 +1.30
Parti Québécois Karl Dugal 1,696 5.92 -0.55
Bloc Montreal Rizwan Muhammad Rajput 752 2.63 –
Canadian Myrtis-Eirene Fossey 533 1.86 –
Green Othmane Benzekri 439 1.53 -1.45
Total valid votes 28,628 98.68 –
Total rejected ballots 383 1.32 –
Turnout 29,011 50.96
Electors on the lists 56,925
2018 Quebec general election: Saint-Laurent
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
Liberal hold Swing -10.16
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

Federal

2015 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga
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,[4] 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.[5]
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Quebec election: Saint-Laurent results". Global News, October 1, 2018.
  2. ^ Nuptials in the National Assembly: Quebec MNAs Marwah Rizqy and Gregory Kelley to tie the knot this fall, by Lillian Roy, at CTV News; published July 5, 2021; updated July 6, 2021; retrieved December 16, 2022
  3. ^ Baby in the house: Quebec MNA parents bring baby to legislature in Quebec first, at CTV News; published December 7, 2022; updated December 8, 2022; retrieved December 16, 2022
  4. ^ "Judicial Recount to Be Held in the Electoral District of Hochelaga". Elections Canada. October 29, 2015.
  5. ^ "Judicial recount confirms NDP's Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet won in Hochelaga". CBC News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hochelaga, 30 September 2015
  7. ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine


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