Alejandra Zaga Mendez (1988[1][2] in Lima, Peru[3]) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of Verdun as a member of Québec solidaire.[4]
Following her election to the National Assembly in 2022, she was chosen to be the opposition critic for Environment, Wildlife and Parks; Natural Resources and Forests; Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; Youth; and Relations with English-speaking Quebecers.
Early life
Born in Lima, Peru in 1988,[1] Zaga Mendez emigrated to Canada when she was fourteen.[4] She first became involved in politics as a result of the 2008 shooting of Fredy Villanueva, and participated in the 2012 Quebec student protests on the campus of McGill University.[5]
She has a master's degree in natural resource management from McGill University and a doctorate in sustainable development from Université du Québec en Outaouais.[3]
Electoral record
| 2022 Quebec general election: Verdun | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Alejandra Zaga Mendez | 9,562 | 30.75 | +6.80 | ||||
| Liberal | Isabelle Melançon | 9,101 | 29.27 | -6.24 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Véronique Tremblay | 7,150 | 23.00 | +2.62 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Claudia Valdivia | 2,591 | 8.33 | -4.29 | ||||
| Conservative | Lucien Koty | 1,664 | 5.35 | +4.65 | ||||
| Green | Jannie Pellerin | 542 | 1.74 | -1.97 | ||||
| Canadian | Scott Kilbride | 301 | 0.97 | – | ||||
| Parti nul | Marc-André Milette | 65 | 0.21 | -0.28 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Alexandre Desmarais | 61 | 0.20 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 30 | 0.10 | +0.01 | ||||
| Famille et communautés | Alain Rioux | 26 | 0.08 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 31,093 | 99.03 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 303 | 0.97 | -0.16 | |||||
| Turnout | 31,396 | 64.52 | +1.34 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 48,656 | – | – | |||||
| Québec solidaire gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.52 | ||||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Paule Robitaille | 11,456 | 46.16 | -14.32 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Julie Séide | 5,826 | 23.48 | +11.24 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Alejandra Zaga Mendez | 3,469 | 13.98 | +8.08 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Karine Gauvin | 2,640 | 10.64 | -8.43 | ||||
| Green | Karina Barros | 433 | 1.74 | +0.55 | ||||
| Conservative | Michel Boissonneault | 363 | 1.46 | – | ||||
| New Democratic | Abed Louis | 219 | 0.88 | – | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Jean-François Brunet | 177 | 0.71 | -0.01 | ||||
| CINQ | Sabrinel Laouadi | 142 | 0.57 | – | ||||
| Independent | Jean Marie Floriant Ndzana | 92 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,817 | 97.39 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 666 | 2.61 | ||||||
| Turnout | 25,483 | 52.44 | -10.69 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 48,592 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -12.78 | ||||||
References
- ^ a b "Alejandra Zaga Mendez - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
- ^ Young adults reflect on Fredy Villanueva's shooting death, by Elias Abboud; at CBC.ca; published August 8, 2018; retrieved October 4, 2022; 30 in August 2018 = born 1987 or 1988
- ^ a b Verdun: ALEJANDRA ZAGA MENDEZ, at QuebecSolidaire.net; archived at archive.org September 20, 2022; retrieved October 4, 2022
- ^ a b "'Historic breakthrough': Quebec solidaire squeezes out a victory in Verdun". CTV News Montreal, October 3, 2022.
- ^ Alejandra Zaga Mendez: The Importance of Local Activism - A Profile of Québec Solidaire Candidate for Bourassa-Sauvé, by Athina Khalid; at The McGill Daily; published September 24, 2018; retrieved October 4, 2022
