Isabelle Charest

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Isabelle Charest
MNA
Isabelle Charest, bureau de circonscription (cropped).jpg
Charest in 2023
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Brome-Missisquoi
Assumed office
October 1, 2018
Women's short track speed skating
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1994 Lillehammer 3000 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Nagano 3000 m relay
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Salt Lake City 3000 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1996 The Hague 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Nagano 500 m
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1997 Nagano 3000 m relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 The Hague 1000 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1996 The Hague Overall
World Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 St Louis Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Bormio Team

Isabelle Charest MNA (born January 3, 1971) is a Canadian athlete and politician. [1] A short track speed skater who competed in the 1994 Winter Olympics, the 1998 Winter Olympics, and the 2002 Winter Olympics, she was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. [2]

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In 1994 she was a member of the Canadian relay team which won the silver medal in the 3000 metre relay competition. In the 1000 m event she finished sixth and in the 500 m contest she finished seventh.

Four years later she won the bronze medal with the Canadian team in the 3000 metre relay competition. In the 500 m event as well as in the 1000 m contest she finished seventh.

At the 2002 Games she won her second bronze medal with the Canadian relay team in the 3000 metre relay competition. In the 500 m event she finished fourth.

Charest was the Chef de Mission for Team Canada at the 2018 Winter Olympics. [1]

Controversies

In February 2019, Charest was criticized by members of the Quebec Liberal Party over comments she made calling hijabs a symbol of oppression. She said that wearing a hijab does not correspond to Quebec values and keeps women from flourishing. "For me, the hijab is not something women should be wearing because it does have, at some point, significance of oppression of women and the fact they have to cover themselves," she said. [3]

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election : Brome-Missisquoi
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Isabelle Charest 20,57645.87+1.49
Québec solidaire Alexandre Legault7,31815.91-1.37
Parti Québécois Guillaume Paquet5,35911.95+1.23
Liberal Claude Vadeboncoeur5,34411.91-12.29
Conservative Stéphanie Prévost4,87510.87
Canadian Lynn Moore6421.43
Green Caitlin Moynan4871.09-1.27
Independent Sébastien Houle2090.47
Climat Québec Tommy Quirion-Bouchard1210.27
Démocratie directe Pierre Fontaine1050.23
Total valid votes44,85698.82
Total rejected ballots5371.18
Turnout45,39367.99
Electors on the lists66,769

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References

  1. 1 2 "Isabelle Charest candidate pour la CAQ dans Brome-Missisquoi". Le Journal de Montréal , June 18, 2018.
  2. "Quebec election: CAQ rocks Liberal stronghold in Townships". Montreal Gazette , October 1, 2018.
  3. "Opponents condemn CAQ minister's hijab comments as 'clumsy, divisive'". February 6, 2019.
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