Marwah Rizqy

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Greg Kelley
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Marwah Rizqy
MNA
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent
Assumed office
October 1, 2018

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.

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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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marwah Rizqy 14,30449.97-12.00
Coalition Avenir Québec Mélanie Gauthier4,09114.29-0.87
Conservative Catherine St-Clair3,97313.88+10.85
Québec solidaire Gérard Briand2,8409.92+1.30
Parti Québécois Karl Dugal1,6965.92-0.55
Bloc Montreal Rizwan Muhammad Rajput7522.63
Canadian Myrtis-Eirene Fossey5331.86
Green Othmane Benzekri4391.53-1.45
Total valid votes28,62898.68
Total rejected ballots3831.32
Turnout29,01150.96
Electors on the lists56,925
2018 Quebec general election : Saint-Laurent
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Marwah Rizqy 17,66961.97-20.31
Coalition Avenir Québec Marc Baaklini4,32215.16
Québec solidaire Marie Josèphe Pigeon2,4588.62+3.13
Parti Québécois Elias Dib Nicolas1,8466.47-1.66
Conservative Guy Morissette8633.03+1.93
Green Halimatou Bah8492.98+0.94
New Democratic Jacques Dago4321.52
Marxist–Leninist Fernand Deschamps750.26-0.04
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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%Expenditures
New Democratic Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet 16,03430.89-16.59$64,664.42
Liberal Marwah Rizqy15,53429.93+18.20$19,746.32
Bloc Québécois Simon Marchand14,38927.72-3.04$47,613.01
Conservative Alexandre Dang3,5556.85-0.35$3,363.29
Green Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny 1,6543.19+1.52
Rhinoceros Nicolas Lemay4110.79+0.26$651.34
Communist Marianne Breton Fontaine1790.34-0.05
Marxist–Leninist Christine Dandenault1480.29-0.02
Total valid votes/Expense limit51,904100.0 $219,682.85
Total rejected ballots877
Turnout52,781
Eligible voters82,783
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]

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