Nathalie Roy

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Nathalie Roy MNA
Roy in 2015
47th President of the National Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office November 29, 2022
Cabinet	Ministry of Culture and Communications (Quebec)

Nathalie Roy MNA (born May 8, 1964) is a Canadian politician. ^[1] She is a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Montarville, first elected in the 2012 election. ^[2] From 2018 to 2022 she served as minister of Culture and Communications. ^[1] Prior to her election, Roy served as a journalist and news anchor with TVA Nouvelles. ^[3]

In August 2016, Roy came out as against Burkini and Hijab, saying these are accessories of Radical Islam. ^{[4] [5] [6] [7]}

In August 2019, as minister of Culture and Communications, Roy announced the allocation of CA$15 million to preserve the cultural heritage that the churches of Quebec embody, and CA$5 million for the requalification of places of worship. ^[8]

Following the 2022 Quebec general election, she was re-elected in her riding of Montarville. In the first session of the 43rd legislature, she was elected by her fellow members to the position of President of the National Assembly (or speaker). She is the second woman to serve as president of the national assembly after Louise Harel in 2002. ^[9]

Cabinet posts

Quebec provincial government of François Legault
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Marie Montpetit	Minister of Culture, Communication and the French Language 18 October 2018 - October 20, 2022	Mathieu Lacombe

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election : Montarville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nathalie Roy	19,045	45.90%	+4.79
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Michelin	7,753	18.69%	+2.55
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Christine Veilleux	6,741	16.25%	+0.35
	Liberal	Lucie Gagnon	5,090	12.27%	-12.10
	Conservative	Evans Henry	2,124	5.12%	+5.12
	Green	Jeanne Dufour	601	1.45	+.145
	Climat Québec	Isadora Lamouche	134	0.32	+0.32
Total valid votes			41,488	–
Total rejected ballots				–
Turnout
Electors on the lists				–	–

v t e 2018 Quebec general election : Montarville
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nathalie Roy	17,368	41.11	+6.07
	Liberal	Ludovic Grisé Farand	10,298	24.37	-6.92
	Parti Québécois	Daniel Michelin	6,820	16.14	-10.18
	Québec solidaire	Caroline Charette	6,716	15.9	+9.25
	New Democratic	Lise Roy	836	1.98
	Bloc Pot	Jean Dury	214	0.51
Total valid votes			42,252	98.60
Total rejected ballots			599	1.40
Turnout			42,851	80.37
Eligible voters			53,315
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		+6.495
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nathalie Roy	14,999	35.04	-0.70
	Liberal	Jacques Gendron	13,392	31.29	+6.80
	Parti Québécois	Simon Prévost	11,268	26.32	-5.17
	Québec solidaire	Jean Marc Ostiguy	2,845	6.65	+2.18
	Option nationale	Anthony van Duyse	301	0.70	-1.25
Total valid votes			42,805	98.83	–
Total rejected ballots			505	1.17	–
Turnout			43,310	83.17	-4.49
Electors on the lists			52,071	–	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec hold		Swing		-3.75

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nathalie Roy	16,083	35.74	+19.96
	Parti Québécois	Monique Richard	14,175	31.50	-4.56
	Liberal	Nicole Girard	11,020	24.49	-16.90
	Québec solidaire	David Fortin Côté	2,010	4.47	+1.22
	Option nationale	Luc Lapierre-Pelletier	877	1.95	–
	Green	Dominique Robitaille	633	1.41	-1.80
	Conservative	Claude Leclair	205	0.46	–
Total valid votes			45,003	99.16	–
Total rejected ballots			381	0.84	–
Turnout			45,384	87.66
Electors on the lists			51,772	–	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec notional gain from Liberal		Swing		+18.43

References

1. "Nathalie Roy – National Assembly of Québec". assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
2. "Nathalie Roy remporte Montarville". Les Versants (in French). September 4, 2012. Archived from the original on February 8, 2013.
3. Elghawaby, Amira (October 4, 2018). "Déjà vu in Quebec: Politics and religion are at odds once again". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
4. Authier, Philip (August 29, 2016). "Legault shrugs off Trump comparison over burkini and values test".
5. Marchand, Laura (August 23, 2016). "Quebec police officers should not wear hijabs, CAQ MNA says".
6. "CAQ takes issue with RCMP's decision to allow Muslim women to wear hijab | Islamic veil only serves to subjugate women,' says MNA Nathalie Roy". CBC News. August 24, 2016.
7. Khandaker, Tamara (August 19, 2016). "A Burkini Ban Won't be Coming to Quebec". Vice.com.
8. Passilly, Augustine (August 8, 2019). "Au Québec, 20 millions de dollars canadiens pour la restauration du patrimoine religieux". La Croix (in Canadian French).
9. "Nathalie Roy élue à la présidence de l'Assemblée nationale". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). November 29, 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2023.

External links

Media related to Nathalie Roy (born 1964) at Wikimedia Commons

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.