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Alejandra Zaga Mendez
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Verdun
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 3, 2022
Preceded byIsabelle Melançon
President of Québec solidaire
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 21, 2021
Preceded byNika Deslauriers
Personal details
Born1987/1988
Political partyQuébec solidaire
ResidenceVerdun, Quebec
Alma materUniversité du Québec en Outaouais
McGill University

Alejandra Zaga Mendez (1987/88[1] in Lima, Peru[2]) 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.[3]

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

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Zaga Mendez emigrated to Canada from Peru when she was fourteen.[3] 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.[4]

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.[2]

Electoral record

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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
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

References

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ a b Verdun: ALEJANDRA ZAGA MENDEZ, at QuebecSolidaire.net; archived at archive.org September 20, 2022; retrieved October 4, 2022
  3. ^ a b "'Historic breakthrough': Quebec solidaire squeezes out a victory in Verdun". CTV News Montreal, October 3, 2022.
  4. ^ 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
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