Andrés Fontecilla
Andrés Fontecilla | |
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| Spokesperson of Québec solidaire | |
| Assumed office 5 May 2013 | |
| President of Québec solidaire | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 20, 1967 Chile |
| Political party | Québec solidaire |
| Residence | Montreal |
Andrés Fontecilla (born 20 September 1967 in Chile) is a Quebec politician. On 5 May 2013 he became co-spokesperson of Québec solidaire, along with Françoise David.
Biography
Fontecilla was born in Chile but emigrated to Quebec in 1981, having fled the authoritarian regime of Augusto Pinochet.[1]
He completed a degree in anthropology at the University of Montreal, and was elected president of the student association for his department.[1]
Political career
Fontecilla was a member of the Quebec provincial party Union des forces progressistes (UFP) since its foundation[1] and ran as the party's candidate in a 2004 by-election for the National Assembly of Quebec, but finished a distant third. In 2006 the UFP and Option citoyenne merged to form Québec solidaire. Fontecilla ran for Québec solidaire in the 2012 Quebec general election, finishing in third place. On 5 May 2013 he was chosen to be co-spokesperson of the party along with Françoise David.[2]
He was again defeated in the 2014 Quebec general election.
Electoral record
| 2014 Quebec general election: Laurier-Dorion | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry Sklavounos | 15,566 | 46.19 | +12.11 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Andrés Fontecilla | 9,330 | 27.69 | +3.36 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Pierre Céré | 5,369 | 15.93 | -10.51 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Valérie Assouline | 2,431 | 7.21 | +2.57 | ||||
| Green | Jeremy Tessier | 482 | 1.43 | -0.06 | ||||
| Option nationale | Miguel Tremblay | 263 | 0.78 | -2.05 | ||||
| Bloc Pot | Hugô St-Onge | 143 | 0.42 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 116 | 0.34 | +0.03 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 33,700 | 98.74 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 429 | 1.26 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 34,129 | 72.60 | +2.39 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,011 | – | – | |||||
| 2012 Quebec general election: Laurier-Dorion | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Gerry Sklavounos | 10,987 | 34.08 | -8.82 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Badiona Bazin | 8,524 | 26.44 | -7.38 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Andrés Fontecilla | 7,844 | 24.33 | +11.32 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Marie Josée Godbout | 3,154 | 9.78 | +5.64* | ||||
| Option nationale | Miguel Tremblay | 912 | 2.83 | – | ||||
| Green | Danny Polifroni | 480 | 1.49 | -3.30 | ||||
| Independent | David H. Cherniak | 119 | 0.37 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Peter Macrisopoulos | 100 | 0.31 | -0.65 | ||||
| Coalition pour la constituante | Yves Pageau | 66 | 0.20 | – | ||||
| No designation | Michel Dugré | 50 | 0.16 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 32,236 | 98.90 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 357 | 1.10 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 32,593 | 70.21 | +21.05 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 46,419 | – | – | |||||
* Result compared to Action démocratique
| Quebec provincial by-election, September 20, 2004: Laurier-Dorion | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Elsie Lefebvre | 7,573 | 46.09 | +13.73 | ||||
| Liberal | Voula Neofotistos | 7,090 | 43.15 | -9.99 | ||||
| UFP | Andrés Fontecilla | 783 | 4.77 | +1.72 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Enrique Colindres | 460 | 2.80 | -3.81 | ||||
| Green | Philippe Morlighem | 379 | 2.31 | +0.34 | ||||
| Independent | Sonia Bélanger | 145 | 0.88 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 16,430 | 98.97 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 171 | 1.03 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 16,601 | 35.24 | -29.12 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 47,107 | – | – | |||||
References
- ^ a b c "Andrés Fontecilla". Québec solidaire. Québec solidaire. Archived from the original on 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archivedate=(help) - ^ Sioui, Marie-Michèle (5 May 2013). "Québec solidaire choisit Andrés Fontecilla comme porte-parole". La Presse. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
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