Alejandra Zaga Mendez | |
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Verdun | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Isabelle Melançon |
| President of Québec solidaire | |
| Assumed office November 21, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Nika Deslauriers |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1987/1988 |
| Political party | Québec solidaire |
| Residence | Verdun, Quebec |
| Alma mater | Université 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]
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]
| 2022 Quebec general election: Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Madwa-Nika Cadet | 9,704 | 40.13 | -6.03 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Absa Diallo | 6,049 | 25.01 | +1.53 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Ricardo Gustave | 3,737 | 15.45 | +1.47 | ||||
| Conservative | Carmel-Antoine Bessard | 2,161 | 8.94 | +7.48 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Zacharie Robitaille | 2,101 | 8.69 | -1.95 | ||||
| Green | Omar Ahmed | 266 | 1.10 | -0.64 | ||||
| Independent | Smaille Toussaint | 94 | 0.39 | – | ||||
| Parti accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 70 | 0.29 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 24,182 | 97.79 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 547 | 2.21 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 24,729 | 53,46 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 46,257 | – | – | |||||
| 2018 Quebec general election: Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||