Pascale St-Onge
Pascale St-Onge is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 federal election.[1]
Pascale St-Onge | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Sport | |
| Assumed office October 26, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Steven Guilbeault[lower-alpha 1] |
| Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec | |
| Assumed office October 26, 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau |
| Preceded by | Mélanie Joly[lower-alpha 2] |
| Member of Parliament for Brome—Missisquoi | |
| Assumed office September 20, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Lyne Bessette |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Orford, Quebec |
| Alma mater | Université de Montréal Université du Québec à Montréal |
| Occupation | Union leader |
St-Onge is the former president of Fédération nationale des communications et de la culture. She lives in Orford, Quebec.[2]
She was appointed to cabinet as Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, earning the distinction of becoming Canada's first openly lesbian cabinet minister.[3]
Electoral record
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Brome—Missisquoi | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Pascale St-Onge | 21,488 | 35.1 | -3.1 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Marilou Alarie | 21,291 | 34.8 | +0.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Vincent Duhamel | 9,961 | 16.3 | +3.8 | ||||
| New Democratic | Andrew Panton | 3,828 | 6.3 | -1.7 | ||||
| People's | Alexis Stogowski | 1,982 | 3.2 | +2.5 | ||||
| Green | Michelle Corcos | 1,466 | 2.4 | -3.0 | ||||
| Free | Maryse Richard | 961 | 1.6 | N/A | ||||
| Veterans Coalition | Lawrence Cotton | 216 | 0.4 | +0.1 | ||||
| Independent | Dany Desjardins | 145 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Susanne Lefebvre | 133 | 0.2 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes | 61,471 | 98.2 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,115 | 1.8 | ||||||
| Turnout | 62,586 | 66.3 | ||||||
| Registered voters | 94,460 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4] | ||||||||
References
- Pirro, Raphael (September 23, 2021). "La libérale Pascale St-Onge élue dans Brome-Missisquoi". Le Journal de Québec (in Canadian French). Retrieved September 23, 2021.
- Morin-Martel, Florence (July 17, 2021). "La leader syndicale Pascale St-Onge se joint aux libéraux fédéraux". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved October 21, 2021.
- Rachel Aiello, "Pascale St-Onge making history as the first out lesbian federal cabinet minister". CTV News, November 4, 2021.
- "Confirmed candidates — Brome—Missisquoi". Elections Canada. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
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