Alejandra Zaga Mendez

Alejandra Zaga Mendez
MNA
Mendez in 2024
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Verdun
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 3, 2022
Preceded byIsabelle Melançon
President of Québec solidaire
In office
November 21, 2021 – October 3, 2022
Preceded byNika Deslauriers
Succeeded byNicolas Chatel-Launay
Personal details
Born1988 (age 37–38)
Lima, Province of Lima, Peru
PartyQuébec solidaire
Alma materUniversité du Québec en Outaouais
McGill University

Alejandra Zaga Mendez (born 1988)[1][2] is a Peruvian-born Canadian politician,[3] 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.[4]

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

Born in Lima, Peru in 1988,[1] Zaga Mendez emigrated to Canada when she was fourteen.[4] 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.[5]

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.[3]

Electoral record

2022 Quebec general election: Verdun
Party Candidate Votes%±%
Québec solidaireAlejandra Zaga Mendez9,56230.75+6.80
LiberalIsabelle Melançon9,10129.27-6.24
Coalition Avenir QuébecVéronique Tremblay7,15023.00+2.62
Parti QuébécoisClaudia Valdivia2,5918.33-4.29
ConservativeLucien Koty1,6645.35+4.65
GreenJannie Pellerin5421.74-1.97
CanadianScott Kilbride3010.97–
Parti nulMarc-André Milette650.21-0.28
Climat QuébecAlexandre Desmarais610.20–
Marxist–LeninistFernand Deschamps300.10+0.01
Famille et communautésAlain Rioux260.08–
Total valid votes 31,09399.03–
Total rejected ballots 3030.97-0.16
Turnout 31,39664.52+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%±%
LiberalPaule Robitaille11,45646.16-14.32
Coalition Avenir QuébecJulie Séide5,82623.48+11.24
Québec solidaireAlejandra Zaga Mendez3,46913.98+8.08
Parti QuébécoisKarine Gauvin2,64010.64-8.43
GreenKarina Barros4331.74+0.55
ConservativeMichel Boissonneault3631.46–
New DemocraticAbed Louis2190.88–
Bloc PotJean-François Brunet1770.71-0.01
CINQSabrinel Laouadi1420.57–
IndependentJean Marie Floriant Ndzana920.37–
Total valid votes 24,81797.39
Total rejected ballots 6662.61
Turnout 25,48352.44-10.69
Eligible voters 48,592
Liberal hold Swing -12.78
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

References

  1. 1 2 "Alejandra Zaga Mendez - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. 1 2 Verdun: ALEJANDRA ZAGA MENDEZ, at QuebecSolidaire.net; archived at archive.org September 20, 2022; retrieved October 4, 2022
  4. 1 2 "'Historic breakthrough': Quebec solidaire squeezes out a victory in Verdun". CTV News Montreal, October 3, 2022.
  5. ↑ 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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