Catherine Fournier (Canadian politician)

Her Worship Catherine Fournier
File:Catherine Fournier (2018).jpg Catherine Fournier in 2018
Mayor of Longueuil
Incumbent
Assumed office November 14, 2021
Preceded by	Sylvie Parent
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Marie-Victorin
In office December 5, 2016 – November 7, 2021
Preceded by	Bernard Drainville
Succeeded by	Shirley Dorismond
Personal details
Born	(1992-04-07) 7 April 1992 Sainte-Julie, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Independent (2019–2021)
Other political affiliations	Parti Québécois (before 2019)

Catherine Fournier (born 7 April 1992) is a Canadian politician, who was elected as mayor of Longueuil on November 7, 2021. She is the third female mayor in the city's history.

She was previously member of the National Assembly of Quebec, having been elected in a by-election on December 5, 2016. She represented the electoral district of Marie-Victorin. Fournier was the youngest member of the National Assembly, and the youngest woman ever elected to that body.

Originally elected as a member of the Parti Québécois, Fournier won a full term in 2018 even amid the PQ's meltdown in Greater Montreal; she was the only surviving PQ member from the metro area. However, she quit the PQ on March 11, 2019 to sit as an independent MNA. She believed the party had lost its way ideologically, though she still considers herself a committed sovereigntist.

Before her election to the National Assembly, Fournier ran for the Bloc Québécois in the 2015 federal election in the riding of Montarville, finishing second. She also briefly served as the party's vice-president.

Early life

Fournier was born in Sainte-Julie, Quebec on 7 April 1992. She holds an economics major and political science minor from the Université de Montréal. She was a political blogger and columnist for 103.3 FM.

Electoral record

Federal

Montarville

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Michel Picard	18,848	32.54	+20.03	–
	Bloc Québécois	Catherine Fournier	16,460	28.42	-0.66	–
	New Democratic	Djaouida Sellah	14,296	24.68	-19.85	–
	Conservative	Stéphane Duranleau	6,284	10.85	+1.25	–
	Green	Olivier Adam	1,388	2.40	-0.05	–
	Libertarian	Claude Leclair	641	1.11	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			57,917	100.00		$207,758.92
Total rejected ballots			881	1.50	–
Turnout			58,798	77.86	–
Eligible voters			75,521
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+19.94
Source: Elections Canada

Provincial

Marie-Victorin

Quebec provincial by-election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Catherine Fournier	6,302	52.49	+14.33
	Québec solidaire	Carl Lévesque	1,703	14.19	+2.62
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Julie Chapdelaine	1,699	14.15	-6.45
	Liberal	Normand Parisien	1,613	13.44	-12.61
	Green	Vincent Charbonneau	315	2.62	+0.30
	Option nationale	Fabien Villemaire	109	0.91	+0.11
	Parti travailliste du Québec	Roch Dumont	101	0.84
	Conservative	Hoang Nam Nguyen	90	0.75
	Changement intégrité pour notre Québec	Shirley Cedent	30	0.25
	Équipe autonomiste	Florent Portron	22	0.18	+0.04
	Parti indépendantiste	Étienne Turgeon Pelletier	21	0.17
Total valid votes			12,005	100.00
Total rejected ballots			147	1.21	-0.70
Turnout			12,152	25.71	-40.62
Electors on the lists			47,267
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		+5.85