Kateri Champagne Jourdain Explained

Kateri Champagne Jourdain
Birth Place:Uashat-Maliotenam, Quebec[1]
Party:Coalition Avenir Quebec
Honorific-Suffix:MNA
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Duplessis
Term Start:October 3, 2022
Predecessor:Lorraine Richard
Office2:Quebec Minister of Employment
Term Start2:October 20,2022
Predecessor2:Jean Boulet

Kateri Champagne Jourdain is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of Duplessis as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She is the first indigenous woman elected to the National Assembly and the first Indigenous woman in a Quebec cabinet position.[2] She is minister of employment in the Executive Council of Quebec.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: Kateri Champagne Jourdain de la CAQ, première Innue élue, remporte Duplessis Élections Québec 2022 . 4 October 2022 . Radio-Canada.ca . Zone Politique-ICI.Radio-Canada.ca . fr-ca.
  2. News: La caquiste Kateri Champagne Jourdain devient la première femme autochtone élue . 4 October 2022 . TVA Nouvelles.
  3. Web site: Richardson . Lindsay . October 21, 2022 . First Indigenous woman to win seat in Quebec now in cabinet . National News.