Marwah Rizqy Explained

Marwah Rizqy
Honorific-Suffix:MNA
Birth Date:17 May 1985
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Party:Quebec Liberal Party
Office1:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Laurent
Term Start1:October 1, 2018
Predecessor1:Jean-Marc Fournier

Marwah Rizqy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Saint-Laurent as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Prior to her election, she was a professor of tax law at the University of Sherbrooke.

Rizqy previously ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the riding of Hochelaga, finishing behind New Democratic Party incumbent Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet by 500 votes. In 2017, Rizqy sought the Liberal nomination for the Saint-Laurent by-election caused by the resignation of Stéphane Dion. Rizqy was defeated for the nomination by eventual winner Emmanuella Lambropoulos.

Personal life

In June 2021, Riqzy announced her upcoming wedding to fellow Assembly member Greg Kelley; this is the first marriage between two sitting members of the Assembly.[2] She gave birth to their first child, Gabriel, on October 6, 2022.[3]

Electoral record

Federal

Notes and References

  1. https://globalnews.ca/news/4457211/quebec-election-saint-laurent-results/ "Quebec election: Saint-Laurent results"
  2. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/nuptials-in-the-national-assembly-quebec-mnas-marwah-rizqy-and-gregory-kelley-to-tie-the-knot-this-fall-1.5497130 Nuptials in the National Assembly: Quebec MNAs Marwah Rizqy and Gregory Kelley to tie the knot this fall
  3. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/baby-in-the-house-quebec-mna-parents-bring-baby-to-national-assembly-in-quebec-first-1.6184511 Baby in the house: Quebec MNA parents bring baby to legislature in Quebec first