Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny is a Canadian writer and political activist from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her 2018 book Mégantic: Une tragédie annoncée, an examination of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[2]
She previously published the Zan series of children's books, as well as the novel La jouissance du loup à l'instant de mordre.
She was a Green Party of Canada candidate in Hochelaga in the 2015 federal election.[3]
Electoral record
| 2015 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga (electoral district) | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet | 16,034 | 30.89 | -16.59 | $64,664.42 | |||
| Liberal | Marwah Rizqy | 15,534 | 29.93 | +18.20 | $19,746.32 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Simon Marchand | 14,389 | 27.72 | -3.04 | $47,613.01 | |||
| Conservative | Alexandre Dang | 3,555 | 6.85 | -0.35 | $3,363.29 | |||
| Green | Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny | 1,654 | 3.19 | +1.52 | – | |||
| Rhinoceros | Nicolas Lemay | 411 | 0.79 | +0.26 | $651.34 | |||
| Communist | Marianne Breton Fontaine | 179 | 0.34 | -0.05 | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Christine Dandenault | 148 | 0.29 | -0.02 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,904 | 100.0 | $219,682.85 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 877 | – | – | |||||
| Turnout | 52,781 | – | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 82,783 | |||||||
| These results were subject to a judicial recount,[4] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet over Marwah Rizqy decreased from 541 votes to 500 votes as a result of the recount.[5] | ||||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[6][7] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "De Wall Street à Lac-Mégantic, enquête sur la tragédie du 6 juillet 2013". Le Devoir, June 16, 2018.
- ^ "Lumière sur les finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général". Le Devoir, October 4, 2018.
- ^ "Spotlight on Montreal ridings: Hochelaga". CBC News Montreal, September 30, 2015.
- ^ "Judicial Recount to Be Held in the Electoral District of Hochelaga". Elections Canada. October 29, 2015.
- ^ "Judicial recount confirms NDP's Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet won in Hochelaga". CBC News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
- ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hochelaga, 30 September 2015
- ^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine
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