Kateri Champagne Jourdain

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]

Kateri Champagne Jourdain
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Duplessis
Assumed office
October 3, 2022
Preceded byLorraine Richard
Quebec Minister of Employment
Assumed office
October 20,2022
Preceded byJean Boulet
Personal details
BornUashat-Maliotenam, Quebec[1]
Political partyCoalition Avenir Quebec

References
  1. "Kateri Champagne Jourdain de la CAQ, première Innue élue, remporte Duplessis | Élections Québec 2022". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). No. Zone Politique-ICI.Radio-Canada.ca. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. "La caquiste Kateri Champagne Jourdain devient la première femme autochtone élue". TVA Nouvelles. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  3. Richardson, Lindsay (October 21, 2022). "First Indigenous woman to win seat in Quebec now in cabinet". National News.


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