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Virginie Dufour is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of Mille-Îles as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.[1]
Virginie Dufour | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Mille-Îles | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Francine Charbonneau |
| Member of the Laval City Council for Sainte-Rose District (21) | |
| In office November 3, 2013 – November 6, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Denis Robillard |
| Succeeded by | Flavia Alexandra Novac |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1977 (age 48–49) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Quebec Liberal Party (provincial) Mouvement Lavallois (municipal) |
| Profession | Administrator |
Political career
editMunicipal politics
editDufour ran for a council seat in the district of Sainte-Rose in the 2013 Laval municipal election. She unseated incumbent councillor Denis Robillard. She won re-election in the 2017 election. In early 2021 then mayor Marc Demers announced he would not be running for mayor in the upcoming election, she then announced in April 2021 her intention to run for leadership of Mouvement Lavallois. However, six days later she renounced her candidacy.[2] On May 25, 2021 Durfour announced she would not run again in 2021 and serve until the end of her term.[3] She served on the Laval City Council for 8 years.[4]
Provincial politics
editDufour ran in the 2022 Quebec election in the riding of Mille-Îles in eastern Laval. While traditionally a Liberal stronghold, it narrowed significantly in the 2018 election. Dufour narrowly won the riding by 1.37% over the CAQ's Julie Séide. She along with Sona Lakhoyan Olivier of Chomedey are the only two Liberal MNA's from Laval.
As of September 7, 2024, she serves as the opposition critic for Housing, Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks, and Laval.
During the 43rd legislature, she has managed to get 4 bills passed into law.[5]
Electoral record
editProvincial
edit| 2022 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Virginie Dufour | 9,522 | 32.38 | -3.44 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Julie Séide | 9,097 | 30,93 | -0.74 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Guillaume Lajoie | 3,789 | 12.88 | +0.11 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Michel Lachance | 3,551 | 12.07 | -3.00 | ||||
| Conservative | Ange Claude Bigilimana | 3,105 | 10.56 | +10.56 | ||||
| Green | Bianca Jitaru | 346 | 1.18 | -1.65 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 29,410 | 98.78 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 3.63 | 1.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 29,773 | 66.98 | +0.51 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 44,453 | – | – | |||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.35 | ||||||
Municipal
edit2017 municipal elections in Laval
| Candidates | Parties | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginie Dufour (incumbent) | Mouvement Lavallois | 3,431 | 50.81 | |
| Andréanne Fiola | Parti Laval | 1,907 | 28.24 | |
| Marie-Louise Beauchamp | Action Laval | 728 | 10.78 | |
| Hassan Khoder | Avenir Laval | 687 | 10.17 | |
| Total | 6,753 | 100% | ||
2013 municipal elections in Laval
| Candidates | Parties | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginie Dufour | Mouvement Lavallois | 2,919 | 41.87 | |
| Denis Robillard (Incumbent) | Independent | 1,797 | 25.77 | |
| Jean-Paul Melko | Action Laval | 786 | 11.27 | |
| Denis Chartier | Parti au service du citoyen | 533 | 7.64 | |
| Richard Viau | Option Laval | 424 | 6.08 | |
| Anne-Marie Tougas | Independent | 375 | 5.38 | |
| Daniel Bombardier | Nouveau Parti des Lavallois | 138 | 1.98 | |
| Total | 6,972 | 100 | ||
References
edit- ↑ Stéphane St-Amour, "La CAQ remporte quatre comtés sur six à Laval". Courrier Laval, October 4, 2022.
- ↑ "Course au leadership: Virginie Dufour se lance - Courrier Laval" (in Canadian French). 2021-04-02. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ↑ "Virginie Dufour quittera la politique - Courrier Laval" (in Canadian French). 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2025-07-01.
- ↑ Frédéric Tomesco, "In a stunning reversal, Laval turns from red to mostly blue". Montreal Gazette, October 4, 2022.
- ↑ "Virginie Dufour - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2025-07-01.
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