Catherine Gentilcore
Catherine Gentilcore | |
|---|---|
 Catherine Gentilcore in 2023 | |
| President of the Parti Québécois | |
| Assumed office October 28, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Jocelyn Caron |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Terrebonne | |
| Assumed office March 17, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Fitzgibbon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 19, 1985 Repentigny, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Alma mater | University of Montreal |
Catherine Gentilcore MNA (born October 19, 1985) is a Canadian politician, activist, and manager, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a 2025 provincial by-election. She represents the electoral district of Terrebonne as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ). She has been president of the PQ since October 29, 2023.
Biography
[edit]Catherine Gentilcore holds a bachelor's degree in classical singing. She also pursued graduate studies in journalism at the Université de Montréal and in marketing communications at HEC Montréal. Catherine Gentilcore was marketing director of the Montreal daily newspaper Le Devoir, the Opéra de Montréal and C2 Montréal, before assuming the position of President and CEO of Numana,[1] a company working in the field of digital technologies.
Gentilcore is an advocate for Quebec independence.[2] She promotes engagement with Anglophones for the cause of sovereignty.[3]
She became vice-president of the National Executive Council of the Parti Québécois in December 2021 and was elected president of the political party in October 2023.[4]
On March 20, 2024, Catherine Gentilcore asked the Director General of Élections Québec to investigate the compliance with the law of certain donations from elected officials and municipal administrators to the Coalition avenir Québec, the political party forming the government.[5][6]
On November 28, 2024, the Parti Québécois announced that Catherine Gentilcore would be the party's candidate in the upcoming by-election in the riding of Terrebonne.[7] She won the seat, which had been held by the CAQ incumbent since 2018.[8]
Electoral history
[edit]| Quebec provincial by-election, March 17, 2025: Terrebonne Resignation of Pierre Fitzgibbon | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Catherine Gentilcore | 11,935 | 52.74 | +33.86 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Alex Gagné | 6,513 | 28.78 | -20.66 | ||||
| Liberal | Virginie Bouchard | 1,845 | 8.15 | -2.02 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Nadia Poirier | 1,029 | 4.55 | -8.11 | ||||
| Conservative | Ange Claude Bigilimana | 845 | 3.73 | -4.20 | ||||
| Climat Québec | Benoit Beauchamp | 175 | 0.77 | – | ||||
| Parti culinaire | Jean-Louis Thémis | 145 | 0.64 | – | ||||
| Union Nationale | Eric Bernier | 95 | 0.42 | – | ||||
| Parti accès propriété et équité | Shawn Lalande McLean | 48 | 0.21 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 22,630 | 98.80 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 276 | 1.20 | -0.08 | |||||
| Turnout | 22,906 | 37.28 | -33.91 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 61,451 | |||||||
| Parti Québécois gain from Coalition Avenir Québec | Swing | +27.27 | ||||||
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Hugo Pilon-Larose, "Une nouvelle génération aux commandes", La Presse, 25 janvier 2023.
- Patrice Bergeron, "Le Parti québécois cherche déjà des candidates pour les élections générales de 2026", Le Soleil [La Presse Canadienne], 28 octobre 2023.
- Alexandre Duval, "Les nouveaux apôtres du Parti québécois", Radio-Canada, 17 janvier 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ "Catherine Gentilcore, nouvelle présidente-directrice générale de Numana". Isarta Infos | Actualités Marketing, Communication et Numérique (in French). 2024-02-14. Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Le Parti Québécois lance une nouvelle série de publicités sur l'indépendance". TVA Nouvelles. 2024-05-17. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ "Le PQ sollicite l'appui anglais de l'indépendance du Québec". Noovo Info (in French). Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ Leroux, François (2023-10-31). "Le Parti Québécois pourvoit plusieurs postes sur ses instances". Parti Québécois (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ Bergeron, Patrice (2024-03-20). "Contributions à la caisse caquiste: Le PQ demande une enquête du Directeur général des élections". La Presse (in Canadian French). Retrieved 2024-06-24.
- ^ "Nine candidates for the by-election in Terrebonne". Élections Québec. 2025-03-01. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- ^ Chouinard-Thuly, Laura (2024-11-28). "Catherine Gentilcore, officiellement candidate du Parti Québécois dans Terrebonne". Parti Québécois (in French). Retrieved 2025-01-25.
- ^ Gilmour, Matt (2025-03-14). "Candidates in Terrebonne byelection make final pitches ahead Monday vote". CTVNews. Retrieved 2025-03-15.
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Université de Montréal alumni
- Parti Québécois politicians
- Women in Quebec politics
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- People from Repentigny, Quebec
- Canadian political candidates
- Canadian women journalists
- Parti Québécois MNAs
- 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
- Women MNAs in Quebec