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♀ Mélanie Joly
aliasMélanie Joly
Record
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Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 In office
Canada
Government
 Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 4 0 4
* Includes a post-dated race
Birth 16 January 1979
Age 45 years + 3 months
First mandate 19 October 2015 → 8 years + 6 months ago
↳ at age 36 years + 9 months
 
 
Special notes
None
 
Mélanie Joly (1979– )
© Photo 2022 Government of Ukraine — licensed under CC BY 4.0
Family tie with other documented individual
⊕ Carole-Marie Allard (1949–) Stepmother  
 

Length of Service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 8 6 6

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 42
LIB
 1 Minister of State/responsible 39–40 18 Jul 2018 — 19 Nov 2019 1 4 1
2. CA 44
LIB
 1 Minister 42–45 26 Oct 2021 — 2 6 1
 1. Francophonie [Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development]
 2. Foreign Affairs [Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development]

Electoral history

Races * 4  
Path points 4  
1 documented challenger
⊕ Maria Mourani  f 
 
 
Eligible: 83,208 Votes: 56,197 Participation: 67.54% Candidacies: 6
Federal
42		 Québec
19 October 2015
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 7533(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
36
LIB
 1/6 26,026 46.84% +9,342 Loser:
NDP
 16,684 30.03% Maria Mourani

Service: 4 years 1 day (Gov't)
Eligible: 83,384 Votes: 56,133 Participation: 67.32% Candidacies: 6
Federal
43		 Québec
21 October 2019
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 27027(F) — 22 Sep 2021 10:10 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
40
LIB
 1/6 28,904 52.45% +16,930 Loser:
BQ
 11,974 21.73% André Parizeau

Service: 1 year 10 months 29 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 80,359 Votes: 51,463 Participation: 64.04% Candidacies: 6
Federal
44		 Québec
20 September 2021
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 36378(F) — 19 May 2022 21:17 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
42
LIB
 1/6 26,402 52.38% +15,290 Loser:
BQ
 11,112 22.04% Anna Simonyan

Service: 2 years 7 months 7 days (Gov't)
Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Post-dated race
Federal
45		 Québec
20 October 2025
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  CPC  Majority
ID: 39567(P) — 28 Jan 2024 18:37 ET
✓
 Incumbent will likely be re-elected (Oppo.)
Age
46
LIB
 1/5   49.95%   Loser:
BQ

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Mélanie Joly, P.C., M.P.		 03 Feb 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Mélanie Joly, C.P., députée		 03 Feb 2024
FR Wikipédia
Mélanie Joly		 03 Feb 2024
EN Wikipedia
Mélanie Joly		 03 Feb 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.:  3 Feb 2024 17:25 (but data presented dynamically)

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