| Intro | Canadian politician |
| Is |
Lawyer Politician |
| From | Canada |
| Type |
Law Politics |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 16 July 1979 |
| Age: | 41 years |
| Politics | New Democratic Party |
Jonathan Genest-Jourdain, (born July 16, 1979) is a Canadian politician from Quebec. Genest-Jourdain served as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Manicouagan and as a member of the Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet from 2011-2015
Career
Jonathan Genest-Jourdain entered municipal politics in Sept-Îles in 2009. Through his legal work, Genest-Jourdain has been an ardent activist for Aboriginal, Quebec and Canadian heritage issues.
Genest-Jourdain defeated Bloc Québécois incumbent MP Gérard Asselin at the 2011 Canadian federal election, becoming the first-ever NDP member to represent the Manicouagan riding. Along with fellow NDP member Romeo Saganash, Genest-Jourdain is one of two First Nations members currently representing Quebec in the House of Commons of Canada. He is a member of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development.
A member of the Innu Nation, Genest-Jourdain is a lawyer originally from the reserve village of Uashat-Maliotenam located in the Sept-Rivières Regional County Municipality. Genest-Jourdain obtained a law degree from Université Laval in 2004 and started a graduate certificate in corporate law. He has been a member of the Bar of Quebec since 2007. Genest-Jourdain has devoted himself to the application of professional principles, including social intervention.
Genest-Jourdain was a supporter of Outremont MP Thomas Mulcair’s candidacy for federal leadership of the NDP to succeed the late Jack Layton.
Genest-Jourdain finished third in his own riding of Manicouagan in the 2015 Canadian Federal Election
Shadow Cabinet
Shortly after entering Parliament in May 2011, Genest-Jourdain was appointed Deputy Critic for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development by Layton.
Election record
| Canadian federal election, 2015 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Marilène Gill | 17,338 | 41.25 | +8.57 | – | |||
| Liberal | Mario Tremblay | 12,343 | 29.37 | +23.86 | – | |||
| New Democratic | Jonathan Genest-Jourdain | 7,359 | 17.51 | -30.17 | – | |||
| Conservative | Yvon Boudreau | 4,317 | 10.27 | -1.36 | – | |||
| Green | Nathan Grills | 673 | 1.60 | -0.91 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 42,030 | 100.00 | $259,578.68 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 645 | 1.51 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 75,030 | 56.88 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 75,030 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic | Swing | +19.37 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada | ||||||||
| Canadian federal election, 2011 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ∆% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Jonathan Genest-Jourdain | 16,438 | 48.93% | +44.13% | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Gérard Asselin | 10,496 | 31.25% | -18.05% | ||||
| Conservative | Gordon Ferguson | 3,879 | 11.55% | -15.45% | ||||
| Liberal | André Forbes | 1,881 | 5.6% | -9.7% | ||||
| Green | Jacques Gélineau | 898 | 2.67% | -0.93% | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 33,592 | 100.0% | ||||||