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Kateri Champagne Jourdain
MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Duplessis
Assumed office
October 3, 2022
Preceded by Lorraine Richard
Quebec Minister of Employment
Assumed office
October 20, 2022
Preceded by Jean Boulet
Personal details
Born Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Political party Coalition Avenir Quebec

Kateri Champagne Jourdain MNA 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. She is minister of employment in the Executive Council of Quebec.

Electoral record

Quebec general election, 2022: Duplessis
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Kateri Champagne Jourdain 8,785 45.14 +11.44
Parti Québécois Marilou Vanier 4,825 24.79 –9.53
Conservative Roberto Stéa 3,059 15.72 +14.04
Québec solidaire Uapukun Mestokosho 1,821 9.36 –3.03
Liberal Chamroeun Khuon 783 4.02 –13.90
Climat Jacques Gélineau 190 0.98 New
Total valid votes 19,463 98.57
Total rejected ballots 282 1.43 –0.39
Turnout 19,745 53.21 –2.60
Electors on the lists 37,108
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois Swing +10.48
Source: Élections Québec
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