Évelyne Beaudin (born 1988 or 1989) is a Canadian politician. She has served as mayor of Sherbrooke, Quebec since the 2021 municipal elections. With her election, she became the first woman to be elected mayor of the city.[1]
Évelyne Beaudin | |
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| Mayor of Sherbrooke | |
| Assumed office November 12, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Steve Lussier |
| Sherbrooke City Councillor | |
| In office November 2017 – November 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Tardif |
| Succeeded by | Fernanda Luz |
| Constituency | Carrefour District |
| Leader of Sherbrooke citoyen | |
| Assumed office October 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Hélène Pigot |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1988[citation needed] Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec |
| Political party | Option nationale Sherbrooke citoyen |
| Occupation | Economist |
Biography
editBeaudin was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada.[2][3] A few months after her birth, her family moved to Sherbrooke.[2] Beaudin is an economist by training.[4] She has a bachelor's degree in integrated economics and politics from Laval University and was a master's student in economics at the University of Sherbrooke.[5]
Political career
editIn 2011, Beaudin was one of the founders of Option nationale, a centre-left nationalist political party in Quebec.[6] She first ran for office as a candidate for Option nationale in the 2012 Quebec general election in the riding of Sherbrooke.[7] She came in fifth place, winning just over 1000 votes, or 2.8% of the vote. The following year, she first ran for municipal office in the 2013 municipal elections, as an independent candidate for Sherbrooke City Council in the Carrefour District in the city's west end. In the election, she finished second behind the incumbent councillor, Pierre Tardif. She won 969 votes, just over 200 votes behind Tardif.[8] She ran again for Option nationale in the 2014 Quebec general election, this time in the nearby riding of Mégantic. She once again placed in fifth place, with just 236 votes, worth 0.9% of the vote.
In 2016, she founded the Sherbrooke citoyen municipal political party.[9] The same year she became a member "Collectif pour l'équité toponymique au Québec" (Collective for toponymic equity in Quebec), a group which advocates for better female representation in place names in the province.[10][11] She ran again for city council in the 2017 municipal elections in Carrefour District for her new Sherbrooke citoyen party.[12] This time, she was successful, winning 2,042 votes, defeating Tardif by nearly 200 votes. She was the only member of her party to be elected to council. The following year, she replaced Hélène Pigot to become leader of Sherbrooke citoyen.[13]
In March 2021, she announced she was running for mayor of Sherbrooke in the 2021 municipal elections.[14] Her campaign focused on better financial management and protecting the environment,[15] and made public transit one of her priorities.[16] In the election, she defeated former Quebec cabinet minister and Liberal MNA for Sherbrooke Luc Fortin and incumbent mayor Steve Lussier.[17][18] She defeated Fortin by just under 1,000 votes, winning 41% of the vote.
References
edit- ^ Proteau, Alex (2021-11-08). "Sherbrooke a élu la première mairesse de son histoire". Le Journal de Montréal. Montréal. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ a b Blais, Réjean (2021-07-23). "Campagne à la mairie de Sherbrooke : le jeu d'équipe d'Évelyne Beaudin". Radio-Canada. Sherbrooke. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Jessica Beauplat (La Presse Canadienne) (4 July 2021). "Course à la mairie de Sherbrooke: Évelyne Beaudin rêve d'un gouvernement de proximité". Montréal: L'Actualité.
- Dans l'article, on indique qu'elle a 32 ans ; elle est donc née en 2021-32 = 1989 ou en 2021-32-1 = 1988 - si sa date anniversaire est après le 4 juillet.
- ^ Ariane Krol; Marie-Eve Morasse (8 November 2021). "Coup d'œil ailleurs au Québec". Montréal: La Presse.
- ^ "Évelyne Beaudin : foncer pour la cause". usherbrooke.ca. Nota Bene. 8 January 2015.
- ^ Libre, Tribune (2011-10-12). "La suite d'un parti politique résolument indépendantiste : Option nationale". Le Québécois (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ Gougeon, François (4 May 2012). "Option nationale a sa candidate officielle dans Sherbrooke". La Tribune. Sherbrooke. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ "Résultats des élections pour les postes de maire et de conseiller". mamh.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ "Le futur parti politique verra le jour le 6 mars". La Tribune (in French). 2016-02-10. Retrieved 2021-11-15.
- ^ Beaudin, Évelyne; Béliveau, Geneviève; Martin, Gabriel (5 March 2016). "Controns l'invisibilité toponymique des femmes". Le Devoir. Montréal. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Gordon Lambie, « Sherbrooke collective calls for more women on local street signs », Sherbrooke, The Record, 10 mars 2016, p. 3
- ^ "Évelyne Beaudin". Site officiel d'Évelyne Beaudin. Sherbrooke. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Custeau, Jonathan (2018-10-03). "Évelyne Beaudin remplace Hélène Pigot à Sherbrooke Citoyen". La Tribune. Sherbrooke. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Radio-Canada (2021-03-18). "Évelyne Beaudin veut devenir mairesse de Sherbrooke | Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada. Sherbrooke. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Beauregard, Ève (2021-03-18). "Évelyne Beaudin briguera la mairie de Sherbrooke". Le Journal de Montréal. Montréal. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Bérard-Fontaine, Marilyne (18 October 2021). "Évelyne Beaudin propose six mesures structurantes en transport pour réduire la dépendance à la deuxième voiture". CFLX 95,5 FM. Sherbrooke. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- ^ Blais, Réjean (2021-11-08). "Élections à Sherbrooke: retour sur une soirée historique Élections municipales au Québec 2021 Radio-Canada.ca". Radio-Canada. Sherbrooke. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
- ^ Radio-Canada (2021-11-08). "Évelyne Beaudin devient la première femme mairesse de Sherbrooke | Élections municipales au Québec 2021". Radio-Canada. Retrieved 2021-11-08.