Charmaine Borg

Charmaine Borg
Charmaine Borg
MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament
for Terrebonne—Blainville
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2, 2011
Preceded by Diane Bourgeois
Personal details
Born November 3, 1990 (1990-11-03) (age 21)
Keswick, Ontario
Political party New Democratic Party
Residence Montreal
Profession Community activist, labour relations officer, student, volunteer worker

Charmaine Borg (born November 3, 1990) is the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for the riding of Terrebonne—Blainville in Quebec, having been first elected in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated incumbent MP Diane Bourgeois of the Bloc Québécois.

A Montreal resident, Borg was born in Keswick, Ontario, and is fully bilingual in French and English.[1] However, according to her parliamentary profile, she prefers to speak French on the floor of the Commons.

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Early years

After creating a drama program for at-risk youth, she won the Lieutenant Governor's Community Volunteer Award in 2008.[2]

At the time of her election, she was a student studying political science and Latin American studies at McGill University[3] and was also working as the Labour Relations Officer for the Association of McGill University Support Employees.[2] She was also co-president of the student New Democratic Party club at McGill University.[4]

Entrance to politics

She was one of five current McGill students, alongside fellow undergraduates Mylène Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Matthew Dubé, and graduate student Jamie Nicholls, elected to Parliament in the federal 2011 election following the NDP's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec.[5] Not only did Borg win a seat in the 2011 election, but that election was the first time she had ever voted in a federal election.[6]

Borg and Dubé were co-presidents of NDP McGill (the NDP student group at McGill University) at the time that they both won election to Parliament, and both had spent the campaign working to re-elect Thomas Mulcair in the nearby riding of Outremont.[7][8][9] During the election, Borg did not own a cell phone,[10] so Le Trait d'Union newspaper had been unable to reach her throughout the campaign despite making repeated attempts.[11] Originally planning to spend the Fall 2011 term as a foreign exchange student in Mexico, she will instead remain in Canada to serve as a Member of Parliament.[5]

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
     New Democrat Charmaine Borg 28,236 49.4 +35.9%
     Bloc Québécois Diane Bourgeois 17,634 30.8 -21.5%
     Conservative Jean-Philippe Paiement 5,222 9.1 -4.9%
     Liberal Robert Frégeau 4,885 8.5 -8%
     Green Michel Paulette 1,218 2.1 0%

References

  1. ^ Scott, Marian (May 4, 2011), "Five McGill students elected as NDP MPs", The Vancouver Sun, http://www.vancouversun.com/news/decision-canada/Five+McGill+students+elected/4723336/story.html, retrieved May 4, 2011 
  2. ^ a b "Charmaine Borg". New Democratic Party. http://charmaineborg.ndp.ca/. Retrieved May 7, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Canada's youngest MPs confident they have what it takes". Toronto Star. Lorianna De Giorgio. http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/986654--canada-s-youngest-mps-confident-they-have-what-it-takes?bn=1. 
  4. ^ Curry, Bill (May 3, 2011), "Students, ex-Communist, a Cree leader and more join NDP's swollen Quebec ranks", The Globe and Mail, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/students-ex-communist-a-cree-leader-and-more-join-ndps-swollen-quebec-ranks/article2008082/, retrieved May 3, 2011 
  5. ^ a b "McGill 5 head off to House of Commons"". The Gazette. May 4, 2011. http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/McGill+head+House+Commons/4722338/story.html. 
  6. ^ Kevin Dougherty (May 5, 2011). "Mulcair will be NDP rookies' playing coach". The Gazette. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/decision-canada/Mulcair+will+rookies+playing+coach/4729520/story.html. 
  7. ^ Nathaniel Finestone (April 5, 2011). "Political clubs gear up for election". McGill Tribune. http://media.www.mcgilltribune.com/news/political-clubs-gear-up-for-election-1.2141854. 
  8. ^ Bill Curry (May 3, 2011). "Students, ex-Communist, a Cree leader and more join NDP’s swollen Quebec ranks". The Globe and Mail. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/students-ex-communist-a-cree-leader-and-more-join-ndps-swollen-quebec-ranks/article2008082. 
  9. ^ Tamsin McMahon (May 4, 2011). "The REALLY New Democrats". National Post. http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/05/04/the-really-new-democrats/. 
  10. ^ Albert Nerenberg (May 6, 2011). "The True North strong and - boring". The Gazette. http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/decision-canada/True+North+strong+boring/4736431/story.html. 
  11. ^ Stéphanie Deschamps (April 29, 2011). "Avez-vous vu Charmaine?" (in French). Le Trait d'Union. http://www.letraitdunion.com/Actualites/Politique/2011-04-29/article-2466710/Avez-vous-vu-Charmaine-%3F/1. 

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