Djaouida Sellah
Dr. Djaouida Sellah MD | |
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Member of Parliament for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | |
In office May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015 | |
Preceded by | Carole Lavallée |
Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
Personal details | |
Born | Algiers, Algeria |
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Residence | Longueuil, Quebec |
Profession | Physician, Lecturer, Citizen Mediator |
Djaouida Sellah is a Canadian former politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.
Early life and career[]
Sellah was born in Algiers, Algeria. Her mother was a midwife and her father was killed in the Algerian War of Independence. She was a volunteer doctor for the Red Crescent during the Gulf War in Baghdad. She then went to Kuala Lumpur with her husband who was working as a translator. The two came to Quebec in 1998. Sellah has three children. At the time of her election, she was president of the , supporting the recognition of qualifications of foreign-trained doctors.[1]
Federal politics[]
Sellah entered politics ahead of the 2011 Canadian federal election seeking the NDP nomination for Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher of which she lost to Pierre Nantel.[2] She was then nominated by the party for the riding of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert and was elected as part of the "Orange Wave" that swept Quebec, defeating three-term Bloc Québécois MP Carole Lavallée.[3] Sellah was the first Canadian politician elected who was born in Algeria.[4] Following the death of Jack Layton, Sellah endorsed Tom Mulcair to be the next leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP).
Sellah served on the Health Committee for the 1st session of the 41st Parliament, and she then served on the Standing Committee of the Status of Women, for the remainder of the Parliament. She also served as the assistant Health Critic for the NDP from 2012 until 2013.
Sellah ran in the 2015 election in the new Riding of Montarville, but placed third behind Liberal Michel Picard, whom she had defeated in 2011.[5]
Sellah was the NDP's candidate for Montarville for the 2019 election.[6] She came in third with a reduced percentage. She is once again the NDP candidate for the 2021 Election
Post Commons[]
Sellah ran for president of the NDP in 2016 to replace Rebecca Blaikie,[7] but ultimately lost to Marit Stiles.
Sellah was the president of the New Democratic Party of Quebec during 2018. She was the New Democratic Party of Quebec's candidate in La Pinière for the 2018 Quebec general election.[8]
Electoral record[]
Federal[]
hide2019 Canadian federal election: Montarville | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
Bloc Québécois | Stéphane Bergeron | 25,366 | 42.8 | +14.38 | $22,609.89 | |||
Liberal | Michel Picard | 21,061 | 35.6 | +3.06 | $55,495.41 | |||
New Democratic | Djaouida Sellah | 4,984 | 8.4 | -16.28 | $1,715.58 | |||
Conservative | Julie Sauvageau | 4,138 | 7.0 | -3.85 | $11,784.17 | |||
Green | Jean-Charles Pelland | 2,967 | 5.0 | +2.6 | $3,869.64 | |||
People's | Julie Lavallée | 501 | 0.8 | – | none listed | |||
Rhinoceros | Thomas Thibault-Vincent | 211 | 0.4 | – | $0.00 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 59,228 | 100 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 742 | |||||||
Turnout | 59,970 | 77.8% | ||||||
Eligible voters | 77,097 | |||||||
Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal | Swing | +5.66 | ||||||
Source: Elections Canada[9][10] |
hide2011 Canadian federal election | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
New Democratic | Djaouida Sellah | 24,361 | 44.6 | +31.1 | $3,406.84 | |||
Bloc Québécois | Carole Lavallée | 15,384 | 28.2 | -16.8 | $83,400.22 | |||
Liberal | Michel Picard | 7,423 | 13.6 | -8.6 | $42,960.83 | |||
Conservative | Nicole Charbonneau Barron | 5,887 | 10.8 | -4.6 | $19,838.46 | |||
Green | Germain Denoncourt | 1,523 | 2.8 | -1.0 | $3,017.79 | |||
Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,578 | 100.0 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 780 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |||||
Turnout | 55,358 | 67.5 | -0.2 | |||||
Eligible voters | 82,023 | – | – |
Provincial[]
hide2018 Quebec general election: La Pinière | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Gaétan Barrette | 15,476 | 47.07 | -11.22 | ||||
Coalition Avenir Québec | Sylvia Baronian | 9,480 | 28.83 | +16.25 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Marie Pagès | 3,300 | 10.04 | +6.16 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Suzanne Gagnon | 2,921 | 8.88 | -15.6 | ||||
Green | Aziza Dini | 585 | 1.78 | -0.13 | ||||
Conservative | Anwar El Youbi | 435 | 1.32 | +0.66 | ||||
New Democratic | Djaouida Sellah | 354 | 1.08 | |||||
Independent | Patrick Hayes | 168 | 0.51 | |||||
Independent | Fang Hu | 161 | 0.49 | |||||
Total valid votes | 32,880 | 98.69 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 435 | 1.31 | ||||||
Turnout | 33,315 | 61.09 | ||||||
Eligible voters | 54,534 | |||||||
Liberal hold | Swing | -13.735 | ||||||
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References[]
- ^ Christine Bouthillier (April 29, 2011). "Travailler ensemble" [Working together]. Le Journal de Saint Bruno / Saint Basile (in French). Archived from the original on July 20, 2011. Retrieved May 4, 2011.
- ^ Elections Canada, "Nomination Contest Database". , 2010.
- ^ Election 2011: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
- ^ [1] Canadian MPs born in Algeria
- ^ Frank Rodi, "Djaouida Sellah défaite dans Montarville". Les Versants, October 20, 2015.
- ^ Philippe Lanoix-Meunier, "Le NPD fait confiance à Djaouida Sellah dans Montarville". Le Courrier du Sud, September 5, 2019.
- ^ Laura Ryckewaert, "Four in race to become next NDP president after disastrous election, ‘I think it’s important we get the right people in this time’". The Hill Times, April 9, 2016.
- ^ Hélène Buzzetti, "La filière fédérale du NPD-Québec". Le Devoir, September 7, 2018.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
External links[]
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