Manon Massé

Manon Massé
MNA for Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014
Preceded by	Daniel Breton
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-22) May 22, 1963 Windsor, Quebec
Political party	Québec solidaire
Residence	Montreal

Manon Massé is a Canadian politician in Quebec, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2014 election.^[1] She represents the electoral district of Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques as a member of Québec solidaire, and is also the party's treasurer.^[2]

Due to her narrow margin of victory over Quebec Liberal Party candidate Anna Klisko, a request for a judicial recount was filed by Klisko.^[1] The request was rejected by the presiding judge on April 11, on the grounds that Klisko did not have sufficient evidence of any irregularities in the election process.^[1]

Massé is a noted feminist and social justice activist in and around Montreal.^[3] Massé also participated in the attempted break-up of the Israeli and Egyptian blockade of the Gaza Strip on board the Canadian vessel Tahrir.^[4] She is an out lesbian^[5] and grows a mustache,^[6] a fact often mentioned during and after the 2012 election but with moral support from her Party.^[7]

In 2006, Massé was the first ever candidate of the then newly formed Québec solidaire when she stood in an April 10, 2006, by-election in Sainte-Marie–Saint-Jacques, receiving 22% of the vote. She was also the party's candidate in the same district in the provincial elections of 2007, 2008 and 2012.

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