Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny

Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny is a Canadian writer and political activist from Quebec.[1] She is most noted for her 2018 book Mégantic: Une tragédie annoncée, an examination of the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster of 2013, which was a shortlisted finalist for the Governor General's Award for French-language non-fiction at the 2018 Governor General's Awards.[2]

She previously published the Zan series of children's books, as well as the novel La jouissance du loup à l'instant de mordre.

She was a Green Party of Canada candidate in Hochelaga in the 2015 federal election.[3]

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga (electoral district)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet	16,034	30.89	-16.59	$64,664.42
	Liberal	Marwah Rizqy	15,534	29.93	+18.20	$19,746.32
	Bloc Québécois	Simon Marchand	14,389	27.72	-3.04	$47,613.01
	Conservative	Alexandre Dang	3,555	6.85	-0.35	$3,363.29
	Green	Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny	1,654	3.19	+1.52	–
	Rhinoceros	Nicolas Lemay	411	0.79	+0.26	$651.34
	Communist	Marianne Breton Fontaine	179	0.34	-0.05	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Dandenault	148	0.29	-0.02	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,904	100.0		$219,682.85
Total rejected ballots			877	–	–
Turnout			52,781	–	–
Eligible voters			82,783
These results were subject to a judicial recount,[4] and modified from the validated results in accordance with the Judge's rulings. The margin of Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet over Marwah Rizqy decreased from 541 votes to 500 votes as a result of the recount.[5]
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

References

1. "De Wall Street à Lac-Mégantic, enquête sur la tragédie du 6 juillet 2013". Le Devoir, June 16, 2018.
2. "Lumière sur les finalistes des Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général". Le Devoir, October 4, 2018.
3. "Spotlight on Montreal ridings: Hochelaga". CBC News Montreal, September 30, 2015.
4. "Judicial Recount to Be Held in the Electoral District of Hochelaga". Elections Canada. October 29, 2015.
5. "Judicial recount confirms NDP's Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet won in Hochelaga". CBC News. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Hochelaga, 30 September 2015
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine