# Marwah Rizqy

Marwah Rizqy is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election. She represents the electoral district of Saint-Laurent as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.
As of September 7, 2024, she serves as the opposition critic for Education and Higher Education, Treasury Board and Government Administration, Infrastructures, Tax Havens, and Consumer Protection.
Prior to her election, she was a professor of tax law at the University of Sherbrooke.
Rizqy previously ran for the Liberal Party of Canada in the 2015 Canadian federal election in the riding of Hochelaga, finishing behind New Democratic Party incumbent Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet by 500 votes. In 2017, Rizqy sought the Liberal nomination for the Saint-Laurent by-election caused by the resignation of Stéphane Dion. Rizqy was defeated for the nomination by eventual winner Emmanuella Lambropoulos.

## Personal life

In June 2021, Riqzy announced her upcoming wedding to fellow Assembly member Greg Kelley; this is the first marriage between two sitting members of the Assembly. She gave birth to their first child, Gabriel, on October 6, 2022.

## Electoral record
### Provincial

vte2022 Quebec general election: Saint-Laurent :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marwah Rizqy | 14,304 | 49.97 | -12.00 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Mélanie Gauthier | 4,091 | 14.29 | -0.87 |
| | Conservative | Catherine St-Clair | 3,973 | 13.88 | +10.85 |
| | Québec solidaire | Gérard Briand | 2,840 | 9.92 | +1.30 |
| | Parti Québécois | Karl Dugal | 1,696 | 5.92 | -0.55 |
| | Bloc Montreal | Rizwan Muhammad Rajput | 752 | 2.63 | – |
| | Canadian | Myrtis-Eirene Fossey | 533 | 1.86 | – |
| | Green | Othmane Benzekri | 439 | 1.53 | -1.45 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,628 | 98.68 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 383 | 1.32 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 29,011 | 50.96 |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | 56,925 |
vte2018 Quebec general election: Saint-Laurent :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal | Marwah Rizqy | 17,669 | 61.97 | -20.31 |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Marc Baaklini | 4,322 | 15.16 | |
| | Québec solidaire | Marie Josèphe Pigeon | 2,458 | 8.62 | +3.13 |
| | Parti Québécois | Elias Dib Nicolas | 1,846 | 6.47 | -1.66 |
| | Conservative | Guy Morissette | 863 | 3.03 | +1.93 |
| | Green | Halimatou Bah | 849 | 2.98 | +0.94 |
| | New Democratic | Jacques Dago | 432 | 1.52 | |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Fernand Deschamps | 75 | 0.26 | -0.04 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 28,514 | 98.60 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 406 | 1.40 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 28,920 | 50.96 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 56,749 |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | Swing | -10.16 |
| Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec. |||||||

### Federal

2015 Canadian federal election: Hochelaga :
| 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 | Total valid votes/Expense limit | Total valid votes/Expense limit | 51,904 | 100.0 | | $219,682.85 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 877 | – | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 52,781 | – | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 82,783 |
| These results were subject to a judicial recount, 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. |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||