Jennifer Maccarone

Jennifer Maccarone
MNA
Jennifer Maccarone MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Westmount–Saint-Louis
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; October 1, 2018
Preceded by	Jacques Chagnon
Personal details
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Profession	Entrepreneur

Jennifer Maccarone is a Canadian politician in the province of Quebec. Maccarone was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.^[1] She represents the electoral district of Westmount–Saint-Louis as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Maccarone has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Families and for People Living with a Handicap or on the Autism Spectrum^[2] and the Official Opposition Critic for LGBTQ2 Rights.^[3] As of September 7, 2024, she serves as the Official Opposition Critic for Family, Public Security, 2SLGBTQIA+ Community, Fight Against Racism, and Mauricie.

Biography

Maccarone studied at Marianopolis College and McGill University. She began her career as an entrepreneur in marketing and communications, gaining over twenty years of experience in the industry.^[4]

Her career in public service began with Quebec's English school boards, as Chair of the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board.^[5] From 2015 until September 2018,^[6] she served as the President of the Québec English School Boards Association.

A mother of two autistic children, Maccarone was designated as the first politician in Canada to hold the responsibility for people on the Autism Spectrum.^[7] In the November 2019, she proposed that the National Assembly's Health and Social Services Committee study services for young people with autism as they transition to adulthood.^[8]

In February 2020, Maccarone became the first elected official of the National Assembly to hold the official title of Critic for LGBTQ2 Rights. She is also the first elected member of the Quebec Liberal Party to openly describe themselves as LGBTQ2.^[9]

Electoral record

Provincial

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Westmount-Saint-Louis
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jennifer Maccarone	10,576	50.48	-16.23
	Québec solidaire	David Touchette	2,687	12.82	+2.57
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Maria-Luisa Torres-Piaggio	2,112	10.08	+0.40
	Conservative	Katya Rossokhata	1,930	9.21	+7.01
	Parti Québécois	Florence Racicot	1,267	6.05	+0.98
	Canadian	Colin Standish	1,029	4.91	–
	Bloc Montreal	Heidi Small	735	3.51	–
	Green	Sam Kuhn	616	2.94	-0.41
Total valid votes			20,952	99.27	–
Total rejected ballots			155	0.73	–
Turnout			21,107	44.99	-3.47
Electors on the lists			46,919	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing
Source(s) "2022 provincial general election results". Élections Québec.

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Westmount-Saint-Louis
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Jennifer Maccarone	14,547	66.71	-16.49
	Québec solidaire	Ekaterina Piskunova	2,236	10.25	+4.01
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Michelle Morin	2,110	9.68
	Parti Québécois	J. Marion Benoit	1,105	5.07	-1.46
	Green	Samuel Dajakran Kuhn	730	3.35	-0.67
	New Democratic	Nicholas Peter Lawson	598	2.74
	Conservative	Mikey Colangelo Lauzon	479	2.20
Total valid votes			21,805	99.19
Total rejected ballots			178	0.81
Turnout			21,983	48.47
Eligible voters			45,352
	Liberal hold		Swing		-10.25
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.