Alice Abou-Khalil
Alice Abou-Khalil | |
|---|---|
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Fabre | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Monique Sauvé |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Alice Abou-Khalil (born 1971) is a Quebec politician, information technology expert, cybersecurity consultant, and entrepreneur of Lebanese-Serbian origin. She has been a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec since the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the riding of Fabre as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[1][2]
Biography
Alice Abou-Khalil was born in 1971 in Lebanon. She is the daughter of a Lebanese father, Robert Abou-Khalil, originally from Blaybel in southeastern Beirut, who died in Quebec in 2021, and a Serbian mother named Ksenia. In 1988, during her adolescence, a shell explosion in the family garden shattered the windows of their home in the village of Aïn Alak, east of Beirut. This event prompted the family to relocate to Canada. Her parents later opened a restaurant in Longueuil, on Montreal's South Shore.[3]
Political career
After volunteering in municipal and federal election campaigns for Liberal and Conservative candidates, Alice Abou-Khalil ran as a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec in the 2018 Quebec general election. Her candidacy was announced on March 23, 2018, by party leader François Legault in Laval. She ran in the riding of Chomedey, where she had lived for more than 20 years. Although the CAQ won a majority government, she was defeated, finishing second behind Liberal candidate Guy Ouellette with approximately half his vote total.
Four years later, after serving as president of the Coalition Avenir Québec for two years, she ran again as a CAQ candidate in the 2022 general election, this time in the riding of Fabre. On October 3, 2022, she was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec, defeating the Liberal candidate by a margin of 306 votes.[4][5][6]
On December 7, 2022, she was appointed Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Cybersecurity and Digital Technology.
Personal life
Alice Abou-Khalil is the mother of two adult children, Giovanni and Kassandra Fares. She is multilingual, speaking Serbian, Lebanese Arabic, French, and English.[2][7][8]
Electoral record
| 2022 Quebec general election: Fabre | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Alice Abou-Khalil | 10,912 | 31.81 | -0.75 | ||||
| Liberal | Sonia Baudelot | 10,606 | 30.91 | -6.61 | ||||
| Conservative | Stéphane Turmel | 5,205 | 15.17 | +13.05 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Jessy Léger | 3,820 | 11.13 | +0.36 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Catherine Dansereau-Redhead | 3,346 | 9.75 | -3.75 | ||||
| Green | Lynn Buchanan | 418 | 1.22 | -1.44 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,307 | 98.88 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 390 | 1.12 | -0.36 | |||||
| Turnout | 34,697 | 62.55 | +1.32 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 55,468 | |||||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.93 | ||||||
References
- ^ Stéphane St-Amour, "La CAQ remporte quatre comtés sur six à Laval". Courrier Laval, October 4, 2022.
- ^ a b "Alice Abou-Khalil - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Archived from the original on 2025-11-09. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ Barry, Martin C. (2023-10-12). "At work and play, meet Fabre MNA Alice Abou-Khalil". The Laval News. Retrieved 2026-01-03.
- ^ "Fabre – Electoral division information sheet". Élections Québec. 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ "Une ex-présidente de la CAQ candidate dans Fabre - Courrier Laval" (in Canadian French). 2022-06-30. Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ "Alice Abou-Khalil".
- ^ "Alice Abou-Khalil". Coalition Avenir Québec (in French). Retrieved 2026-01-19.
- ^ "Alice Abou Khalil, la Libano-Serbe qui préside le parti au pouvoir au Québec". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 2019-05-27. Retrieved 2026-01-19.