The suspense surrounding Sophie Prégent’s succession is far from over. At the end of the first round, a voting process was launched for the first time in the history of the professional union to determine who will succeed the president of the last 10 years, actors Pierre-Luc Brillant and Tania Kontoyanni.
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Pierre-Luc Brilliant
Pierre-Luc Brillant (32.4%) and Tania Kontoyanni (32.9%) received the most support – Michel Langevin and Sylvain Massé were also in the running – after the first poll held recently, meaning they have been designated presidential candidates. For this historic second round. 50% votes + 1 is required to be appointed as Grand Manito of UDA.
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Tania Kondoyanni
A second vote is scheduled for April 4-6 and the new president will be known on April 7.
Note that 29.7% of the 8,578 active members eligible to vote participated in the voting. For the first time, a First Nations member was allocated a seat. Charles Buckle-Robertson was elected.
UDA Board of Directors for 2023-2027:
Genre Actors-Actresses
- Eloi Archam Baudoin
- Olivier Aubin
- Pierre-Luc Brilliant
- Annette Carant
- Tania Kondoyanni
- Michel Laperriere
- Sylvain Massey
- Sophie Pregent
- Lily Thibault
Genre singers-singers
- David Busiers
- Charlotte Cumberbirch
- Love France
Category Animators
- Frederick Bastian Forrest
Genre Dancers-Dancers
- Kathleen Greco
- Yannick Moison
Quebec Regional Division
- Marie-Eve Cambio
- Jean-Michel Girouard
- Annabelle Pelletier-Legros
Toronto Regional Chapter
A member of First Nations, Métis or Inuit
- Charles Buckell-Robertson
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