Andrés Fontecilla

Andrés Fontecilla (born 20 September 1967) is a Canadian politician from Quebec.

Fontecilla was born in Chile but emigrated to Canada in 1981, having fled the authoritarian regime of Augusto Pinochet.

[2] He completed a degree in anthropology at the University of Montreal, and was elected president of the student association for his department.

[2] Fontecilla was a member of the Quebec provincial party Union des forces progressistes (UFP) since its foundation[2] and ran as the party's candidate in a 2004 by-election for the National Assembly of Quebec, but finished a distant third.

Fontecilla ran for Québec solidaire in the 2012 Quebec general election, finishing in third place.