First comes oath of office, then comes baby: Quebec MNAs announce birth of son
![Marwah Rizqy and Greg Kelley Quebec Liberal MNAs Marwah Rizqy and Greg Kelley welcomed their son just two days after they were sworn in at the National Assembly. (Marwah Rizqy/Twitter)](/content/dam/ctvnews/en/images/2022/10/20/marwah-rizqy-and-greg-kelley-1-6117435-1666274896216.jpeg)
On Tuesday, Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) electees Marwah Rizqy and Greg Kelley officially became members of National Assembly. Then, they officially became parents.
Rizqy made the announcement on Twitter Thursday morning.
"[Greg Kelley] and I present to you Gabriel Kelley," she wrote. "A little in a hurry like his mother, but as calm as his father… for now."
Married since the fall of 2021, the couple were the first sitting-members to wed in the history of the National Assembly.
Both we re-elected in Quebec's Oct. 3 election, Rizqy for the Saint-Laurent district in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough and Kelley for the Jacques-Cartier district on Montreal's West Island.
On Tuesday, the pair were sworn along with other members of the QLP -- however, their oaths took place virtually as Rizqy was scheduled to give birth at any minute.
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