- Maryse Gaudreault
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Maryse Gaudreault Member of Parliament
for HullIncumbent Assumed office
May 12, 2008Preceded by Roch Cholette Personal details Born July 6, 1959
Quebec City, QuebecPolitical party Quebec Liberal Party Profession political councilor Portfolio culture, communications, status of women Maryse Gaudreault (born July 6, 1959 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Quebec provincial politician. She is the newly-elected Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Hull.
Gaudreault was elected for the Quebec Liberal Party on May 12, 2008 in Hull during a by-election. She replaced former MNA Roch Cholette, with whom Gaudreault worked as a political assistant from 2000 until his resignation on April 9, 2008. Gaudreault also previously worked as director of the Hull's CHSLD Foundation as well as for organisations linked to women and sport development. She also holds a diploma in computer sciences from the Institut de data processing de Québec.
Gaudreault was elected with 45% of the vote defeating local doctor Gilles Aubé from the Parti Québécois and community activist Bill Clennett of Québec Solidaire as well as Brian Gibb, the director of the Quebec Green Party.[1]
She was named on June 3, 2008 the Parliamentary Assistant for the Minister of Culture, Communications and Status of Women, Christine St-Pierre.
Electoral record
2008 Quebec provincial election : Hull edit Party Candidate Votes % +/- Liberal (x)Maryse Gaudreault 11,651 51.27 Parti Québécois Gilles Aubé 7,541 33.18 Québec Solidaire Bill Clennett 1,994 8.77 Action démocratique Renée Gagné 1,309 5.76 Parti indépendantiste Jean-Roch Villemaire 134 0.59 Marxist-Leninist Gabriel Girard-Bernier 97 0.43 Total valid votes 22,726 100.00 Rejected and declined votes 317 Turnout 23,043 47.72 Electors on the lists 48,290 Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec
References
Categories:- 1959 births
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- People from Quebec City
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
- Women MNAs in Quebec
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