Lise Payette
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Lise Payette Pierre-Marc Johnson | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Dorion | |
In office November 15, 1976 – April 13, 1981 | |
Preceded by | Alfred Bossé |
Succeeded by | Hugette Lachapelle |
Personal details | |
Born | Lise Ouimet August 29, 1931 Verdun, Quebec, Canada |
Died | September 5, 2018 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | (aged 87)
Political party | Parti Québécois |
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Lise Payette OQ (née Ouimet; August 29, 1931 – September 5, 2018) was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion.[1] Originally a journalist, Payette became a television host in the 1960s. She left politics in 1981 and returned to a successful career in television production and writing.
Life and career
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Payette was born in Verdun, Quebec, the daughter of Fernand Ouimet, a bus driver, and Cécile Chartier. She was educated in
Payette returned to Montreal where she worked on the television program Interdit aux hommes ("prohibited to men") for Radio-Canada. From 1965 to 1972, Payette worked on a series of animated television programs for the French and English networks of the CBC. From 1972-75, Payette was the host of the TV series Appelez moi Lise[2]" (Call Me Lise) and Lise Lib. Payette was appointed President of the Quebec National Holidays Committee in 1975.[1]
Payette held several portfolios in the René Lévesque government. She was Minister for Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Financial Institutions, the Minister of State for the Status of Women, and the Minister of State for Social Development. The phrase "Je me souviens" ("I remember") on Quebec vehicle license plates is attributed to Payette, replacing the old slogan of "La Belle Province". Payette was also instrumental in the founding of the
During the campaign for the
In 1981, Payette left political life and did not stand for re-election. She became a writer for television with a series of successful soap operas. She founded the television production company Focus, with whom she first conceived the documentary series "Les quatre chevaliers de l'apocalypse" and "Femmes" and other fiction series, as a producer or author.
In 2004, Payette began writing columns for the
In 2007, Payette wrote a song for
In 1994, Payette was recognized as "Woman of the Year" by Canadian Women in Communications. Payette was awarded the Florence Bird Award by the International Centre for Human Rights and Development in 1997. She was awarded the Grand Prize of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, September 27, 1998.
In 2000, Payette was awarded the gold medal of the Mouvement national des Québécois, September 30, 2000. In 2001, she was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. In 2003, she received a lifetime achievement award from the Quebec Business Women's Network. In June 2009, she received an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Quebec in Montreal. Payette was awarded the Pierre-Vadeboncœur Prize in 2012 and the Guy-Price Mauffette Prize in 2014.[1] Payette died at her home on September 5, 2018.[4]
Payette defended former PQ premier
Her daughter, Dominique Payette, ran unsuccessfully for the PQ in the riding of Charlesbourg in the 2014 election.
Payette in 2016 defended her friend, the deceased film director Claude Jutra, about allegations that he sexually abused children that were revealed after his death.[4]
In 2017, Payette tried to dissuade Quebec media personality Léa Clermont-Dion from proceeding with a complaint of sexual assault alleged against journalist Michel Venne.[4]
Scenarios for TV
- 2001 - 2003 : Les Super Mamies[5]
- 1995 - 1999 : Les Machos[5]
- 1992 : Montréal ville ouverte[5]
- 1991 - 1993 : Marilyn[5]
- 1989 - 1991 : Un signe de feu[5]
- 1986 - 1989 : Des dames de cœur[5]
- 1982 - 1986 : La Bonne Aventure[5]
Filmography
- 1989 : Disparaître[6]
- 2011 : Mémoires de députés, entrevue avec Lise Payette[7]
- 2014 : Un peu plus haut, un peu plus loin[8]
Works
- 1971 : Recettes pour un homme libre, Éditions du Jour[9]
- 1971 : Témoins de notre temps, Éditions du Jour[10]
- 1975 : On l'appelle toujours... Lise, Éditions La Presse[11]
- 1981 : Le Pouvoir ? Connais pas!, Québec Amérique[12] (new edition 2010, Athéna Éditions)[13]
- 1986 : La Bonne Aventure, Québec Amérique[14]
- 1996 : Le Chemin de l'égalité, Éditions Fides[15]
- Preface for L'enjeu, Ken Dryden, Éditions du Trécarré[16]
- 1997 : Des femmes d'honneur : une vie privée 1931-1968, Éditions Libre Expression[17]
- 1997 : Des femmes d'honneur : une vie publique 1968-1976, Éditions Libre Expression[18]
- 1999 : Des femmes d'honneur : Une vie engagée, 1976-2000, Éditions Libre Expression[19]
- 2012 : Le Mal du pays, Lux Éditeur[20]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- ^ "Appelez-moi Lise | Histoire de la Radiodiffusion Canadienne". broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Lise Payette: "J'ai été mise à la porte comme une voleuse"". journalmetro.com. August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Lise Payette, Quebec journalist and politician, dead at 87". CBC. September 6, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Arts-. "Les téléromans de Lise Payette ont marqué l'imaginaire québécois". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ Gouvernement du Canada, Office national du film du canada (October 11, 2012). "Office national du film du Canada". Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ^ "Lise Payette se confie à Mémoires de députés - Assemblée nationale du Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca (in French). Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- OCLC 889883426, retrieved May 28, 2021
- OCLC 1007259271.
- OCLC 299870216.
- OCLC 1859378.
- OCLC 802092523.
- OCLC 612708195.
- OCLC 16055243.
- ^ "Le chemin de l'égalité / Lise Payette". catalogue.bibliothequedequebec.qc.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ISBN 978-2-89249-083-1.
- OCLC 1148817146.
- ^ "Des femmes d'honneur. [2], Une vie publique, 1968-1976 / Lise Payette". catalogue.bibliothequedequebec.qc.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
- ISBN 978-2-89111-863-7.
- ^ "Le mal du pays : chroniques 2007-2012 / Lise Payette ; préface de Josée Boileau". catalogue.bibliothequedequebec.qc.ca. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
(Elle Québec, septembre 1992 no.37 -Entrevue Lise Payette, pp. 58–59