Marguerite Blais

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The Honourable
Marguerite Blais
MNA
Blais in 2019
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Prévost
In office
October 1, 2018 – August 28, 2022
Preceded byRiding re-established
Succeeded bySonia Bélanger
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Saint-Henri–Sainte-Anne
In office
April 25, 2007 – August 20, 2015
Preceded byNicole Loiselle
Succeeded byDominique Anglade
Personal details
Born
Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais

(1950-09-12) September 12, 1950 (age 73)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyCoalition Avenir Québec
Other political
affiliations		Quebec Liberal Party (2007-2015)
Spouse
Jean-Guy Faucher[1]
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(m. 1978; died 2015)​
Professionjournalist, radio and TV host

Marie Josephine Marguerite Blais (born September 12, 1950) is a Canadian

Conseil du trésor.[2]

Biography

Blais did graduate studies in piano and organ at the

Conservatoire de musique du Québec.[2] After a few years spent teaching music to kindergarten students (1968–1971), she entered the world of communications, acquiring a master's degree (Université du Québec à Montréal, 1997), a doctorate (Université du Québec à Montréal, Université de Montréal and Concordia University, 2005) and a postdoctorate (Université du Québec à Montréal, 2008).[2] She has some thirty years’ experience as a radio and television host and journalist (1971–2002).[2]

From 1996 to 2003, Blais was the director general of the Fondation du maire de Montréal pour la jeunesse.

World Vision for Africa) and worked within a number of groups that assist young people, the elderly and the underprivileged in our society, with a particular focus on the deaf community and persons with hearing disabilities.[2]

She was elected in 2007, and was re-elected in 2008, 2012 and 2014.[2]

She announced her resignation from the legislature in August 2015, several months after the death of her husband.[3] On May 8, 2018, she was rumored to come back into politics under the Coalition Avenir Québec, opposing her former party. She ran in the 2018 election in the riding of Prévost and won.[4]

Publications

  • Author - Quand les Sourds nous font signe : histoires de sourds, éditions Dauphin Blanc (2003)
  • Author - La culture sourde : Quête identitaires au coeur de la communication, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, collection Sociologie au coin de la Rue (2006)
  • Co-Author - Apprendre à vivre aux frontières des cultures sourdes et entendantes, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, co-auteur monsieur Jacques Rhéaume (2009)

References

  1. ^ "Déclaration de mariage" (in French). Ministry of Health and Social Services. December 30, 1978. Retrieved March 26, 2020 – via Institut généalogique Drouin.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Marguerite Blais - National Assembly of Québec". www.assnat.qc.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. Montreal Gazette
    , August 20, 2015.
  4. ^ "L'ex-ministre libérale Marguerite Blais sera candidate pour la CAQ".

External links

Quebec provincial government of François Legault
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
Francine Charbonneau Minister responsible for Seniors and Informal Caregivers
October 18, 2018–present 		Incumbent
Quebec provincial government of Jean Charest
Cabinet post (1)
Predecessor Office Successor
Carole Théberge Minister responsible for Seniors
April 18, 2007–September 19, 2012 		Réjean Hébert
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