Michelle Courchesne
Michelle Courchesne | |
|---|---|
| Deputy Premier of Quebec | |
| In office May 14, 2012 – September 19, 2012 | |
| Premier | Jean Charest |
| Preceded by | Line Beauchamp |
| Succeeded by | François Gendron |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Fabre | |
| In office April 14, 2003 – September 4, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Facal |
| Succeeded by | Gilles Ouimet |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 6, 1953 Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
| Spouse | Normand Filiatreault |
Michelle Courchesne (born May 6, 1953, in
Courchesne attended
Courchesne entered politics in
Following the 2007 elections, she was re-elected in a Liberal minority government, and named the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports as well Minister of Family.
Following the 2008 election, she kept most of the portfolios but gave up the Ministry of Family to LaFontaine MNA Tony Tomassi. Courchesne lost the Education portfolio to former Environment Minister Line Beauchamp in a 2010 cabinet shuffle and became President of the Treasury Board. She regained the Education Minister position, as well as becoming Deputy Premier of Quebec, on May 14, 2012, following Beauchamp's resignation during the ongoing student protests over tuition hikes.
She retired at the 2012 election.
Electoral record
| 2008 Quebec general election: Fabre | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Michelle Courchesne | 15,349 | 45.50 | |||||
| Parti Québécois | François-Gycelain Rocque | 12,425 | 36.83 | |||||
| Action démocratique | Tom Pentefountas | 4,024 | 11.93 | |||||
| Green | Erika Alvarez | 1,021 | 3.03 | – | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Pierre Brien | 918 | 2.72 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 33,737 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Rejected and declined votes | 517 | |||||||
| Turnout | 34,254 | 57.08 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 60,010 | |||||||
| Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec | ||||||||
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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