Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
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 Monique Gagnon-Tremblay with French Minister Léon Bertrand |
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| Minister of International Relations and Francophone Affairs | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Riding | Saint-François (1985-present) |
| In office since | December 12, 1985 |
| Preceded by | Real Rancourt |
| Born | May 26, 1940 Plessisville, Quebec |
| Political party |
Quebec Liberal Party |
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (born May 26, 1940 in Plessisville) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She is the current MNA member for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from May 1998 to December 1998 and Deputy Premier in 1994 and from 2003 to 2005. Gagnon-Tremblay has been the member of the National Assembly for Saint-François since December 1985.
Gagnon-Tremblay attended the Quirion Business School where she obtained a degree and added a bachelor's degree in arts at the Université Laval and a degree in law and notarial law at the Université de Sherbrooke. She became a notary in Ascot Corner and a lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke in law. She was also a municipal councilor in Ascot Corner.
She was a Liberal candidate in Saint-François in 1981 but lost. She ran again in 1985 and won. She was named the Delegate Minister for the Status of Women and later the Minister of Cultural Communities and Immigration. After being re-elected in 1989, she was renamed the Minister of Cultural Communities. At the end of the mandate, when Daniel Johnson, Jr. replaced Robert Bourassa as Quebec Premier in 1993, she was named the Minister of Finances, the Deputy Premier and the President of the Treasury Board until the Liberals lost to the Parti Québécois in the 1994 elections. She was then the Caucus chair for the PLQ from 1994 to 1996
When former Liberal Premier and then leader of the Opposition Daniel Johnson, Jr. decided to quit politics in March 1998, Jean Charest resigned as leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party to replace Johnson as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. (The Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the federal Liberal Party of Canada). Gagnon-Tremblay became leader of the Opposition, since Charest did not yet have a seat in the National Assembly.
In the 1998 election, Charest won a seat and replaced Gagnon-Tremblay as leader of the Opposition. She was re-elected for fourth term and named the assistant to Charest.
After the Liberals won the 2003 election, Gagnon-Tremblay became deputy premier from May 2003 to February 2005 in the Charest government, and has held various cabinet posts including minister of international relations as well as minister responsible for la francophonie. Re-elected in the 2007 election, she was re-named the Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie and for the Estrie Region as well as the Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board.
[edit] See also
- Politics of Quebec
- Quebec general elections
- List of Quebec leaders of the Opposition
- Timeline of Quebec history
[edit] External links
- National Assembly biography (in French)
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lise Bacon |
Deputy Premier (Quebec) 1994 |
Succeeded by Bernard Landry |
| Preceded by Pauline Marois |
Deputy Premier (Quebec) 2003-2005 |
Succeeded by Jacques P. Dupuis |
| Preceded by Gérard D. Lévesque |
Minister of Finance (Quebec) 1993 - 1994 |
Succeeded by André Bourbeau |
| Preceded by Louise Beaudoin |
Minister of International Relations 2003–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
| Preceded by Daniel Johnson, Jr. |
Leader of the Opposition in Quebec 1998 |
Succeeded by Jean Charest |
| National Assembly of Quebec | ||
| Preceded by Real Rancourt |
MNA for Saint-François 1985–present |
Succeeded by incumbent |
