Maryse Gaudreault

Maryse Gaudreault
Member of Parliament
for Hull
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 12, 2008
Preceded by Roch Cholette
Personal details
Born July 6, 1959 (1959-07-06) (age 52)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political 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.

Gaudreault won the seat in her own right in the provincial election held a few months later.

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

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