Mélanie Joly

Mélanie Joly (born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. She was a candidate for Mayor of Montreal in the 2013 municipal election, but lost to Denis Coderre.

Education

Joly graduated from Université de Montréal with a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) in 2001, where she was the President of the Association of Law Students. She was named to the Bar of Quebec in 2002. She graduated in 2003 from the University of Oxford with a Magister Juris in European and comparative law.[1]

Career

Joly worked as a lawyer for Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg from 2002 to 2004. From 2005 to 2007, she worked as a lawyer at Stikeman Elliott. She briefly worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada in 2007. She worked primarily in civil litigation, commercial law, administrative law and insolvency.[2] From November 2007 to May 2013, Joly was a managing partner at public relations firm Cohn & Wolfe's Montreal office.[1]

Joly writes blogs on the Quebec edition of the Huffington Post.[3] Elle Québec magazine named Joly as one of the Quebec Women of the Year in 2008, and one of Quebec's Top 15 women by Les Affaires in October 2009.[4]

Political career

Joly co-founded "Génération d'idées", a non-partisan political reflection group for young people between 25 and 35 years of age.[5] She was also a member of the "Sortie 13" collective, and contributed an article on relaunching Quebec's cities.[6]

In June 2008, Jean Charest named Joly to the Conseil supérieur de la langue française. She also sits on the board of directors of the Quebec Pension Plan, the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the CHUM Foundation.[3]

In the spring of 2013, Joly served as chief organizer of Justin Trudeau's leadership campaign for the Liberal Party of Canada during the 2013 leadership election.

On June 17, 2013, she announced her candidacy for Mayor of Montreal under the Le vrai changement pour Montréal - groupe Mélanie Joly banner.

On February 19, 2015, she announced she was seeking the highly sought-after Liberal nomination in Ahuntsic-Cartierville for the 2015 federal election.[7]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Mélanie Joly". LinkedIn. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  2. ↑ "À PROPOS DE MÉLANIE JOLY". Le vrai changement pour Montréal - groupe Mélanie Joly. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Mélanie Joly". Huffington Post Quebec. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Mélanie Joly: Managing partner — Cohn & Wolfe". Canadian Club of Montreal. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  5. ↑ Frigon, Gaétan (2013-06-01). "Mélanie qui? Mélanie Joly". La Presse. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  6. ↑ Joly, Mélanie. "Les villes au pouvoir ou comment relancer le monde municipal québécois". Sortie13. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
  7. ↑ De Grandpré, Hugo (February 19, 2015). "Mélanie Joly dans Ahuntsic: des libéraux réitèrent leur intention d'être candidats". La Presse. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

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