- Lucie Leblanc
Infobox QuebecMNA | name= Lucie Leblanc
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term_start=April 25 ,2007
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predecessor=Helene Robert
birth_date= birth date and age|1962|04|01
birth_place=Montreal, Quebec
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party= Action démocratique du Québec
party colour= ADQ
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riding=Deux-Mnotagnes (2007-present)
portfolio= Status of Women, transportation
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spouse= Michel Gagnon|Lucie Leblanc (born
April 1 ,1962 inMontreal ,Quebec ) is a politician fromQuebec ,Canada , and theAction démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Deux-Montagnes.Background
She was the owner of a computer and accountancy company for over 20 years. She served as
Councillor from 1998 to 2002 and asMayor from 2002 to 2005 in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac. She was also a member of the elected regional council of the Laurentians as well as the region police and the businesswomen network of the Laurentians.Member of the Provincial Legislature
Leblanc was nominated as an ADQ candidate for the 2007 election, after
Jean-François Plante 's candidacy was dismissed by his own party. Plante, a former Vision Montréal Councillor inMontreal , had made a controversial statements aboutwomen's rights and accused openly gayParti Québécois (PQ) leaderAndré Boisclair of taking advantage of hissexual orientation . [ [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/quebecvotes2007/story/2007/03/08/adq-resignation.html Controversial ADQ candidate resigns, CBC News, March 8, 2007] ]Leblanc won a narrow victory to represent the district of Deux-Montagnes with 36% of the vote. PQ candidate
Daniel Goyer finished second with 33% of the vote. Leblanc took office on April 12, 2007. [ [http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/Politique/2007/04/12/005-AssermentationADQ.shtml Au tour de l'ADQ, Radio-Canada, April 12, 2007] ]Federal Politics
She campaigned on behalf of local Conservative candidate Claude Carignan during the federal election of 2008. [ [http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080911/CPACTUALITES/80910261/-1/CPACTUALITES L’ADQ monte au front pour aider les conservateurs, Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse, September 11, 2008] ]
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External links
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/eng/Membres/notices/j-l/lebl3.shtml Lucie LEBLANC] at
National Assembly of Quebec
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