Diane Lemieux

Diane Lemieux
MNA for Bourget
In office December 15, 1998 – October 17, 2007
Preceded by	Camille Laurin
Succeeded by	Maka Kotto
Personal details
Born	September 22, 1961 (1961-09-22) (age 50) Sherbrooke, Quebec
Political party	Parti Québécois

Diane Lemieux (born September 22, 1961 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1998 to 2007.

Lemieux went at the Université de Sherbrooke and received a diploma in law. She was a coordinator for the Quebec CALACS group, a sexual assault crisis center. She was also the president of the Conseil du Statut de la Femme and a Chair of the Task Force on Sexual assaults. In the community, she was a board member for the United Way Estrie campaign and the Bureau d'Aide juridique des Cantons-de-l'Est. She was a member for several committees and reports in regards to violence against women, the Conseil du statut de la femme and the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women. She was the co-chair for the Yes community for the 1995 Quebec referendum in the Sherbrooke riding.

Lemieux was elected in Bourget in the 1998 provincial election and served as the Minister of Labour from 1998 to 2001 and the Minister of Culture and Communications from 2001 to 2003. After being re-elected in the 2003 election, she was named the Opposition House Leader and was renamed House Leader of the PQ after the 2007 election.

On August 20, an article from La Presse revealed that she will be replaced as House Leader of the PQ by François Gendron, who was acting leader of the PQ until Pauline Marois's nomination as the new leader in July 2007. It was also reported that Lemieux would resign as MNA for Bourget, and leave politics, on October 16, 2007 when the legislature resumes. Lemieux refused the position of President of the Caucus Chair of the PQ that Marois offered after removing her previous duties.^[1][2][3]

She officially resigned on October 17, 2007.^[4]

Electoral record

References

1. ^ Diane Lemieux rétrogradée
2. ^ Diane Lemieux entend quitter son siège en octobre
3. ^ PQ minister quitting politics
4. ^ Parti Québécois member Diane Lemieux marks last day in legislature

External links

• Biography of Diane Lemieux (French)

Political offices
Preceded by Matthias Rioux (PQ)	Minister of Labour 1998–2001	Succeeded by Jean Rochon (PQ)
Preceded by Agnès Maltais (PQ)	Minister of Culture and Communications 2001–2003	Succeeded by Line Beauchamp (Liberal)
Preceded by André Boisclair (PQ)	Official Opposition House Leader 2004–2007	Succeeded by Sébastien Proulx (ADQ)

Persondata
Name	Lemieux, Diane
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Date of birth	September 22, 1961
Place of birth	Sherbrooke, Quebec
Date of death
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