- Francine Lalonde
Infobox CanadianMP | name=Francine Lalonde
term_start=1993
term_end=
predecessor=Carole Jacques
birth_date= birth date and age |1940|8|24
birth_place=Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec
successor=
death_date=
death_place=
profession= lecturer, teacher, unionist
party=Bloc Québécois
party colour=Bloc
residence=Montreal
riding=La Pointe-de-l'Île
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term_start2=
term_end2=
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religion=|Francine Lalonde (born
August 24 ,1940 inSaint-Hyacinthe, Quebec ) is aQuebec politician . Prior to being elected she was a lecturer, teacher and unionist.Pierre Godin , biographer ofRené Lévesque , describes Francine Lalonde as "sexy union diva", for her involvement in labour organizations. She was minister responsible for the status of women in Lévesque government, although she was never a member of theNational Assembly of Quebec .Currently, she is a "
Bloc Québécois " member of theCanadian House of Commons representing the district ofLa Pointe-de-l'Île , since the 2004 election and Mercier from the 1993 election to 2004. She has in the past been the Bloc's critic of Human Resources Development and of Industry, and of Foreign Affairs.On June 2005, Francine Lalonde introduced in Parliament a private Bill C-407 that would have legalized assisted suicide in Canada. Re-elected in January 2006, Lalonde has promised to reintroduce her bill to legalize assisted suicide.
See also
* [http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/ProfileMP.aspx?Key=78565&SubSubject=1001&Language=E Contact information at Canada's House of Commons]
*Parti Québécois leadership election, 1985
*Politics of Quebec
*Quebec sovereignty movement External links
* [http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Files/Parliamentarian.aspx?Item=eb05c123-3a3e-4bfe-b4a3-d60e292d8387&Language=E&Section=FederalExperience Parliament of Canada webpage]
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