Carole Jacques (born 12 June 1960) was a
Progressive Conservative member of the
House of Commons of Canada
The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada.
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. She was a lawyer by career.
She represented the Quebec riding of
Montreal—Mercier where she was first elected in the
1984 federal election. At the time of her election, she was the youngest woman ever elected to the House of Commons.
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Parliament of Canada. She was re-elected in 1988 when she ran in the Mercier riding following electoral district boundary changes in 1987. She served in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments.
Jacques left the Progressive Conservative party and became an independent candidate for the Mercier riding in the 1993 federal election. However, she lost to Francine Lalonde
Francine Lalonde (August 24, 1940 – January 17, 2014) was a Canadian politician who served on both the provincial and federal levels. Prior to being elected, she was a lecturer, teacher, and unionist.
She was minister responsible for the st ...
of the Bloc Québécois
The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...
.
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1960 births
Living people
Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Women members of the House of Commons of Canada
Women in Quebec politics
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