Danielle Chartier is a
Canadian
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politician. She was elected to the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan
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in a
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
on September 21, 2009, representing the electoral district of
Saskatoon Riversdale
Saskatoon Riversdale is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan, Canada. It was held by two Premiers of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2007 – Roy Romanow and Lorne Calvert. It is currently represented by Marv ...
as a member of the
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party
The Saskatchewan New Democratic Party (NDP) is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It currently forms the official opposition, but has been a dominant force in Saskatchewan politics since the 1940s. Th ...
.
She was reelected in the 2011 and 2016 provincial elections. Chartier did not seek re-election in the
2020 provincial election.
She is a third-generation resident of the Saskatoon Riversdale constituency.
Originally trained as a journalist, she has worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon, as well as weekly newspapers and monthly magazines.
After obtaining a bachelor of social work degree from the
University of Regina
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, she worked for the Saskatchewan Department of Labour's Work and Family Unit for nearly three years. She has also worked on projects for a number of community organizations including the Saskatchewan Association for Community Living, Catholic Family Services of Saskatoon and the Children's Discovery Museum on the Saskatchewan.
References
Living people
Saskatchewan New Democratic Party MLAs
Women MLAs in Saskatchewan
Fransaskois people
Politicians from Saskatoon
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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