Danielle Roy Marinelli was the first mayor of

Lévis, Quebec Lévis () is a city in eastern Quebec, Canada, located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, opposite Quebec City. A ferry links Old Quebec with Old Lévis, and two bridges, the Quebec and the Pierre-Laporte, connect western Lévis with ...

, elected in 2005 and reelected in 2009. She was also the last mayor of

Saint-Jean-Chrysostome, Lévis, Quebec Saint-Jean-Chrysostome is a sector within the Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est, Lévis, Les Chutes-de-la-Chaudière-Est borough of the city of Lévis, Quebec, Lévis in central Quebec, Canada south of Quebec City on the south bank of the Saint La ...

, serving from 1999 to 2001. A native of

Montmagny, Quebec Montmagny () is a city in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is the county seat and had a population, as of the Canada 2011 Census, of 11,491. The city is on the south shore of the Sain ...

, she was educated at the

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in nursing technology and became a nurse specializing in

gerontology Gerontology ( ) is the study of the social, cultural, psychological, cognitive, and biological aspects of aging. The word was coined by Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov in 1903, from the Greek , ''geron'', "old man" and , ''-logia'', "study of". The fie ...

. She was working as a financial security consultant before entering politics. In 1991, she was elected to the municipal council for Saint-Jean-Chrysostome. She was president of the

Société de transport de Lévis The Société de transport de Lévis also known as STLevis ''(Lévis Transit Corporation)'' is a public transportation agency created in 1980, operating mainly in Lévis on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, being the counterpart of the ...

from 1999 to 2005. In 2000, she was vice-president of the Centre communautaire juridique de Québec. Her grandfather Louis-O. Roy served as mayor of Montmagny and her cousin Claude Roy represented Montmagny-L'Islet in the Quebec assembly. She is married to Flavio Marinelli.

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