Denise Leblanc-Bantey, also known as Denise Leblanc, was a
Canadian politician and a two-term Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec.
Background
She was born on December 15, 1949, in
L'Étang-du-Nord,
Quebec. She made her career in education.
Member of the legislature
Leblanc ran as a
Parti Québécois (PQ) candidate in the
1976 election against
Liberal incumbent
Louis-Philippe Lacroix in the provincial district of
ÃŽles-de-la-Madeleine and won. She served as a
parliamentary assistant from 1976 to 1981.
Cabinet Member
She was re-elected in the
1981 election. She was appointed to the
Cabinet
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in 1981 and served as Minister of the Civil Service until 1984 and as Minister responsible for the Status of Women from 1983 to 1984.
PQ Crisis
During the
Parti Québécois Crisis of 1984, Leblanc resigned from the Cabinet and
crossed the floor
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. She sat as an
Independent by November 17, 1984. She did not run for re-election in the
1985 election.
She was the President of a
Quebec sovereignty
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group known as the
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in 1985 and 1986.
Death
Leblanc died on February 8, 1999, in
Montreal due to natural causes.
Footnotes
1949 births
1999 deaths
Parti Québécois MNAs
Women MNAs in Quebec
20th-century Canadian women politicians
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