Dominique Vien (born February 10, 1967) is a Canadian politician, who served as Member of the

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for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007. She was defeated in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action démocratique du Québec, but was then re-elected in the same district in

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. She was a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and was the delegate minister for Health and Social Services, previously the Minister for Government Services. Born in Lévis,

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, Vien studied at

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and received a

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in communications in 1992. She also studied at the

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in training, animation and leadership in 2001. From 1992 to 2003, she was a journalist, anchor and host at a radio station in Lac-Etchemin and was a journalist and news anchor at

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from 1999 to 2001. Vien was elected

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for the House of Commons of Canada in the riding of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis for the Conservative Party of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

^ Change is based on redistributed results. Coalition Avenir change is from Action démocratique.

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* * 1967 births Women government ministers of Canada Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Women MNAs in Quebec Living people Members of the Executive Council of Quebec People from Lévis, Quebec Université Laval alumni Journalists from Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Conservative Party of Canada MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada French Quebecers {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub