Ginette Grandmont is a politician from

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, Canada. She was an

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Member of the

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for the electoral district of Masson from 2007 to 2008.

Background

She is from

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and relocated to

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. She holds a degree from the Institut d'hôtellerie du Québec and worked as a real estate broker for nearly 20 years with Re-Max and

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. She was also the owner of a

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franchise in

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for five years, and a volunteer for Operation Red Nose and Operation Enfant Soleil.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

Grandmont was first elected in the 2007 election with 44% of the vote.

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incumbent

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finished second with 36% of the vote. Grandmont took office on April 12, 2007. She ran again in the 2008 election but was defeated by PQ candidate

Guillaume Tremblay Guillaume Tremblay (born April 14, 1984) is a Canadian politician. Formerly a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2008 to 2012, he is currently serving as the mayor of Mascouche. Born in Mascouche, Quebec, Tremblay ...

Federal politics

She campaigned on behalf of local

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candidate

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during the federal election of 2008. L’ADQ monte au front pour aider les conservateurs, Joël-Denis Bellavance, La Presse, September 11, 2008
/ref> Carignan finished a distant second against

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candidate Luc Desnoyers in the district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.

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