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Jocelyne Girard-Bujold (born 1 January 1943) was a member of the
House of Commons of Canada The House of Commons of Canada (french: Chambre des communes du Canada) is the lower house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the Senate of Canada, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The House of Common ...
from 1997 to 2004. She is a businesswoman and political assistant by career. Born in Arvida, Quebec, Girard-Bujold was elected in the Jonquière electoral district under the
Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...
party in the 1997 and 2000 elections, serving in the 36th and
37th Canadian Parliament The 37th Canadian Parliament was in session from January 29, 2001, until May 23, 2004. The membership was set by the 2000 Canadian federal election, 2000 federal election on November 27, 2000, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and ...
s respectively. However, by the 2004 national election, the Jonquière riding had been redistributed. Girard-Bujold lost the Bloc Québécois nomination for the
Jonquière—Alma Jonquière—Alma was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 2004 to 2011. It was created in 2003 from parts of Jonquière and Lac-Saint-Jean—Saguenay ridings. It co ...
electoral district to
Sébastien Gagnon Sébastien Gagnon (born May 21, 1973) is a Canadian businessman and former politician and soldier. Gagnon was elected as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada in a 2002 by-election. He was elected in the riding of Lac-Saint- ...
. She ran as an independent candidate in the election, but Gagnon won the riding.


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* 1943 births Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Bloc Québécois MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Saguenay, Quebec Women in Quebec politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub