Johanne Gonthier (born November 3, 1954, in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Member of the
National Assembly of Quebec
The National Assembly of Quebec (officially in french: link=no, Assemblée nationale du Québec) is the legislative body of the province of Quebec in Canada. Legislators are called MNAs (Members of the National Assembly; french: link=no, déput ...
(MNA) for the
riding of
Mégantic-Compton
Megantic-Compton is a former provincial electoral district in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. As of its final election, it included the municipalities of East Angus, Cookshire-Eaton, Lac-Mégantic, Weedon, Lac-Drolet and Chartierville.
...
from 2007 to 2012. She is the daughter of former MNA
Madeleine Bélanger, who represented the same riding from 1983 to 2003. Gonthier represented the
Quebec Liberal Party
Prior to entering politics, Gonthier worked in public relations and marketing for 20 years and was the director of the Chambre de Commerce de la région de
Mégantic (Lac-Megantic region
Chamber of Commerce) from 2003 to 2007.
She was narrowly elected in the
2007 election and served as
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife, a portfolio held by
Claude Béchard
Claude Béchard (June 29, 1969 – September 7, 2010) was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He served as Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Kamouraska-Témiscouata in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region; as ...
, from 2007 to 2008.
She was re-elected in
2008
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and served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity from 2009 to 2012.
She did not run for re-election in
2012
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.
References
External links
Biography of Johanne Gonthier*
1954 births
Living people
Politicians from Montreal
Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
Women MNAs in Quebec
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
People from Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
French Quebecers
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