Louise Thibault (; born 1946) is a

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politician. Born in

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, Thibault was a city councillor in Le Bic in 2003, then was elected into the

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in the

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for the

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in the riding of

Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques (formerly known as Rimouski—Témiscouata) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2004. Geography This eastern Quebe ...

. A former senior public servant, Thibault was the Bloc's critic of the Minister of Public Works and Government Services. Thibault resigned from the Bloc Québécois caucus on April 12, 2007 and sat as an independent. She ran in the 2008 election as an independent, but was defeated by

Claude Guimond Claude Guimond (born August 4, 1963) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques in the 2008 Canadian federal election and then defeated in the 2011 Canadian fe ...

, the new Bloc Québécois candidate.

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