Lucille Collard is a

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politician who has been a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) since 2020. A member of the

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, Collard represents

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in the

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Background

Collard completed a law degree at the

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in 1999 and pursued a public service career as a lawyer. She practised international trade law with the NAFTA Secretariat, administrative and regulatory law with the

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and public law as a federal government civil litigator at the

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. Collard is a mother of four children and has reported education as a personal interest. In 2003, she launched a pilot francophone school with 18 students – Trille des Bois – which was officially opened in 2010. Today, 600 students attend Trille des Bois.

Political career

Trustee

Collard first ran for public office in 2010 and was elected as a School Trustee for the Ottawa-Vanier, Ottawa-Rockcliffe region. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2018. Following her second re-election, she was elected as Chair of the Board of the

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Provincial politics

In early 2020, Collard won the Liberal nomination for the by-election to the provincial electoral district of Ottawa-Vanier, which was vacated by

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. She was elected on February 7, 2020, with 52.2% of the vote. In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she serves as the Liberal opposition critic for the following ministerial portfolios: *

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(the provincial judiciary, criminal justice system and legal defence of the

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) *

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(law enforcement, penitentiary and correctional services) *

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She was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.

References

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