Marie Renaud (born 1964 or 1965) is a Canadian politician who was first elected in the
2015 Alberta general election
The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, 2015, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7, 2015. This election elected members to the ...
to the
Legislative Assembly of Alberta
The Legislative Assembly of Alberta is the deliberative assembly of the province of Alberta, Canada. It sits in the Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton. The Legislative Assembly currently has 87 members, elected first past the post from sin ...
representing the
electoral district of
St. Albert and was
re-elected on April 16, 2019.
Personal life
Renaud holds a university certificate in counselling women from the Women's and
Gender studies
Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field ...
department at the
University of Alberta
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, and a diploma in Community Disability Studies from
MacEwan University
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Renaud has sat on various boards, including Handicapped Housing Society of Alberta, Alberta Avenue Business Revitalization Zone and Norwood Neighborhood Association. She has also served on various committees, including the Rehabilitation Practitioner Advisory Committee for MacEwan University and the St. Albert Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee.
Before being elected, Renaud worked at the Women's Economic and Business Solutions Society and seven years as an instructor at MacEwan University. Renaud also worked for Lo-Se-Ca Foundation as the Executive Director for almost 15 years.
Electoral history
2019 general election
2015 general election
References
1960s births
Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs
Living people
People from St. Albert, Alberta
Women MLAs in Alberta
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
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