Monique Sauvé (born January 28, 1960) is a

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politician, who was elected to the

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in a

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on November 9, 2015."Le PLQ et le PQ en voie de conserver leurs sièges"
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'', November 9, 2015. She represented the electoral district of

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as a member of the

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until her retirement from politics at the

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Biography

She studied at

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, obtaining a Bachelor's in

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in 1981 and

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in 1985. Two years later, she founded her own placement agency, Personnel Métro, which she presided over until 1996. She was also director of the Montreal division of the Réseau des femmes d'affaires du Québec from 1993 to 1995. Prior to her election, she ran the Carrefour Emploi Jeunesse de Laval from 1997 to 2015.

References

1960 births Living people French Quebecers Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Women MNAs in Quebec Politicians from Laval, Quebec Politicians from Montreal McGill University Faculty of Management alumni McGill University Faculty of Science alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub