Mylène Freeman (born March 7, 1989) is a former Canadian politician who was the

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(NDP)

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for the riding of

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. She was elected in the

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after defeating incumbent

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of the

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Biography

Born in

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, she is fluent in both

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and

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. She grew up fluently bilingual; she is the daughter of an

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father and a

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mother. See also
‘No joke. Your daughter just elected Quebec MP’
" ''Stouffville Sun-Tribune'', May 6, 2011. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from

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, where she studied political theory. She was co-president of the university's New Democratic Party student group and co-ordinator of the university's Women in House program, which has young women shadow female MPs in hopes of fostering their interest in getting involved in politics. In the

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, Freeman stood on behalf of

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as a candidate for borough councillor in Claude-Ryan. Freeman defeated

by 8,000 votes in

in the 2011 federal election. She was one of five McGill students, alongside

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and Jamie Nicholls, elected to Parliament in the 2011 election following the NDP's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec. In 2015, NDP leader

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named her to the shadow cabinet as critic for the status of women. She succeeded

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, who was reassigned to be critic for Aboriginal affairs. Amid a drop in support for the NDP in the 2015 election, Dubé was re-elected while Freeman and the other three were defeated. Following her defeat, Freeman went on to pursue doctoral studies at the

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Electoral record

Source
Elections Canada
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References

External links

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Web Site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freeman, Mylene 1989 births Anglophone Quebec people Canadian people of Irish descent Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Franco-Ontarian people Living people McGill University alumni Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec New Democratic Party MPs Quebec people of Irish descent People from Whitchurch-Stouffville Women in Quebec politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians