Nicole Ménard (born December 27, 1948 in

Saint-Constant, Quebec Saint-Constant is a Types of municipalities in Quebec, city in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the South Shore (Montreal), south shore of Montreal in the Roussillon Regional County Municipality of the Montérégie region. The popula ...

) is a Quebec politician. She was the

Quebec Liberal Party The Quebec Liberal Party (QLP; french: Parti libéral du Québec, PLQ) is a provincial political party in Quebec. It has been independent of the federal Liberal Party of Canada since 1955. The QLP has always been associated with the colour red; e ...

member of the

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for the riding of Laporte in the

Montérégie Montérégie () is an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec. It includes the cities of Boucherville, Brossard, Châteauguay, Longueuil, Saint-Hyacinthe, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Salaberry-de-Valleyfield and Vaudreuil-Dorion. The ...

region from 2007 to 2022, serving as Minister of Tourism when her party was in power. She studied at the

École des hautes études commerciales de Montréal École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Sav ...

and the ''Centre international de recherches et d'études en management'' in business administration and strategic management before taking an Advanced Executive Program at

Northwestern University Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois. Founded in 1851, Northwestern is the oldest chartered university in Illinois and is ranked among the most prestigious academic institutions in the world. Charte ...

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. Menard has worked at the

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since 1967 and was the director of the bank's regional division in Montreal North. She has been the vice-president of the bank since 1995. She has headed several foundations and received several awards for her work. Menard was elected as MNA member for Laporte replacing former Finance Minister

Michel Audet Michel Audet (born November 12, 1940) is an economist and a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was the Finance Minister of Quebec in the first Charest government. Audet was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 Quebec gener ...

, who did not seek a re-election in the

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. She was named parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, portfolios currently held by

Raymond Bachand Raymond Bachand (born October 22, 1947 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former politician, a businessman and a lawyer in Quebec, Canada. He was the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Outremont, and a member of the Que ...

. She was also parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Tourism and, following the 2008 election, she was promoted to Bachand's position in the Cabinet.

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Quebec Liberal Party page
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