Noëlla Champagne (born December 25, 1944 in
Saint-Tite, Quebec
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) is a politician from
Quebec
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,
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, and former
Member of the National Assembly (MNA).
Career
Champagne worked as a teacher in French and history from 1964 to 1971 at the secondary level. Before her political career she was the political secretary for Champlain MNA
Yves Beaumier from 1997 to 2003.
She ran as a
Parti Québécois (PQ) candidate in the district of
Champlain in the
2003 election (on April 14), which resulted in a tie vote. A subsequent
by-election
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was necessary to break the tie, and it gave Champagne, who became the 45th PQ MNA to the new assembly, the victory over
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candidate and former MNA
Pierre-A. Brouillette by 642 votes.
In
2007 she was defeated by the
Action Démocratique du Québec
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candidate
Pierre-Michel Auger
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Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, Auger holds a bachelor' ...
, as were many of her colleagues from the
Mauricie area and other small-town regions of Quebec. In the
2008 election however, Champagne won her seat back from Auger, who had switched from the ADQ to the
Quebec Liberal Party
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before the election.
She was defeated in the
2014 election.
Footnotes
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1944 births
Living people
Parti Québécois MNAs
Women MNAs in Quebec
21st-century Canadian politicians
21st-century Canadian women politicians
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