Sadia Groguhé (; born November 9, 1962) is a

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politician of

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descent. A municipal councillor in the French city of Istres from 1995 to 2000, Groguhé and her husband immigrated to Canada in 2005. In the 2011 federal election, she was elected to the

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as the Member of Parliament for the

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of Saint-Lambert under the banner of the

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. She was defeated for reelection in the new electoral district of

Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the House of Commons of Canada since 2015. It encompasses a portion of Quebec formerly included in the electoral districts of Saint-Bruno ...

in the 2015 election.

Early life and French political career in

Groguhé was born on November 9, 1962 in Istres, France to

immigrants, one of twelve children. She has a Master's degree, practiced as a psychologist, and did community work. In France, she worked in the area of social and occupational integration for youth and adults in distress. Trained in transactional analysis as a therapeutic tool, she held sessions as a trainer. Groguhé was chair of the Istres equality association. Groguhé ran as an independent candidate in 1994’s cantonal election. Noticed by Jacques Siffre, Istres’ socialist mayor, she ran municipally in 1995. Groguhé was elected and was a municipal councillor from 1995 to 2000. She was responsible for integration, and left her position after the birth of her children. Groguhé and her husband, who is originally from the

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, decided to leave France so their children would not be discriminated against because of their background. They submitted their visa requests in 2003 and immigrated to Canada in 2005.

Canadian politics

2011 election and tenure

Naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 2010, Groguhé joined the

. She was a candidate for the party in the 2011 federal election in the Montreal riding of Saint-Lambert and defeated the incumbent Bloc MP, Josée Beaudin, with 42.65% of the vote. After her election, Groguhé was appointed the NDP’s assistant critic for immigration, citizenship, and multiculturalism. During her parliamentary tenure, Groguhé advocated for modernizing the immigration application system. From April 19, 2012 to August 12, 2013, Groguhé was the Deputy House Leader of the NDP and the

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. She then became the NDP's

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, which meant she was also the

Deputy Whip, and gave up the assistant critic portfolios she had held since 2011. In June 2014, the

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found that a group of NDP MPs, including Groguhé, had improperly used Parliamentary resources for partisan activities by sending out nearly two million mass mailings, costing 1.17 million dollars to different ridings, including some that were holding by-elections at the time. Groguhé kept the deputy whip position until she lost her bid for re-election in the new riding of

Longueuil—Saint-Hubert Longueuil—Saint-Hubert (formerly Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher and Longueuil) is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, represented in the House of Commons of Canada from since 2015 Geography This South Shore district in the Quebec r ...

in the 2015 federal election.

Party politics

Following Jack Layton's death, she supported Thomas Mulcair in the 2012 NDP leadership race. In the 2017 leadership contest, Groguhé was a supporter of Peter Julian prior to his exit from the race.

Post-federal politics

Following her defeat, Groguhé became a guidance counselor. Groguhé announced in April 2017 that she is running for Mayor of Longueuil in the 2017 Quebec municipal election. She finished third with 14.7% of the vote.

Personal life

Groguhé is the mother of four children, and is married.

Electoral record

References

External links

Official website
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