Stéphanie Vallée (born 24 September 1971) is a French-Canadian

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, lawyer and negotiator in

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. She was a member of the

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(MNA) for the provincial riding of Gatineau from 2007 to 2018, as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. Since 2014 she served as

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for Quebec, but decided to leave electoral politics as of the 2018 provincial general election. Vallée studied at the

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and obtained a

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in civil law. After working as an intern for two years, Vallée was a lawyer in Maniwaki for nearly 12 years, becoming a member of the

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in 1995, and serving as a Member of the Conseil du Barreau of the former city of Hull. She also worked as a chief negotiator at the federal Department of Indian Affairs. In the 2007 election, she stood as the Liberal candidate for Gatineau, replacing outgoing incumbent MNA Réjean Lafrenière, who did not seek re-election. In the election, she easily defeated five other candidates, including the

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's Therese Yiel-Dery, Action democratique du Quebec's Martin Otis, the

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's Gail Walker (a former federal candidate),

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's Carmen Boucher and the Marxist–Leninist candidate Lisa Leblanc. She was named the Parliamentary Secretary for the Minister of

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and

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s under the responsibility of Michelle Courchesne. She was successfully re-elected in 2012 and again in 2014. In 2014, she was named

and Minister responsible for the

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. Heavily involved in cultural affairs, she is a member of the Administration of the Gatineau Valley's ''Maison de la Culture''. She has also worked as an administrator at a local community radio station CHGA-FM.

Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vallee, Stephanie Living people Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Lawyers in Quebec University of Ottawa alumni Women MNAs in Quebec 1971 births University of Ottawa Faculty of Law alumni Canadian lawyers Canadian women lawyers People from Maniwaki Politicians from Sherbrooke Justice ministers of Quebec 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians Women government ministers of Canada Members of the Executive Council of Quebec