Sylvie Parent is a Canadian politician. She was

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Longueuil Longueuil () is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Montérégie administrative region and the central city of the urban agglomeration of Longueuil. It sits on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River directly acr ...

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from November 5, 2017 to November 14, 2021. She was the second female mayor in the city's history.

Biography

Parent was educated at the

Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières The Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) (''English: University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières''), also known as "l'université du peuple", established in 1969 and mainly located in Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada, is a public universi ...

where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychoeducation. Before entering politics, she worked for the Director of Youth Protection in Montreal and for the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec as a returning officer. She was first elected to

Longueuil City Council The Longueuil City Council (in French: ''Conseil municipal de la Ville de Longueuil'') is the governing body of the mayor–council government in the city of Longueuil on Montreal's south shore, located in the Montérégie region of Quebec, Canada ...

in the 2009 Quebec municipal elections in the district of Fatima-du Parcours-du-Cerf. On council, she was the head of the city's Finance and Human Resources Commission and was co-chair of the Budget, Finance and Administration Commission for

Urban agglomeration of Longueuil The urban agglomeration of Longueuil was created on January 1, 2006 as a result of the de-amalgamation process brought upon by the Charest government. It encompasses all the boroughs that were merged into the previous city of Longueuil and sti ...

. Parent was the right-hand woman of mayor

Caroline St-Hilaire Caroline St-Hilaire (born November 16, 1969 in Longueuil, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who served as Mayor of Longueuil under the banner of Action Longueuil from November 10, 2009 to November 5, 2017. She was previously a Member of Parliam ...

during her time in office, and succeeded her as head of the Action Longueuil party in April 2017. In the 2017 mayoral election, she narrowly defeated Josée Latendresse by just over 100 votes out of over 58,000 cast. Despite winning the mayoralty, her party won just 6 of the 16 seats on council. In April 2019, a report in '' La Presse'' revealed that her salary would increase 49%, from $161,000 to more than $240,000. This made her the highest paid municipal politician in the province. Longueuil's leader of the opposition, Xavier Léger, accused her among other things of combining regional positions in order to increase her salary.

Personal life

Parent has three children and has lived in Longueuil for more than 30 years. On 8 September 2020, Parent tested positive for

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during the

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References

External links

Sylvie Parent - Biography
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Parent, Sylvie French Quebecers Living people Mayors of Longueuil Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières alumni Women mayors of places in Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians Year of birth missing (living people)