Sylvie Roy (November 4, 1964 – July 31, 2016) was a Canadian

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and a Member of the

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for the electoral district of Arthabaska. She previously represented the riding of Lotbinière from

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until 2012, initially as a member of the now-defunct

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(ADQ) until the merger of that party into the

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in 1987 and admitted to the

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in 1988. She was lawyer for 15 years including 12 years for

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organizations in

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. She served as mayor of Saint-Sophie-de-Lévrard from 1998 to 2003. She also worked for the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec Roy was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2003 election with 37% of the vote.

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(PQ)

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Jean-Guy Paré finished third with 26% of the vote. In the 2007 election, Roy was easily re-elected with 59% of the vote.

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candidate Laurent Boissonneault, finished second with 22% of the vote. On March 29, 2007, Roy was appointed Deputy

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House Leader. In the 2008 election, Roy won re-election with 44% of the vote, even though her party's support sharply declined and party leader

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announced his resignation. On February 27, 2009, she was named the interim leader of the ADQ until

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became the permanent leader later that year. The ADQ merged with the CAQ in 2012, and Roy was re-elected in the

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. On August 26, 2015, she resigned to sit as an independent MNA following disagreements with the party leadership. She died on July 31, 2016 from acute hepatitis.

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