Marie Renaud (born 1964 or 1965) is a Canadian politician who was first elected in the

2015 Alberta general election The 2015 Alberta general election was held on May 5, 2015, following a request of Premier Jim Prentice to the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Donald Ethell to dissolve the Legislative Assembly on April 7, 2015. This election elected members to the ...

to the

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representing the electoral district of St. Albert and was re-elected on April 16, 2019.

Personal life

Renaud holds a university certificate in counselling women from the Women's and

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department at the

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, and a diploma in Community Disability Studies from

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. Renaud has sat on various boards, including Handicapped Housing Society of Alberta, Alberta Avenue Business Revitalization Zone and Norwood Neighborhood Association. She has also served on various committees, including the Rehabilitation Practitioner Advisory Committee for MacEwan University and the St. Albert Accessible Transportation Advisory Committee. Before being elected, Renaud worked at the Women's Economic and Business Solutions Society and seven years as an instructor at MacEwan University. Renaud also worked for Lo-Se-Ca Foundation as the Executive Director for almost 15 years.

Electoral history

2019 general election

2015 general election

References

1960s births Alberta New Democratic Party MLAs Living people People from St. Albert, Alberta Women MLAs in Alberta 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Alberta-politician-stub