Sonia L'Heureux is a
Canadian
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civil servant, who was the
Parliamentary Librarian of Canada The Parliamentary Librarian of Canada is one of the key officials of the Parliament of Canada.
While the Library of Parliament was created shortly after 1867, the role of librarian was not created until 1871 to be in charge of management and contr ...
from 2012 to 2018.
["Meet Canada’s first female Parliamentary librarian: Sonia L’Heureux". '' The Hill Times'', July 9, 2012.] She was the first woman ever named to the position.
Originally from
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,
Quebec
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, L'Heureux joined the Canadian civil service in 1987. She worked for
Human Resources and Social Development Canada
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,
Finance Canada,
Environment Canada
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and
Energy, Mines and Resources Canada as a policy analyst before joining the
Library of Parliament as associate librarian in 2008. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in
economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics anal ...
from the
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte- ...
.
Following the resignation of
Kevin Page in March 2013, L'Heureux also served as interim
Parliamentary Budget Officer until the appointment of
Jean-Denis Fréchette in September.
"Sonia L'Heureux replaces Kevin Page as interim parliamentary budget officer"
''Toronto Sun
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'', March 7, 2013.
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Sonia L'Heureux
Parliamentary Librarians of Canada
Université de Montréal alumni
People from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
French Quebecers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Canadian women librarians
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