Cécile Vermette (; born January 19, 1945) is a former nurse and political figure in

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. She represented

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in the

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from 1985 to 2007 as a member of the

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. She was born in

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, the daughter of Antonio Vermette and Doria Dubeau, and was educated at the Collège Régina Assumpta, the

Hôpital Saint-Luc Hôpital Saint-Luc was a hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, at the intersection of Saint Denis Street and René Lévesque Boulevard in the borough of Ville-Marie, Montreal, Ville-Marie. It was named in honor of Luke the Evangelist, who is the p ...

and the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (; UdeM; ) 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-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on M ...

. She served as government

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from 1994 to 1996 and was deputy government leader from 2002 to 2003. Vermette retired from politics in 2007.

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* Parti Québécois MNAs 1945 births Living people Women MNAs in Quebec 20th-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 20th-century Canadian women politicians 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Quebec-MNA-stub