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Hélène David (born 1953) is a
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politician, who was elected to the
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in the 2014 provincial election."Hélène David wins Liberal seat in Outremont"
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, April 7, 2014.
She represented the electoral district of
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from 2014 to 2018, and represented the district of
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from 2018 to 2022, as a member of the
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. David was Minister of Culture and Communications and Minister Responsible for the Protection and Promotion of the French Language from 2014 to 2016 in the Couillard government, then Minister Responsible for Higher Education from 2016 to 2018.


Biography

David was born, raised and educated in
Outremont Outremont () is an affluent residential borough (''arrondissement'') of the city of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It consists entirely of the former city on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec. The neighbourhood is inhabited largely by F ...
. She holds a PhD in clinical psychology from 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 ...
. In 1984 she started to work as an instructor in
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and women's and maternal issues. She is also a member of various university committees, overseer of psychology graduate programs, deputy director of the Department of Psychology, and vice-rector of academic affairs, international relations, and the
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at the university. From 2008 to 2010 she was assistant deputy minister for higher education in the Ministry of Education, Recreation and Sports under then-Premier
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. She received the Simone Chouinard Award from the Montreal Heart Institute Research Centre, and the International Cesare Sacerdoti Award from the
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. In 1977 became a member of the Quebec College of Psychologists, and served for many years on the board of the Montreal Heart Institute.


Personal life

She is the younger sister of
Françoise David Françoise David (; born January 13, 1948) is a former spokesperson of Québec solidaire – a left-wing, feminist, and sovereigntist political party in the province of Quebec, Canada. She was elected to serve as the Member of the National As ...
, a member of the National Assembly for the
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party from 2012 to 2017. When asked about her sister, she said that the two have "known for a long time that we're not necessarily from the same political family." Hélène is a federalist, while Françoise is a sovereigntist. However, Hélène shares Françoise's staunch
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; she considers herself "allergic to all domination of women by men." Her other siblings include Pierre David, a film producer, and Charles-Philippe David, a political science professor at the
Université du Québec à Montréal The (UQAM; ), is a French language, French-language public university, public research university based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the system. UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government o ...
. Her father is Paul David, a former cardiologist and PC
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under former
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. On February 22, 2016 she became Minister of Higher Education.


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Hélène David
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