Marie Grégoire (born August 15, 1965) was the

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Member of the

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, Canada, for the electoral district of Berthier from 2002 to

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. Grégoire was first elected to the National Assembly in a by-election held on June 17, 2002 with 51% of the vote.

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(PQ)

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David Levine finished second with 28% of the vote. In the 2003 election, Grégoire finished second with 32% of the vote, behind PQ candidate Alexandre Bourdeau (35%). During the 2007 campaign and since then, Grégoire has been a regular panelist on the

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's news program Le Club des Ex, along with former political opponents

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of the

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and

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of the PQ. In April 2007, she signed a

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that urges Quebec to choose an

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in which a significant number of seats would be determined by

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instead of

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.Oui à la proportionnelle
François Desjardins, ''Le Devoir'', April 2, 2007

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* 1965 births Action démocratique du Québec MNAs Living people Women MNAs in Quebec 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{Quebec-MNA-stub