Noëlla Champagne (; born December 25, 1944, in

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) is a politician from

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, and former Member of the National Assembly (MNA).

Career

Champagne taught French and history at the secondary level from 1964 to 1971. Before her political career, she was the political secretary for Champlain MNA Yves Beaumier from 1997 to 2003. She ran as a Parti Québécois (PQ) candidate in the district of Champlain in the 2003 election (on April 14), which resulted in a tie vote. A subsequent

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was necessary to break the tie, and it gave Champagne, who became the 45th PQ MNA to the new assembly, the victory over

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candidate and former MNA Pierre-A. Brouillette by 642 votes. In

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, she was defeated by the

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candidate

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, as were many of her colleagues from the

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area and other small-town regions of Quebec. In the 2008 election, however, Champagne won her seat back from Auger, who had switched from the ADQ to the

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before the election. She was defeated in the 2014 election.

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* 1944 births Living people Parti Québécois MNAs Women MNAs in Quebec 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians {{PartiQuébécois-Quebec-MNA-stub