Céline Hervieux-Payette
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The Honourable Céline Hervieux-Payette PC |
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| Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | |
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In office January 18, 2007 – November 3, 2008 |
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| Appointed by | Stéphane Dion |
| Preceded by | Dan Hays |
| Succeeded by | Jim Cowan |
| Senator for Bedford, Quebec | |
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In office March 21, 1995 – April 22, 2016 |
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| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Paul David |
| Succeeded by | Rosa Galvez |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Mercier |
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In office 1979–1984 |
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| Preceded by | Prosper Boulanger |
| Succeeded by | Carole Jacques |
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April 22, 1941 L'Assomption, Quebec |
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Liberal (until 2014) Independent Liberal (2014-present) |
| Cabinet | Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport) (1983–1984) Minister of State (Youth) (1984) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada (1980–1982) Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (2007–2008) |
Céline Hervieux-Payette, PC (born April 22, 1941, L'Assomption, Quebec) is a former Canadian Senator and the former Leader of the Opposition in the Canadian Senate (2007-2008), the first woman ever to hold this position. She was previously a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and a cabinet minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau in the 1980s. She retired from the Senate on April 22, 2016 upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.
In the 1970s, Hervieux-Payette served as a political aide to the Quebec government of Premier Robert Bourassa. She also served as an administrator, as president and commissioner of the Le Gardeur School Board, and director of public relations for Steinberg Inc., a Quebec grocery and department store business.
Hervieux-Payette was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1979 election as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Mercier. She was re-elected in the 1980 election, and became parliamentary secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada. In 1983, she was appointed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to the Canadian Cabinet as Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport). She then served as Minister of State (Youth) from January to June 1984.
She was not appointed to the Cabinet of John Turner, who succeeded Trudeau as Liberal leader and prime minister in June 1984. She stood as a candidate in the 1984 election, but was defeated.
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