Marie-Claude Morin | |
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Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
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In office May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015 |
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Preceded by | Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac |
Succeeded by | Brigitte Sansoucy |
Chair of the Standing Committee on Status of Women |
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In office April 23, 2012 – April 29, 2013 |
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Minister | Rona Ambrose |
Preceded by | Irene Mathyssen |
Succeeded by | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe |
Personal details | |
Born |
Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
January 25, 1985
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Profession | Actress, coordinator, social worker, student |
Marie-Claude Morin (born January 25, 1985 in Trois-Rivières, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election. She represented the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot as a member of the New Democratic Party for one term.
Morin pursued her post-secondary education at the Université du Québec à Montréal where she was a social work student.
Morin ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot under the New Democratic Party of Canada banner in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated incumbent Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac and future Canadian Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais as well as two other candidates to win her first term in office. In 2014 she announced she would not seek re-election for health and personal reasons.