Marlene Jennings
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The Honourable Marlene Jennings PC |
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| Member of Parliament for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine |
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In office 1997–2011 |
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| Preceded by | Warren Allmand |
| Succeeded by | Isabelle Morin |
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November 10, 1951 Longueuil, Quebec |
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Liberal (Federal) CAQ (Provincial) |
| Spouse(s) | Luciano Del Negro |
| Residence | Montreal |
| Profession | Non-profit executive |
Marlene Jennings, PC, MP (born November 10, 1951) is a former Canadian politician. She was a member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, and represented the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine from 1997 to 2011.
Jennings was born in Longueuil, Quebec. She is a former lawyer and senior public servant. She is the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for International Cooperation, the former Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada, and a former Member of Parliament. From 2004 to October 2005, she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister with special emphasis on Canada-U.S. relations.
Jennings was the first black woman from Quebec to be elected to Parliament in the history of Confederation. She was also one of the few parliamentarians with a physical disability, having become temporarily partially blind due to an illness in early 2010; she used visual aids and a white cane until late 2011. Over 7 surgical procedures successfully restored her vision.
Jennings succeeded Warren Allmand, the MP for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, in the reorganized riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine upon its creation in 1997. She was elected five times in the riding with consistent margins of between 10,000 and 20,000 votes, and her riding was considered one of the safest Liberal seats in the country. However, she fell to Quebec's "orange wave" in the Canadian federal election, 2011, losing her seat to Isabelle Morin of the NDP.
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