Nicole Léger
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Nicole Léger MNA |
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Nicole Léger, December 2014
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| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Pointe-aux-Trembles | |
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Assumed office May 12, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | André Boisclair |
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In office December 9, 1996 – June 1, 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Michel Bourdon |
| Succeeded by | André Boisclair |
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Assumed office May 12, 2008 |
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| Preceded by | André Boisclair |
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March 12, 1955 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
| Cabinet | Chief Whip of the Official Opposition |
Nicole Léger (born March 12, 1955) is a Canadian politician and the Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles from 1996 to 2006 and recently elected back as member of the Parti Québécois in a by-election on May 12, 2008.
She was born on March 12, 1955 in Montreal, Quebec and is the daughter of former Parti Québécois MNA Marcel Léger and the sister of Jean-Marc Léger, president of Léger Marketing. She made career in education and served in various executive positions in the Parti Québécois (PQ) from 1970 to 1996.
Following the death of MNA Michel Bourdon, Léger ran as a PQ candidate to fill his seat of Pointe-aux-Trembles. She easily won the by-election with 47% of the vote and was re-elected in the 1998 election.
Léger was appointed to the Cabinet in 1998 and served as Minister responsible for Family Services until 2001 and as Minister responsible for the War against Poverty from 2001 to 2003.
She won re-election in the 2003 election, but her party was defeated by Jean Charest's Liberals.
In the Parti Québécois leadership election of 2005 she was a staunch supporter of Pauline Marois over André Boisclair.
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