Sadia Groguhé
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Sadia Groguhé MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Lambert |
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In office May 30, 2011 – October 19, 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Josée Beaudin |
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November 9, 1962 Istres, France |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Children | 4 |
| Profession | Guidance counselor |
Sadia Groguhé (born November 9, 1962), is a French-Canadian politician. In the 2011 federal election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Saint-Lambert under the banner of the New Democratic Party. She was defeated for reelection in the new electoral district of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne in the 2015 election.
Groguhé was born on November 9, 1962 in Istres, France. The daughter of Algerian immigrants, Groguhé was one of twelve children.
She has a Master's degree, practiced as a psychologist, and did community work. In France, she worked in the area of social and occupational integration for youth and adults in distress. Trained in transactional analysis as a therapeutic tool, she held sessions as a trainer. Groguhé was chair of the Istres equality association.
She ran as an independent candidate in 1994’s cantonal election. Noticed by Jacques Siffre, Istres’ socialist mayor, she ran municipally in 1995.
Groguhé was elected and was a municipal councillor from 1995 to 2000. She was responsible for integration, and left her position after the birth of her children.
Groguhé and her husband, who is originally from the Ivory Coast, decided to leave France so their children would not be discriminated against because of their background. They submitted their visa requests in 2003 and immigrated to Canada in 2005.
Naturalized in 2010, Groguhé joined the New Democratic Party. She was a candidate for the party in the 2011 federal election in the Montreal riding of Saint-Lambert and defeated the incumbent Bloc MP, Josée Beaudin, by receiving 42.65% of the vote.
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