Lucie Leblanc is a politician from Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada

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. She was an Action démocratique du Québec

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

 (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly

National Assembly of Quebec

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 for the electoral district of Deux-Montagnes

Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district)

Deux-Montagnes is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853...

 from 2007 to 2008.

Background

She was the owner of a computer and accountancy company for over 20 years. She served as a municipal councillor from 1998 to 2002 and as mayor from 2002 to 2005 in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac. She was also a member of the elected regional council of the Laurentians as well as the region police and the businesswomen network of the Laurentians.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

Leblanc was nominated as an ADQ candidate for the 2007 election

Quebec general election, 2007

The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...

, after Jean-François Plante

Jean-François Plante

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's candidacy was dismissed by his own party. Plante, a former Vision Montréal

Vision Montreal

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 Councillor in Montreal

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, had made a controversial statements about women's rights

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 and accused openly gay

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 Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

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 (PQ) leader André Boisclair

André Boisclair

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 of taking advantage of his sexual orientation

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Leblanc won a narrow victory to represent the district of Deux-Montagnes

Deux-Montagnes (provincial electoral district)

Deux-Montagnes is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It was created in 1853...

 with 36% of the vote. PQ candidate Daniel Goyer finished second with 33% of the vote. Leblanc took office on April 12, 2007.

Federal Politics

She campaigned on behalf of local Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

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 candidate Claude Carignan during the federal election of 2008

Canadian federal election, 2008

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. Carignan finished a distant second against Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

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 candidate Luc Desnoyers

Luc Desnoyers

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 in the district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...

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External links

• Lucie LEBLANC at National Assembly of Quebec
  National Assembly of Quebec
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