Myriam Taschereau is a politician in Quebec

Quebec

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, Canada. She is related to former Quebec Premier Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau

Louis-Alexandre Taschereau was a the 14th Premier of the Canadian province of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. He was elected four times, the first in 1900, in the riding of Montmorency. He was also a member of the Parti libéral du Québec...

. She has been active in both the Conservative Party of Canada

Conservative Party of Canada

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 and the 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....

. She ran for the Conservatives in the federal election of 2008

Canadian federal election, 2008

The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...

 in the riding of Québec. The Conservatives had hoped to make gains in Québec during the election, including Taschereau's riding, but she and the Conservatives were unsuccessful. After the election she took the role of Québec Communications Director in the PMO. She resigned from this position in May 2009, to run for the ADQ leadership.