Élaine Michaud is a Canadian

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 politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons

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 in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

Portneuf—Jacques-Cartier

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 as a member of the New Democratic Party

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At the time of her election, she was a communications officer at the Régie de l'assurance maladie du Québec

Régie de l'Assurance Maladie du Québec

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 and a masters student at the École nationale d’administration publique.

A little after her election, former MP André Arthur, whom she had beaten in the election, said he did not know what he could have said to people in his riding to avoid being beaten by a fat woman with dirty teeth.