Carole Poirier

Carole Poirier
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
In office December 8, 2008 – October 18, 2018
Preceded by	Louise Harel
Succeeded by	Alexandre Leduc
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-02) October 2, 1958 Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Parti Québécois
Alma mater	Université du Québec à Montréal

Carole Poirier (born October 2, 1958) is a Canadian politician. Poirier was elected to represent the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ).

Poirier is a graduate from the Université du Québec à Montréal with certificates in administration, municipal services management and public services administration. She also obtained a master's degree in public administration from the École nationale d'administration publique.

From 1997 to 2006, she was the cabinet director for the Minister of employment and social solidarity (1997–1998), the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Metropolitan (1998–2002), the President of the National Assembly of Quebec (2002–2003) and the leader of the official opposition (2005–2006). She was also the treasurer and political organizer for the PQ's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve office.

She was defeated in the 2018 election.

Electoral record

2008 Quebec general election: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Carole Poirier	10,530	54.31	+1.60
	Liberal	Julie Tremblay	4,115	21.22	+7.66
	Québec solidaire	Serge Mongeau	2,508	12.93	+3.26
	Action démocratique	Jean-Levy Champagne	1,303	6.72	−8.82
	Green	Sylvie Woods	817	4.21	−2.88
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Dandenault	117	0.60	+0.34
Total valid votes			19,390	98.39
Total rejected ballots			317	1.61
Turnout			19,707	47.82	−14.36
Electors on the lists			41,210
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Parti Quebecois biopage (in French)