Denise Carrier-Perreault (born June 21, 1946) is a Quebec politician. She represented Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in the National Assembly of Quebec from 1989 to 2003, as a member of the

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. Carrier-Perreault earned a diploma in graphic design from

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and a bachelor's degree in industrial relations from

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in 1984. She worked at

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, as a telephonist from 1963 to 1968, as a union designer from 1968 to 1971 and then as a regional president of the union from 1971 to 1973. From 1984 to 1985 she served as a commissioner with the Chutes-de-la-Chaudière School Board. From 1985 to 1989, she was a Human Resources Management Consultant, just prior to her election, she was a trainer in occupational health and safety. She ran for the

in the newly created constituency of Chutes-de-la-Chaudière in the 1989 Quebec general election and won. She was re-elected in the

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and

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s. Carrier-Perrault served in the government of

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as Minister for Lands, Mines and Forests. She did not seek re-election in 2003.Denise Carrier-Perrault Quebec National Assembly Biography
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