Claude DeBellefeuille (born December 13, 1963) is a Canadian politician serving as the member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Salaberry—Suroît in

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since the 2019 federal election. A member of the

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(BQ), she previously served as the MP for

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from 2006 to 2011.

Background

Born in

Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Salaberry-de-Valleyfield () is a city in southwestern Quebec, Canada, in the Regional County Municipality of Beauharnois-Salaberry. The population as of 2021 was 42,410. The historic downtown is a major touristic centre for the area. Due to th ...

, Quebec, DeBellefeuille was a social worker before becoming a politician. She was first elected in the 2006 federal election in the riding of

. She defeated Alain Boire in the nomination race in the riding and went on to win the general election. DeBellefeuille was reelected in

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with a slightly higher margin than the previous election. Between June 2010 and May 2011, she replaced

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as the chief Bloc Québécois Whip, previously serving as Deputy Whip. In the 2011 federal election, DeBellefeuille was a casualty of the Orange Wave, losing her seat to Anne Minh-Thu Quach of the

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(NDP). In

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, she ran in Salaberry—Suroît and again lost to Quach. After Quach did not run in the 2019 federal election, DeBellefeuille succeeded her. On June 17, 2020 DeBellefeuille spoke as party whip following New Democratic Party leader

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calling fellow Bloc Québécois MP

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a ‘racist’ after he (Therrien) voted against a motion to address systemic racism and discrimination in the

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. On June 18, 2020 DeBellefeuille called for Singh to be blocked from speaking in Parliament due to the previous day’s ‘outburst’ but was unsuccessful. Since 2021 she has served as the

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in the

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Electoral record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Debellefeuille, Claude 1963 births Bloc Québécois MPs Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Politicians from Montérégie Women in Quebec politics 21st-century Canadian women politicians 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada