Geneviève Guilbault (; born November 4, 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the

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in a

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held in the electoral district Louis-Hébert on October 2, 2017. She is a member of the

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. On October 18, 2018, she was appointed Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety. On October 20, 2022, she was re-appointed Deputy Premier and appointed Minister of Transport replacing François Bonnardel. Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked as a communications officer for the provincial

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's office."Geneviève Guilbault to be CAQ's new candidate in Louis-Hébert: source"
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'', September 7, 2017. She had previously planned to run for the CAQ in the electoral district of Charlesbourg in the 2018 provincial election, but was selected as the by-election candidate in Louis-Hébert after the party's original candidate, Normand Sauvageau, resigned.

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Living people Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs People from Longueuil Women MNAs in Quebec 1982 births Deputy premiers of Quebec Members of the Executive Council of Quebec Women government ministers of Canada Université Laval alumni 21st-century Canadian women politicians 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub