Kathleen Weil is a

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politician and lawyer. Weil was elected to represent the riding of

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in the

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in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the

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and a former provincial cabinet minister. Weil studied at

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and received a

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in history and political sciences in 1978 and a degree in civil and common law in 1982 before being admitted to the

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in 1983. She served as an official with

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. In addition to her law practice, she was heavily involved from 2000 in the health and social services sector, being an administrative member for the

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and the ''Régie régionale des services de la santé et des services sociaux à Montréal''. Before entering politics, she was President CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montreal. She was appointed to the

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on December 18, 2008, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General. In 2010, Weil was appointed as Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities. In the 2012 election the Liberals lost power to the Parti Quebecois and Weil returned to the opposition benches as Official Opposition critic for employment and the social economy. Following the 2014 provincial election the Liberals returned to power, and she was appointed Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness. On 11 October 2017, Weil was sworn in as the first ''Ministre responsable des Relations avec les Québécois de langue anglaise.'' She was re-elected for a fourth time as a member of the Quebec National Assembly in the

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. The Liberals lost the election and returned as the official opposition to a new CAQ government. On June 6, 2022, Weil announced she would not be seeking re-election in the 2022 election and bowing out of politics after 14 years. Weil is married to Michael Novak, ex-president of

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'', August 16, 2013.

Electoral record

* Result compared to Action démocratique

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Liberal Party biography
Living people Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Women MNAs in Quebec McGill University alumni McGill University Faculty of Law alumni Lawyers from Montreal Ministers of justice of Quebec Anglophone Quebec people Politicians from Montreal Canadian women lawyers 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians Women government ministers of Canada Members of the Executive Council of Quebec 1954 births {{Liberal-Quebec-MNA-stub