Manon Perreault (born December 29, 1965) is a former Canadian politician, who served in the

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from 2011 until 2015. Following her election, she was named to the NDP's shadow cabinet as critic for people with disabilities. She represented the electoral district of Montcalm as a member of the

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until June 6, 2014, when she was suspended from the NDP caucus after being charged with public mischief. She had told police some items had been stolen from her office, when in fact a former employee had the items and voluntarily offered to return them. She was convicted on March 20, 2015. She sat as an Independent until August 12, 2015, when she joined

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as their candidate in Montcalm, but she was soundly defeated in the 2015 federal election by

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candidate

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. Perreault was a municipal councillor in Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Quebec from 2002 to 2009. Before being elected to parliament, Perreault was an administrator and trainer. As a person living with restricted mobility, she worked with Kéroul, an organization promoting tourism for people with disabilities, and Handami, a regional association for people with disabilities. Perreault became a

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, following an equestrian accident in 1993. She joined former cabinet minister Steven Fletcher as a member of Parliament who uses a wheelchair, and sought, among others, to use her parliamentary position to defend people with disabilities."Une députée NPD veut plus d'accessibilité pour les chaises roulantes."
'' La Presse'' ( Montreal), 1 October 2011

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