Monique Guay (born October 27, 1959) is a

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politician. She was the

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Member of Parliament for the riding of Rivière-du-Nord. Born in

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, she was an administrator and businesswoman before she was first elected in

1993 The United Nations General Assembly, General Assembly of the United Nations designated 1993 as: * International Year for the World's Indigenous People The year 1993 in the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands had only 364 days, since its ...

for the riding of

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. She was re-elected in

1997 Events January * January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States. * January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis. * January 1 ...

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

. From 2002 to 2004, she was the Bloc Québécois Caucus Chair. From 2004, she is the Bloc Québécois Deputy House Leader. In the 2011 elections, she was defeated by Pierre Dionne Labelle of the NDP.

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