Sylvie Boucher (born December 18, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of

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from 2006 to 2011 and as the MP for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the Conservative Party.

Background

Boucher has studied office systems technology,

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, and

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. Before politics, she worked in the

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and specialized in

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and sales. She has also worked in the

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with various jobs and has served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Canadian Minister of Tourism.

Federal politics

Boucher was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou,

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in the 2006 election by a margin of 820 votes over her

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opponent. On February 7, 2006, Boucher was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister

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. On April 10, 2007, she also became Parliamentary Secretary for La Francophonie and Official Languages. On October 10, 2007, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Status of Women. She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Raymond Côté of the

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. She returned to parliament in the 2015 election and defeated incumbent Jonathan Tremblay in the new riding of Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix. She was defeated in the 2019 election.

Electoral record

References

Sources

Sylvie Boucher article at ctv.ca

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boucher, Sylvie 1962 births Women members of the House of Commons of Canada Conservative Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Victoriaville Politicians from Centre-du-Québec Women in Quebec politics 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century Canadian women politicians