Hélène Laverdière | |
|---|---|
| Shadow Minister for International Development | |
| In office October 22, 2012 – November 19, 2015 | |
| Leader | Thomas Mulcair |
| Preceded by | Romeo Saganash |
| Succeeded by | Deepak Obhrai |
| In office May 26, 2011 – October 2, 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Glen Pearson |
| Succeeded by | Jinny Sims |
| Member of Parliament forLaurier—Sainte-Marie | |
| In office May 2, 2011 – September 11, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Duceppe |
| Succeeded by | Steven Guilbeault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-04-13)April 13, 1955 (age 70) Chicoutimi,Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Spouse | Germain Bélanger |
| Residence(s) | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Alma mater | University of Bath (PhD) |
| Occupation | Educator, diplomat, politician |
Hélène Laverdière (French pronunciation:[elɛnlavɛʁdzjɛʁ]; born April 13, 1955) is a Canadian politician. She was elected as theMember of Parliament (MP) forLaurier—Sainte-Marie in the2011 election as a member of theNew Democratic Party (NDP), defeatingBloc Québécois LeaderGilles Duceppe in his riding and retired at the 2019 election.[1]
Laverdière obtained her Ph.D. insociology from theUniversity of Bath, and briefly taught in thesociology department at theUniversité Laval. She subsequently enteredCanada'sMinistry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, serving inWashington, D.C.,Dakar,Senegal andSantiago.
On July 9, 2018, Laverdière announced she would not run for a third term in the2019 federal election. She toldLe Devoir that she was due to turn 64 in 2019, and felt she needed to "pause for a little" and give "new blood" a chance to run.[2]
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Laurier—Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Hélène Laverdière | 20,929 | 38.27 | -8.37 | – | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 15,699 | 28.71 | -7.19 | – | |||
| Liberal | Christine Poirier | 12,938 | 23.66 | +13.73 | – | |||
| Conservative | Daniel Gaudreau | 2,242 | 4.10 | +0.58 | – | |||
| Green | Cyrille Giraud | 1,904 | 3.48 | +0.84 | – | |||
| Libertarian | Stéphane Beaulieu | 604 | 1.10 | – | – | |||
| Independent | Julien Bernatchez | 160 | 0.29 | – | – | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 103 | 0.19 | +0.04 | – | |||
| Communist | Pierre Fontaine | 102 | 0.19 | -0.08 | – | |||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 54,681 | 100.00 | $221,434.26 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 594 | 1.07 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 55,275 | 65.69 | – | |||||
| Eligible voters | 84,142 | |||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
| 2011 Canadian federal election:Laurier—Sainte-Marie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Hélène Laverdière | 23,373 | 46.64 | +29.53 | $22,982 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Gilles Duceppe | 17,991 | 35.90 | −14.34 | $81,167 | |||
| Liberal | Philippe Allard | 4,976 | 9.93 | −8.40 | $16,728 | |||
| Conservative | Charles K. Langford | 1,764 | 3.52 | −1.31 | $4,611 | |||
| Green | Olivier Adam | 1,324 | 2.64 | −5.28 | $1,532 | |||
| Rhinoceros | François Yo Gourd | 398 | 0.79 | −0.14 | none listed | |||
| Communist | Sylvain Archambault | 137 | 0.27 | +0.10 | $1,606 | |||
| Marxist–Leninist | Serge Lachapelle | 77 | 0.15 | −0.09 | none listed | |||
| Independent | Dimitri Mourkes | 73 | 0.15 | none listed | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 50,113 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 471 | 0.93 | ||||||
| Turnout | 50,584 | 63.41 | ||||||
| Electors on the lists | 79,772 | |||||||
| New Democraticgain fromBloc Québécois | Swing | +21.94% | ||||||
| Source:Official Results, Elections Canada andFinancial Returns, Elections Canada. | ||||||||
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