French
DeutschSylvie Lespérance
Sylvie Lespérance | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Joliette | |
| In office 2002–2003 | |
| Preceded by | Guy Chevrette |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Valois |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 21, 1954 Jonquière, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 22, 2006 (aged 51) Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Action démocratique du Québec |
Sylvie Lespérance (December 21, 1954 – September 22, 2006) was a politician in Quebec who served as the Action démocratique du Québec member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Joliette from 2002 to 2003.
Lespérance, who was born in Jonquière, had been a lifelong Liberal supporter months before she first was elected to the National Assembly.
She ran unsuccessfully against Parti Québécois cabinet member Guy Chevrette in the 1989 and 1998 elections.
She was elected to the National Assembly in a by-election held on June 17, 2002 with 38% of the vote. Parti Québécois star candidate and Bloc Québécois Member of Parliament Michel Bellehumeur finished second with 32% of the vote.
In 2003 election, Lespérance finished third with 21% of the vote.
Lespérance died on September 22, 2006, in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez at the age of 51.[1][2]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Michaud, Henri (September 23, 2006). "« C'était une femme très dévouée »" ["She was a very devoted woman"]. Le Soleil (in French). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
- ^ "Une ancienne députée retrouvée morte" [Former MNA found dead]. TVA Nouvelles (in French). September 22, 2006. Archived from the original on July 12, 2012. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
External links
[edit]- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
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