Hélène Laverdière

Hélène Laverdière
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; for Laurier—Sainte-Marie
	In office; May 2, 2011 – September 11, 2019
Preceded by	Gilles Duceppe
Succeeded by	Steven Guilbeault
Personal details
Born	April 13, 1955 (age 69); 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: [elɛn lavɛʁdjɛʁ]; born April 13, 1955) is a Canadian politician. She was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Laurier—Sainte-Marie in the 2011 election as a member of the New Democratic Party (NDP), defeating Bloc Québécois Leader Gilles Duceppe in his riding and retired at the 2019 election.^[1]

Laverdière obtained her Ph.D in sociology from the University of Bath, and briefly taught in the sociology department at the Université Laval. She subsequently entered Canada's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1992, serving in Washington, D.C., Dakar, Senegal and Santiago.

On July 9, 2018, Laverdière announced she would not run for a third term in the 2019 federal election. She told Le 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]

Electoral record

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]

v t e 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 Democratic gain from Bloc Québécois		Swing		+21.94%
Source: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

References

^ "Duceppe quits after BQ crushed in Quebec". CBC News. May 2, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
^ Vastel, Marie (9 July 2018). "Hélène Laverdière, du NPD, quitte la politique fédérale". Le Devoir. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, 30 September 2015
^ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "Duceppe quits after BQ crushed in Quebec". CBC News. May 2, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2014.

[2] Vastel, Marie (9 July 2018). "Hélène Laverdière, du NPD, quitte la politique fédérale". Le Devoir. Retrieved 9 July 2018.

[3] Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Laurier—Sainte-Marie, 30 September 2015

[4] Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates Archived 2015-08-15 at the Wayback Machine

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