Monique Gagnon-Tremblay

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay
Monique Gagnon-Tremblay in 2011
Deputy Premier of Quebec
In officeApril 29, 2003 – February 18, 2005
PremierJean Charest
Preceded byPauline Marois
Succeeded byJacques Dupuis
In officeJanuary 11, 1994 – September 26, 1994
PremierDaniel Johnson Jr.
Preceded byLise Bacon
Succeeded byBernard Landry
Leader of the Opposition of Quebec
In officeMarch 2, 1998 – April 30, 1998
Preceded byDaniel Johnson Jr.
Succeeded byJean Charest
Leader of the Quebec Liberal Party
Interim
In officeMarch 2, 1998 – April 30, 1998
Preceded byDaniel Johnson Jr.
Succeeded byJean Charest
Minister of International Affairs
In officeAugust 11, 2010 – September 19, 2012
PremierJean Charest
Preceded byPierre Arcand
Succeeded byJean-François Lisée
In officeApril 29, 2003 – December 18, 2008
PremierJean Charest
Preceded byLouise Beaudoin
Succeeded byPierre Arcand
President of the Treasury Board
In officeDecember 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010
PremierJean Charest
Vice PresidentYvon Marcoux
Preceded byMonique Jérôme-Forget
Succeeded byMichelle Courchesne
In officeJanuary 11, 1994 – September 26, 1994
PremierDaniel Johnson Jr.
Vice PresidentJean Leclerc
Preceded byDaniel Johnson Jr.
Succeeded byPauline Marois
Parliamentary constituencies
Member of theLegislative Assembly of Quebec for Saint-François
In officeDecember 2, 1985 – September 4, 2012
Preceded byRéal Rancourt
Succeeded byRéjean Hébert
Personal details
Born (1940-05-26) May 26, 1940
Plessisville, Quebec
PartyQuebec Liberal Party
CabinetMinister of International Relations

Monique Gagnon-Tremblay (French:[mɔnikgɑɲɔ̃tʁɑ̃ble] ; born May 26, 1940, in Plessisville, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the MNA for the riding of Saint-François in the Estrie region from 1985 to 2012. She served as Liberal leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Quebec from May 1998 to December 1998 and Deputy Premier in 1994 and from 2003 to 2005.

Education and early career

Gagnon-Tremblay attended the Quirion Business School where she obtained a degree and added a bachelor's degree in arts at the Université Laval and a degree in law and notarial law at the Université de Sherbrooke. She became a notary in Ascot Corner and a lecturer at the Université de Sherbrooke in law. She was also a municipal councilor in Ascot Corner.

Political career

Bourassa government

She was a Liberal candidate in Saint-François in 1981 but lost. She ran again in 1985 and won. She was named the Delegate Minister for the Status of Women and later the Minister of Cultural Communities and Immigration. After being re-elected in 1989, she was renamed the Minister of Cultural Communities. At the end of the mandate, when Daniel Johnson, Jr. replaced Robert Bourassa as Quebec Premier in 1993, she was named the Minister of Finances, the Deputy Premier and the President of the Treasury Board until the Liberals lost to the Parti Québécois in the 1994 elections. She was then the Caucus chair for the PLQ from 1994 to 1996

Interim leader and opposition party

When former Liberal Premier and then leader of the Opposition Daniel Johnson, Jr. decided to quit politics in March 1998, Jean Charest resigned as leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party to replace Johnson as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party. (The Quebec Liberal Party is not affiliated with the federal Liberal Party of Canada). Gagnon-Tremblay became leader of the Opposition, since Charest did not yet have a seat in the National Assembly.

In the 1998 election, Charest won a seat and replaced Gagnon-Tremblay as leader of the Opposition. She was re-elected for fourth term and named the assistant to Charest.

Charest government

After the Liberals won the 2003 election, Gagnon-Tremblay became deputy premier from May 2003 to February 2005 in the Charest government, and has held various cabinet posts including minister of international relations as well as minister responsible for la francophonie. Re-elected in the 2007 election, she was renamed the Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie and for the Estrie Region as well as the Vice-Chair of the Treasury Board.

Following her 2008 re-election, Gagnon-Tremblay gave up for portfolio of International Relations to Pierre Arcand but was given the position of President of the Treasury Board previously occupied by Monique Jerome-Forget who was also responsible for the portfolio of finances. She was given Jerome-Forget's government administration portfolio duties until 2010. Following Jerome-Forget's retirement, Gagnon-Tremblay was given the portfolio of Infrastructures. [1] After a 2010 Cabinet shuffle, she returned as Minister of International Relations giving the Treasury Board position to former education Minister Michelle Courchesne.

Electoral district

2008 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
 LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay 13,327 46.96 +9.10
Parti QuébécoisRéjean Hébert11,84541.74+12.16
Action démocratiqueVincent Marmion2,2307.86-15.99
Québec solidaireSandy Tremblay7692.71-0.65
 IndependentFrançois Mailly 210 0.74
2007 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
 LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay 12,528 37.86
Parti QuébécoisMariette Fugère9,78829.58
Action démocratiqueFrançois Rioux7,89223.85
GreenAnick Proulx1,7725.35–
Québec solidaireSuzanne Thériault1,1113.36
2003 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay16,56252.32
Parti QuébécoisGuillaume Breault-Duncan9,92631.36
Action démocratiqueMichel-André Samson4,54114.35
UFPSuzanne Thériault3140.99
Bloc PotFrançois Boudreau3100.98
Total valid votes 31,65398.93
Total rejected ballots 3421.07
Turnout 31,99571.67
Electors on the lists 44,641–
1998 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay16,90851.00
Parti QuébécoisFrédéric Dubé13,22939.90
Action démocratiqueSuzie Larouche2,5757.77
Socialist DemocracyPatrick Jasmin2960.89
Natural LawDaniel Jolicoeur1060.32
Marxist–LeninistSerge Lachapelle420.13
Total valid votes 33,15699.10
Total rejected ballots 3010.90
Turnout 33,45779.60
Electors on the lists 342,031–
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay15,86149.48
Parti QuébécoisRené Turcotte13,24541.32
Action démocratiqueAlain Boulanger2,4227.56
Natural LawEric E. Simon2940.76
EqualityMurray D. Powell2360.59
Total valid votes 32,05897.89
Total rejected ballots 6922.11
Turnout 32,75082.20
Electors on the lists 39,844–
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay14,96151.97
Parti QuébécoisRéal Rancourt10,49236.45
UnityRichard Evans1,8816.53
New DemocraticPeter Julian8843.07
Parti 51France Bougie5681.97
Total valid votes 28,78696.32
Total rejected ballots 1,0993.68
Turnout 29,88574.98
Electors on the lists 39,856–
1985 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalMonique Gagnon-Tremblay15,57153.85
Parti QuébécoisRéal Rancourt11,96041.37
New DemocraticSarah Johnson1,2204.22
Christian SocialismÉlise Bérubé1620.56
Total valid votes 28,91398.09
Total rejected ballots 5631.91
Turnout 29,47674.25
Electors on the lists 39,700–

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