Carole Poirier

Carole Poirier
MNA for Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Preceded by	Louise Harel
Personal details
Born	(1958-10-02) October 2, 1958 Montreal, Quebec
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	Parti Québécois
Alma mater	Université du Québec à Montréal

Carole Poirier (born October 2, 1958) is a Canadian politician. Poirier was elected to represent the Hochelaga-Maisonneuve district in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ).

Poirier is a graduate from the Université du Québec à Montréal with certificates in administration, municipal services management and public services administration. She also obtained a master's degree in public administration from the École nationale d'administration publique.

From 1997 to 2006, she was the cabinet director for the Minister of employment and social solidarity (1997–1998), the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Metropolitan (1998–2002), the President of the National Assembly of Quebec (2002–2003) and the leader of the official opposition (2005–2006). She was also the treasurer and political organizer for the PQ's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve office.

Electoral record

Quebec general election, 2008: Hochelaga-Maisonneuve
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Carole Poirier	10,530	54.31	+1.60
	Liberal	Julie Tremblay	4,115	21.22	+7.66
	Québec solidaire	Serge Mongeau	2,508	12.93	+3.26
	Action démocratique	Jean-Levy Champagne	1,303	6.72	−8.82
	Green	Sylvie Woods	817	4.21	−2.88
	Marxist–Leninist	Christine Dandenault	117	0.60	+0.34
Total valid votes			19,390	98.39
Total rejected ballots			317	1.61
Turnout			19,707	47.82	−14.36
Electors on the lists			41,210
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

External links

• Parti Quebecois biopage (French)