Denise Beaudoin

Denise Beaudoin
MNA for Mirabel
In office April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007
Preceded by	first member
Succeeded by	François Desrochers
In office December 8, 2008 – April 7, 2014
Preceded by	François Desrochers
Succeeded by	Sylvie D'Amours
Personal details
Born	(1949-02-24) February 24, 1949 Lachute, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Parti Québécois

Denise Beaudoin (born February 24, 1949) is a Canadian businessperson, lawyer, and former politician. She was first elected to represent the riding of Mirabel in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2003 provincial election, but was defeated in the 2007 provincial election by François Desrochers of the Action démocratique du Québec. She was subsequently re-elected in the 2008 and 2012 provincial elections and defeated again in the 2014 provincial election by Sylvie D'Amours of the Coalition Avenir Québec. She is a member of the Parti Québécois.

Born in Lachute, Quebec, Beaudoin is a graduate of the University of Ottawa and the Université de Montréal obtaining a bachelor's degree as well as a law licence from Ottawa. She became a member of the Quebec Bar in 1976 and practised law from 1977 to 1994. In addition, she was the owner/co-owner of several small businesses or facilities in the lower Laurentides region. She was also a member of the Lac des Deux-Montagnes and Lachute Chamber of Commerce.

From 1994 to 2000 she was a parliamentary assistant and juridical counsellor for the Bloc Québécois MPs.

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.