Félicie Gérard
Félicie Gérard | |
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| Member of the National Assembly for Nord's 7th constituency | |
| Assumed office 22 June 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Valérie Six |
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| Born | 28 January 1974 Vervins, France |
| Political party | Horizons (since 2021) |
| Other political affiliations | En marche (2016-2021) UDI (2015-2016) |
Félicie Gérard (born 28 January 1974) is a French politician. As a member of Horizons, she was elected member of parliament for Nord's 7th constituency in the 2022 French legislative election and re-elected in 2024.
Biography
[edit]Family origin
[edit]Félicie Gérard is a native of Aisne and her father is a farmer.[1]
Education and family
[edit]Félicie Gérard has lived in the Capreau district of Wasquehal since 1999 and has two children. She has worked in the associative sector for many years, in scouting, as a parent of students and in associations which help seriously ill children with the Rêves and Relais des Rêves.[2]
She was an industrial customer advisor at Électricité de France from 2007 to 2017. She was a project manager in this company in 2022, before her election as an MP.[1]{
Political career
[edit]Félicie Gérard entered politics by becoming deputy to the mayor of Wasquehal, Stéphanie Ducret, following the 2014 municipal elections. However, on 22 June 2015, the Council of State cancels the elections of March 2014 following the appeal of Alexis Salmon, leader of the National Front list, for an administrative error resulting from the list of Marijan Frigout (miscellaneous right) who came in second position in the second round.[3] The municipal campaign once again saw eight party lists claiming to lead the city. Stéphanie Ducret's list wins these new elections. Félicie Gérard, was then deputy mayor in charge of community life. Following the 2020 municipal elections, which saw the victory of Stéphanie Ducret, Gérard became the sixth deputy mayor in charge of associations, participatory democracy and intercommunity.[1]
She was a member of the UDI from 2015 to 2016 then of LREM until 2021.[1] She then joined Horizons when it was founded as a political party.[4]
During the 2022 legislative elections, Félicie Gérard was a candidate in Nord's 7th constituency under the Together coalition.[5] In the first round the incumbent UDI MP Valérie Six lost her seat.[6] Félicie Gérard won the seat in the second round with 55.47% of the votes against Karima Chouia the candidate of NUPES.[7] She announced that she would like to obtain an increase in the number of staff at the Roubaix police station and would like to invest nationally in the theme of education. She sits in the National Assembly within the Horizons and related group.[8]
During the 2024 French legislative election, she was elected in the second round against two other candidates in a triangulaires.[9]
Mandates
[edit]- Since 5 April 2014: deputy mayor of Wasquehal
- Since 22 June 2022: MP for Nord's 7th constituency
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Marchal, Gilles (22 June 2022). "Félicie Gérard, l'adjointe effacée propulsée à l'Assemblée". La Voix du Nord. p. 5..
- ^ "Élus de la majorité (Wasquehal Pour Tous)". waskalibre.wordpress.com. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2022..
- ^ "Le Conseil d'État annule les élections municipales de Wasquehal". conseil-etat.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2022..
- ^ Rivallain, Gaël (20 June 2022). "Législatives : Ces Picards élus députés ailleurs qu'en Picardie". courrier-picard.fr. AFP. Retrieved 20 June 2022..
- ^ "Législatives : réaction de Felicie Gérard en tête dans la 7e circonscription". actu.orange.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2022..
- ^ "7e circonscription: éliminée, la députée sortante Valérie Six (UDI) n'a "pas de regrets"". 14 June 2022.
- ^ "Elections législatives 2022". resultats-elections.interieur.gouv.fr. Retrieved 20 June 2022..
- ^ "La majorité (relative) aura finalement 250 députés, 99 de plus que la Nupes". bienpublic.com. 29 June 2022. Retrieved 3 July 2022..
- ^ Duponchel, Marjorie (2024-07-07). "Législatives : dans la 7e circonscription du Nord, Félicie Gérard conserve son siège et conforte son avance". La Voix du Nord (in French). Retrieved 2024-08-12.
External links
[edit]- Page at the French national assembly
See also
[edit]- 1974 births
- Living people
- Deputies of the 16th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Deputies of the 17th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic
- Members of Parliament for Nord
- French women in politics
- Horizons (political party) politicians
- 21st-century French politicians
- 21st-century French women politicians
- Women members of the National Assembly (France)
- Women mayors of places in France