Christine St-Pierre

Christine St-Pierre
MNA for Acadie
Incumbent
Assumed office March 27, 2007
Preceded by	Yvan Bordeleau
Personal details
Born	June 10, 1953 Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Quebec
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Profession	Reporter
Cabinet	Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie

Christine St-Pierre (born June 10, 1953 in Saint-Roch des Aulnaies, Quebec) is a journalist and a Quebec politician. She is the current MNA for the Montreal provincial riding of Acadie as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party.

Life and career

She holds a Bachelor of Social Science degree from the University of Moncton. Prior to her political career, St-Pierre worked as a journalist for Radio-Canada from 1976 to 2007. She was a political correspondent in Quebec City for five years before working as a correspondent in Washington, D.C. for four years before returning to Canada. During her stint as a political correspondent in Ottawa, she wrote a letter in Montreal's newspaper La Presse praising the Canadian military mission in Afghanistan. She was suspended due to rule infringement because of the statement of her opinion.^[1]

St-Pierre entered politics in the 2007 elections and won in Acadie. Jean Charest named her as the Minister of Culture and Communications and Status of Women. In late 2011, when the Montreal Canadiens hired interim coach Randy Cunneyworth, she said she expected the Canadiens to rectify the situation as soon as possible as Cunneyworth speaks only English, and no French.

From 18 April 2007 to Septembre 2012, St-Pierre was responsible for Quebec's Charter of the French Language. She stated after she took her oath of office that she would have "zero tolerance" to infractions of Bill 101.^[2]

After the Liberals won the election in April 2014, she was named Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie.

Electoral record (incomplete)

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	24,211	70.96	+15.31
	Parti Québécois	Évelyne Abitbol	3,985	11.68	-5.54
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Serge Pourreaux	3,050	8.94	-8.52
	Québec solidaire	Geneviève Dick	2,241	6.57	-1.44
	Green	Alix Nyaburerwa	405	1.19	–
	Option nationale	Julie Boivin	162	0.47	-1.19
	Marxist–Leninist	Yvon Breton	67	0.20	–
Total valid votes			34,121	99.08	–
Total rejected ballots			318	0.92	–
Turnout			34,459	69.70	+4.94
Electors			49,413	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		+10.43

Quebec general election, 2007: Acadie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Christine St-Pierre	17,962	60.09	−10.30
	Parti Québécois	Frédéric Lapointe	4,970	16.63	−3.70
	Action démocratique	Charles Ghorayeb	4,327	14.47	+7.64
	Green	Nicolas Rémillard-Tessier	1,500	5.02	–
	Québec solidaire	André Parizeau	1,135	3.80	+3.31
Total valid votes			29,894	98.93	–
Total rejected ballots			322	1.07	–
Turnout			30,216	62.03	−3.63
Electors			48,712	–	–
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

1. playbackonline.ca
2. Montreal Gazette, November 9, 2007

External links

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