Colleen Beaumier

Colleen Beaumier (born November 8, 1944) is a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008.

Colleen Beaumier
Member of Parliament for Brampton
In office
1993–1997
Preceded byJohn McDermid
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Brampton West-Mississauga
In office
1997–2004
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byRiding dissolved
Member of Parliament for Brampton West
In office
2004–2008
Preceded byRiding established
Succeeded byAndrew Kania
Personal details
Born (1944-11-08) November 8, 1944
Chatham, Ontario
Political partyLiberal
Spouse(s)Pierre Beaumier
ResidenceBrampton
ProfessionBusinesswoman

Pre-politics

Born in Chatham, Ontario, she studied at the University of Windsor, earning a bachelor of arts in psychology. She and her husband Pierre are the parents of three adult children: Stephanie, Michael and John; Stephanie ran for Brampton City Council in the 2006 election but was defeated.

Before enter politics, she taught at the Ontario School for Mentally Challenged Children, served as a community member of the Ontario Parole Board, worked as a controller at a trucking firm and, at the time of her election, she was the vice-president of a bioanalytical services firm employing more than 100 people. Her involvement in international human rights began in 1980. As area co-ordinator of Operation Lifeline, she assisted Vietnamese refugees settling in the Toronto area.

Political career

Beaumier was first elected in 1993 in the riding of Brampton. In 1997, she was re-elected, this time in the newly created riding of Brampton West—Mississauga, where she won again on November 27, 2000. During the federal election of 2004, she defeated former provincial Minister of Health Tony Clement in the newly created riding of Brampton West. In 2006, she was again re-elected, her fifth such mandate.

As a Member of Parliament, she has remained a frequent spokesperson for human rights. At the 1995 global conference on the Inter-Parliamentary Union at the United Nations, she spoke on the dangers of global income disparities. In response to human rights violations uncovered during the Somali Inquiry, she authored a private member's bill, Bill C-208, which increased transparency in the bureaucracy and established tougher penalties for the destruction of documents.

Beaumier served on numerous parliamentary committees, most notably serving as chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Development and the Subcommittee on Veterans Affairs. She also served as vice-chair of Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade. In 2003, she served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and later as the associate critic for the Canada Border Services Agency.

She announced on September 5, 2008 that she would not be running in the 2008 election. She was succeeded by Andrew Kania.[1]

Electoral record
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalColleen Beaumier27,98849.1+4.7
ConservativeBal Gosal20,34535.7-4.3
New DemocraticJagtar Singh Shergill6,31011.1+0.6
GreenJaipaul Massey-Singh2,3404.1+0.7
Total valid votes 56,983100.0
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalColleen Beaumier21,25445.4
ConservativeTony Clement18,76840.0
New DemocraticChris Moise4,92010.5
GreenSanjeev Goel1,6033.4
IndependentTom Bose3710.8
Total valid votes 46,916100.0
2000 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalColleen Beaumier31,041
AllianceHardial Sangha7,666
Progressive ConservativeGlenn W. Harewood5,957
New DemocraticMatt Harsant1,567
GreenMike Hofer529
1997 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
LiberalColleen Beaumier27,297
Progressive ConservativeRobertson, Kirk8,447
ReformErnie Mcdonald7,569
New DemocraticNirmal Dhinsa2,192
1993 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes
     Liberal Colleen Beaumier 35,203
ReformErnie Mcdonald18,196
     Progressive Conservative Susan Fennell 12,134
     New Democratic Party John Morris 1,925
     Natural Law Maxim Newby 455
Marxist–LeninistAmarjit Dhillon245
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