Line Beauchamp
Line Beauchamp (born February 24, 1963) is a female Canadian politician. She served as the Liberal Member of the National Assembly (MNA) for the Sauvé riding, and for Bourassa-Sauvé at the Quebec National Assembly from November 30, 1998 to May 14, 2012. She also served as Minister of Culture and Communications from April 29, 2003 to April 18, 2007, Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks from April 18, 2007 to August 12, 2012, and served as Minister of Education, Recreation, and Sports from August 11, 2010, and as Deputy Premier of Quebec from September 7, 2011, until she resigned on May 14, 2012 as a result of the 2012 Quebec student strike.
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourassa-Sauvé Sauvé (1998-2003) | |
In office November 30, 1998 – May 14, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Marcel Parent |
Succeeded by | Rita de Santis |
Minister of Culture and Communications | |
In office April 29, 2003 – April 18, 2007 | |
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks | |
In office April 18, 2007 – August 10, 2012 | |
Minister of Education, Recreation and Sports | |
In office August 11, 2010 – May 14, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Michelle Courchesne |
Succeeded by | Michelle Courchesne |
Deputy Premier of Quebec | |
In office September 7, 2011 – May 14, 2012 | |
Preceded by | Nathalie Normandeau |
Succeeded by | Michelle Courchesne |
Personal details | |
Born | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Québec | February 24, 1963
Political party | Quebec Liberal Party |
Residence | Montreal, Quebec |
In January 2013, she founded her strategic consulting company and took on a variety of contracts with clients from an array of sectors including culture, education, real estate, and professional services. She is also a guest columnist for Le Journal de Montréal.
Born in Valleyfield, Line Beauchamp earned a BAC in psychology from Université de Montréal in 1985. From 1984 to 1985, she worked as a teaching assistant in that same institution and in 1987 became the Director of Info-croissance, a consumer protection association dealing with psychotherapy, self-help, and cults. From 1991-1993 Line Beauchamp worked as Executive Director for the 101,5 CIBL-FM radio station. In 1993, she became the Executive Director for Pro-Est, the society for the promotion and socio-economic partnerships of Montreal East, until 1998. Between 1989 and 1998, Line Beauchamp was a member of several executive committees, including the l'Association coopérative d'économie familiale du Centre de Montréal (ACEF) from 1989 to 1993, the Corporation de développement de l'Est (CDEST) from 1993-1997, Collège de Maisonneuve from 1995 to 1998, and the Régie des installations olympiques (RIO) from 1996-1998, in addition to being a member of the Réseau des gens d'affaires de l'Est from 1993 to 1998.
In 2013 and 2014 she was a member of the Executive Committee for Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, Rivière-des-Prairies Hospital's Fondation les Petits Trésors, Fondation Père-Ménard, Zoofest and Mondial des jeux.
Political career
During the 1998 Quebec general election, Line Beauchamp won the Sauvé riding. Elected under the banner of the Quebec Liberal Party, she thus became a member of the official opposition, with the Parti Québécois in power (the Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry government). She was the Official Opposition Critic in matters of culture and communications. She was also one of the ministers tasked with leading diplomatic missions in Belgium, Catalonia and Europe.
Re-elected during the 2003 elections, Line Beauchamp became the Minister of Culture and Communications on April 29, 2003, following the election of the Quebec Liberal Party. As of February 18, 2005, she also became the minister responsible for the Montreal region.
In the weeks before the 2007 election, Line Beauchamp was named Director of the Quebec Liberal Party electoral campaign. The day of the election, she took home a third victory in her riding. A little over three weeks later, she was named Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment, and Parks.[1]
During the August 2010 cabinet shuffle, she became the Minister of Education, Recreation, and Sports, replacing Michelle Courchesne, who joined Treasury Board.[2] On September 7, 2011, following the resignation of Nathalie Normandeau, Line Beauchamp became the 15th Deputy Premier of Quebec.[3][4]
During the spring of 2012, while serving as the Minister of Education, Recreation, and Sports, she was at the heart of the student strike against raising tuition fees. This strike was the longest student strike in the history of Quebec. The student crisis caused her to resign from her position as MNA for Bourassa-Sauvé, as Minister of Education, Recreation, and Sports, and as Deputy Premier of Quebec on May 14, 2012, after 13 weeks of protests. During a press conference she stated that she was "no longer part of the solution", and that the gesture was her "ultimate compromise" to resolve the crisis.[5][6][7]
Electoral record (incomplete)
2008 Quebec general election: Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Line Beauchamp (incumbent) | 13,950 | 61.33 | +11.25 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Roland Carrier | 6,111 | 26.87 | +4.10 | ||||
Action démocratique | Guy Mailloux | 1,947 | 8.56 | -11.88 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Enrico Gambardella | 738 | 3.24 | -0.10 | ||||
Total valid votes | 22,746 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 471 | |||||||
Turnout | 23,217 | 47.68 | -15.43 | |||||
Electors | 48,694 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
2007 Quebec general election: Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Line Beauchamp (incumbent) | 15,631 | 50.08 | -10.99 | ||||
Parti Québécois | Roland Carrier | 7,105 | 22.77 | -2.18 | ||||
Action démocratique | Guy Mailloux | 6,379 | 20.44 | +9.02 | ||||
Québec solidaire | Marie-Noëlle Doucet-Paquin | 1,043 | 3.34 | |||||
Green | Marie-Ange Germain | 891 | 2.85 | +1.86 | ||||
Independent | Charles-Antoine Gabriel | 160 | 0.51 | |||||
Total valid votes | 31,209 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 550 | |||||||
Turnout | 31,759 | 63.11 | -1.11 | |||||
Electors | 50,323 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
2003 Quebec general election: Bourassa-Sauvé | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
Liberal | Line Beauchamp (incumbent) | 20,175 | 61.07 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Kettly Beauregard | 8,243 | 24.95 | |||||
Action démocratique | Michelle Allaire | 3,771 | 11.42 | |||||
Green | Francis Mallette | 327 | 0.99 | |||||
Ind. (Communist) (UFP ally) | Sylvain Archambault | 261 | 0.79 | |||||
Christian Democracy | Denis Gagné | 119 | 0.36 | |||||
Marxist–Leninist | Claude Brunelle | 94 | 0.28 | |||||
Equality | Boris Mospan | 44 | 0.13 | |||||
Total valid votes | 33,034 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 573 | |||||||
Turnout | 33,607 | 64.22 | ||||||
Electors | 52,332 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
1998 Quebec general election: Sauvé | ||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
Liberal | Line Beauchamp | 14,125 | 58.45 | |||||
Parti Québécois | Umberto di Genova | 7,413 | 30.68 | |||||
Action démocratique | Eric Sigouin | 2,084 | 8.62 | |||||
Communist | Sylvain Archambault | 192 | 0.79 | |||||
Socialist Democracy | Eric Fontaine | 172 | 0.71 | |||||
Innovator | Nicole Corbeil | 123 | 0.51 | |||||
Natural Law | Franklin Valois | 57 | 0.24 | |||||
Total valid votes | 24,166 | 100.00 | ||||||
Total rejected ballots | 332 | |||||||
Turnout | 24,498 | 76.27 | ||||||
Electors | 32,122 | |||||||
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec. |
References
- "Women prominent in Quebec's streamlined cabinet". CBC News. August 18, 2007. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "One new member, but all familiar faces, in Cabinet shuffle". CTV News. August 11, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
- "Jean Charest shuffles cabinet after deputy premier quits". The Globe and Mail. September 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "Jean Charest names new deputy premier in Quebec". CTV News. September 7, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "Education Minister Line Beauchamp resigns, replaced by Michelle Courchesne". CTV News. May 14, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "Education minister's exit leaves Charest holding the bag". The Globe and Mail. May 14, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
- "Quebec education minister quits over tuition dispute". CBC News. May 14, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2015.
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Political offices | ||
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Preceded by Nathalie Normandeau |
Deputy Premier of Quebec 2011–2012 |
Succeeded by Michelle Courchesne |
Preceded by Michelle Courchesne |
Minister of Education, Sports and Leisure 2010–2012 |
Succeeded by Michelle Courchesne |
Preceded by Claude Bechard |
Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks 2007–2010 |
Succeeded by Pierre Arcand |
Preceded by Diane Lemieux |
Minister of Culture and Communications 2003–2007 |
Succeeded by Christine St-Pierre |