Lucienne Robillard

Lucienne Robillard PC CM (born June 16, 1945) is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec.

The Honourable Lucienne Robillard PC CM
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Westmount—Ville-Marie Saint-Henri—Westmount (1995-1997)
In office February 13, 1995 – January 25, 2008
Preceded by	David Berger
Succeeded by	Marc Garneau
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chambly
In office September 25, 1989 – September 12, 1994
Preceded by	Gérard Latulippe
Succeeded by	Louise Beaudoin
Personal details
Born	(1945-06-16) June 16, 1945 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Spouse(s)	divorced
Residence	Montreal, Quebec
Profession	Social worker

Robillard had a career as a social worker before entering politics. In the Quebec election of 1989, she was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Chambly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet of Premier Robert Bourassa as Minister of Cultural Affairs. In 1992, she became Minister of Education, and then served as Minister of Health and Social Services from 1994 until the defeat of the Liberal government.

She then moved to federal politics as a star candidate when she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election in the safe Liberal riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie. Jean Chrétien appointed her to the federal cabinet as Minister of Labour and Minister responsible for the federal campaign in the 1995 Quebec referendum.

In 1996, she became Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. On August 3, 1999, she assumed the responsibilities of President of the Treasury Board.

When Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada in 2003, he moved Robillard to the position of Minister of Industry and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. With the cabinet shuffle that followed the 2004 election, she became Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Upon Judy Sgro's resignation from Cabinet on January 14, 2005, Joe Volpe moved to fill the vacant position of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Robillard assumed his prior responsibilities as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. When Belinda Stronach crossed the floor and joined the Liberals in the House of Commons on May 17, 2005, she replaced Robillard as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.

On February 1, 2006, she was named deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons by Interim Leader Bill Graham. She held this post until the newly elected leader, Stéphane Dion (who represents the nearby riding of Saint-Laurent—Cartierville), in accordance with the customary Anglophone/Francophone division of duties, appointed the Anglophone Michael Ignatieff as his deputy.

On April 4, 2007, she announced she would not run in the next election. She resigned her seat on January 25, 2008.

In 2010 she became co-chair of the election campaign for the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec. In May 2010 she was elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec) (LPCQ) by the Board of directors to replace Marc Lavigne who had resigned for personal reasons a few months after having been elected by the delegates at the October 2009 convention. Lucienne Robillard was also co-chair of the Electoral Commission of the LPCQ in 2010 and 2011 until the commission was dissolved at the start of the 2011 electoral campaign.

As president of the LPCQ she also sits on the National Board of Directors of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Electoral record

2000 Canadian federal election: Westmount—Ville-Marie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard (incumbent)	23,093	60.19	+0.09
	Progressive Conservative	Bryan Price	4,597	11.98	-5.41
	Bloc Québécois	Marcela Valdivia	4,110	10.71	-0.61
	New Democratic	Willy Blomme	1,990	5.19	-0.53
	Alliance	Felix Cotte	1,697	4.42
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	1,245	3.25	+1.58
	No Affiliation	Michel Laporte	694	1.81
	Marijuana	Patrice Caron	692	1.80
	Marxist–Leninist	Saroj Bains	150	0.39	+0.02
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	96	0.25	-0.22
Total valid votes			38,364	100.00
Total rejected ballots			331
Turnout			38,695	54.65	-16.04
Electors on the lists			70,801
Source: Official Results, Elections Canada.

1997 Canadian federal election: Westmount—Ville-Marie
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	26,972	60.10	–	$50,294
	Progressive Conservative	Tom Davis	7,802	17.39		$33,542
	Bloc Québécois	Bernard Guité	5,078	11.32		$18,518
	New Democratic	Chris Carter	2,566	5.72		$4,050
	Independent	Roopnarine Singh	1,328	2.96		$13,246
	Green	Brian Sarwer-Foner	751	1.67		$967
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	212	0.47		$0
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	166	0.37		$0
Total valid votes			44,875	100.00
Total rejected ballots			569
Turnout			45,444	70.69
Electors on the lists			64,289
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.

Canadian federal by-election, February 13, 1995: Saint-Henri—Westmount
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lucienne Robillard	12,675	75.91	$50,775
	Bloc Québécois	Anne Michèle Meggs	2,357	14.12	$8,819
	Progressive Conservative	Jay Gould	545	3.26	$19,236
	Reform	Gaetan Morency	468	2.80	$27,429
	New Democratic	Ann Elbourne	296	1.77	$1,259
	Green	Gerald Glass	213	1.28	$2,080
	Libertarian	Rick Blatter	64	0.38	$2,178
	Marxist–Leninist	Arnold August	47	0.28	$0
	Natural Law	Allen Faguy	32	0.19	$0
Total valid votes			16,697	100.00
Total rejected ballots			100
Turnout			16,797	31.62
Electors on the lists			53,121

External links

• Lucienne Robillard – Parliament of Canada biography
• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

Party political offices
Preceded by Anne McLellan	Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada 2006	Succeeded by Michael Ignatieff
Political offices
Preceded by Michel Pagé	Quebec Minister of Education 1992–1994	Succeeded by Jacques Chagnon
27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Pierre Pettigrew	Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs 2004–2006	Michael Chong
Denis Coderre	President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada 2004–2006	Michael Chong
Joe Volpe	Minister of State 2005 styled as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development	Belinda Stronach
Allan Rock	Minister of Industry 2003–2004	David Emerson
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor	Title	Successor
vacant, previously Brian Tobin	Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec 2003–2004	position abolished
26th Ministry – Cabinet of Jean Chrétien
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Marcel Massé	President of the Treasury Board 1999–2003	Reg Alcock
Sergio Marchi	Minister of Citizenship and Immigration 1996–1999	Elinor Caplan
Sergio Marchi	Secretary of State for Canada 1996 styled as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration	position abolished
Lloyd Axworthy	Minister of Labour 1995–1996	Alfonso Gagliano