Sadia Groguhé

Sadia Groguhé (born November 9, 1962) is a French-Canadian politician. In the 2011 federal election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Saint-Lambert under the banner of the New Democratic Party. She was defeated for reelection in the new electoral district of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne in the 2015 election.

Sadia Groguhé
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Lambert
In office May 30, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded by	Josée Beaudin
Personal details
Born	(1962-11-09) November 9, 1962 Istres, France
Nationality	Canadian
Political party	New Democratic Party
Children	4
Profession	Guidance counselor

Early life and career

Groguhé was born on November 9, 1962 in Istres, France.[1] The daughter of Algerian immigrants, Groguhé was one of twelve children.

She has a Master's degree,[1] practiced as a psychologist, and did community work.[2] In France, she worked in the area of social and occupational integration for youth and adults in distress. Trained in transactional analysis as a therapeutic tool, she held sessions as a trainer. Groguhé was chair of the Istres equality association.

She ran as an independent candidate in 1994’s cantonal election. Noticed by Jacques Siffre, Istres’ socialist mayor, she ran municipally in 1995.

Groguhé was elected and was a municipal councillor from 1995 to 2000.[1] She was responsible for integration, and left her position after the birth of her children.

Groguhé and her husband, who is originally from the Ivory Coast, decided to leave France so their children would not be discriminated against because of their background. They submitted their visa requests in 2003 and immigrated to Canada in 2005.

Federal politics

Naturalized in 2010, Groguhé joined the New Democratic Party. She was a candidate for the party in the 2011 federal election in the Montreal riding of Saint-Lambert and defeated the incumbent Bloc MP, Josée Beaudin, by receiving 42.65% of the vote.

After her election, Groguhé was appointed the NDP’s assistant critic for immigration, citizenship, and multiculturalism.[1]

Following Jack Layton's death, she supported Thomas Mulcair in the 2012 NDP leadership race.

From April 19, 2012 to August 12, 2013, Groguhé was the Deputy House Leader of the NDP and the Official Opposition. She then became the NDP's Deputy Whip, which meant she was also the Official Opposition Deputy Whip, and gave up the assistant critic portfolios she had held since 2011.[1]

In June 2014, the Board of Internal Economy found that a group of NDP MPs, including Groguhé, had improperly used Parliamentary resources for partisan activities by sending out nearly two million mass mailings, costing 1.17 million dollars to different ridings, including some that were holding by-elections at the time.[3]

Groguhé kept the deputy whip position until she lost her bid for re-election in the new riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert in the 2015 federal election.[1]

Post-Commons

Groguhé announced in April 2017 that she is running for mayor of Longueuil in the 2017 Quebec municipal election.[4] She finished third with 14.7% of the vote.[5]

Personal life

Groguhé is the mother of four children,[2] and is married.

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Sherry Romanado	18,301	35.39	+22.07	$26,644.67
	Bloc Québécois	Philippe Cloutier	13,974	27.03	-1.27	$54,305.34
	New Democratic	Sadia Groguhé	12,468	24.11	-21.32	–
	Conservative	Thomas Barré	4,961	9.59	-0.94	–
	Green	Mario Leclerc	1,510	2.92	+0.51	$6,229.28
	Rhinoceros	Matthew Iakov Liberman	325	0.63	–	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Pierre Chénier	168	0.32	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			51,707	100.00		$220,839.26
Total rejected ballots			925	1.76	–
Turnout			52,632	62.87	–
Eligible voters			83,719
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+21.70
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

2011 Canadian federal election: Saint-Lambert
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Sadia Groguhé	18,705	42.64	+28.19
	Bloc Québécois	Josée Beaudin	11,353	25.88	-11.74
	Liberal	Roxane Stanners	8,463	19.29	-9.21
	Conservative	Qais Hamidi	4,396	10.02	-5.78
	Green	Carmen Budilean	944	2.15	-1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit			43,861	100.0
Total rejected ballots			584	1.31	+0.14
Turnout			44,445	60.60	+1.15

References

1. "GROGUHÉ, Sadia, M.A." Library of Parliament. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
2. Gagnon, Lysiane (May 9, 2011). "Here's the skinny on the new Dippers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
3. Mas, Susana (June 11, 2014). "NDP's ineligible mass mailings leave MPs on hook for $1.17M". CBC News. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
4. ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique -. "L'ex-députée fédérale Sadia Groguhé candidate à la mairie de Longueuil". Radio-Canada.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-02-08.
5. "Montreal elections 2017: Longueuil results". Global News. Retrieved 2018-02-08.
6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, 30 September 2015
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Official website
• Sadia Groguhé – Parliament of Canada biography