Martine Ouellet

Martine Ouellet
MNA for Vachon
Incumbent
Assumed office 2010
Preceded by	Camil Bouchard
Personal details
Born	April 8, 1969 Longueuil, Quebec
Political party	Parti Québécois
Residence	Longueuil, Quebec

Martine Ouellet (born April 8, 1969) is a Canadian politician, who graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from the McGill University and with an M.B.A from the HEC Montreal. Ouellet was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on July 5, 2010, representing the electoral district of Vachon.^[1] She is a member of the Parti Québécois.^[1]

After the 2012 election she was appointed as Minister of Natural Resources and Wildlife. Ouellet contested the leadership of the Parti Québécois in 2015 and placed third.

Prior to her first election, Ouellet worked as an engineer for Hydro-Québec.^[1]

Electoral record

Quebec provincial by-election, July 5, 2010: Vachon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Parti Québécois	Martine Ouellet	7,863	59.15	+10.51
	Liberal	Simon-Pierre Diamond	3,236	24.34	−7.94
	Action démocratique	Alain Dépatie	879	6.61	−7.06
	Québec solidaire	Sébastien Robert	727	5.47	+3.23
	Green	Yvon Rudolphe	419	3.15	−0.01
	Independent	Denis Durand	98	0.74	−2.42
	Independent	Régent Millette	71	0.53	-
Total valid votes			13,293	100.00
Rejected and declined votes			174
Turnout			13,467	29.25	−32.23
Electors on the lists			46,046

Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

1. "Parti Quebecois holds on to a Montreal-area riding in Quebec byelection". Winnipeg Free Press, July 5, 2010.

External links

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