Ginette Grandmont is a politician from Quebec

Quebec

Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....

, Canada

Canada

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. She was an Action démocratique du Québec

Action démocratique du Québec

The Action démocratique du Québec, commonly referred to as the ADQ is a centre-right political party in Quebec, Canada. On the sovereignty question, it defines itself as autonomist, and has support from both soft nationalists and federalists....

 Member of the National Assembly

National Assembly of Quebec

The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...

 for the electoral district of Masson from 2007 to 2008.

Background

She is from Drummondville and relocated to Charlemagne

Charlemagne, Quebec

Charlemagne is an off-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the north shore of the Rivière des Prairies, northeast of Montreal's downtown core. As of 2006, the population was 5,594....

. She holds a degree from the Institut d'hôtellerie du Québec and worked as a real estate broker for nearly 20 years with Re-Max and Royal LePage

Royal LePage

Royal LePage is a Canadian real estate franchiser and owner-operator with more than 600 locations and over 13,000 Realtors in Canada. Founded in 1913 by Albert E. LePage, Royal LePage is now owned by the Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund.-External links:...

. She was also the owner of a RE/MAX

RE/MAX

RE/MAX International is an international real estate company. It was founded in 1973 by David and Gail Liniger in Denver, Colorado, and is still owned by its founders. RE/MAX is an acronym for Real Estate MAXimum....

 franchise in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu for five years, and a volunteer for Operation Red Nose and Operation Enfant Soleil.

Member of the Provincial Legislature

Grandmont was first elected in the 2007 election

Quebec general election, 2007

The Quebec general election of 2007 was held in the Canadian province of Quebec on March 26, 2007 to elect members of the 38th National Assembly of Quebec. The Quebec Liberal Party led by Jean Charest managed to win a plurality of seats, but were reduced to a minority government, Quebec's first in...

 with 44% of the vote. Parti Québécois

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

 incumbent Luc Thériault finished second with 36% of the vote. Grandmont took office on April 12, 2007. She ran again in the 2008 election but was defeated by PQ

Parti Québécois

The Parti Québécois is a centre-left political party that advocates national sovereignty for the province of Quebec and secession from Canada. The Party traditionally has support from the labour movement. Unlike many other social-democratic parties, its ties with the labour movement are informal...

 candidate Guillaume Tremblay

Guillaume Tremblay

Guillaume Tremblay is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Masson in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. He is a member of the Parti Québécois.Tremblay attended the Cégep régional de Lanaudière in Terrebonne and...

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Federal politics

She campaigned on behalf of local Conservative

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

 candidate Claude Carignan during the federal election of 2008

Canadian federal election, 2008

The 2008 Canadian federal election was held on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 to elect members to the Canadian House of Commons of the 40th Canadian Parliament after the previous parliament had been dissolved by the Governor General on September 7, 2008...

. Carignan finished a distant second against Bloc Québécois

Bloc Québécois

The Bloc Québécois is a federal political party in Canada devoted to the protection of Quebec's interests in the House of Commons of Canada, and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was originally a party made of Quebec nationalists who defected from the federal Progressive Conservative...

 candidate Luc Desnoyers

Luc Desnoyers

Luc Desnoyers is a Canadian politician, who was elected to represent the electoral district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in the 2008 Canadian federal election. He is a member of the Bloc Québécois.-External links:...

 in the district of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles (electoral district)

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles is a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1997.-Geography:...

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External links

• Ginette GRANDMONT at National Assembly of Quebec
  National Assembly of Quebec
  The National Assembly of Quebec is the legislative body of the Province of Quebec. The Lieutenant Governor and the National Assembly compose the Parliament of Quebec, which operates in a fashion similar to those of other British-style parliamentary systems.The National Assembly was formerly the...