Rita Dionne-Marsolais: Difference between revisions

| birth_place= [[Sherbrooke]], [[Quebec]]

| profession= Economisteconomist

| party= [[Parti Québécois]]

'''Rita Dionne-Marsolais''' (born [[April 20]], [[1947]] in [[Sherbrooke, Quebec]]) wasis a former [[Quebec]] [[politician]] and [[economist]]. She was the Member of [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for the riding of [[Rosemont (provincial electoral district)|Rosemont]] in the [[Montreal]] region and represented the [[Parti Québécois]] from 1994 to 2008.

Dionne-Marsolais went at the [[Université de Montréal]] and obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[economics]] and a [[master's degree]] in [[econometrics]]. She later became an economist at [[Hydro-Québec]] and was an assistant to the company's president. She was also the vice-president in the development sector for the [[Société générale de financement]]. After being the Quebec [[delegate]] in [[New York City|New York]], she was an economist for [[Price Waterhouse]].

In addition, she was an administration member of the [[Ordre des architectes du Québec]], the [[Quebec Bar]], the [[Montreal Symphony Orchestra]], the Saint-Luc Hospital in Montreal and the [[Board of Trade of Metropolitan MontréalMontreal]] as well as the [[Freefree trade]] committee. She would be later involved in politics as the [[treasurer]] of the Parti Québécois.

She entered politics in [[1994 Quebec general election, 1994| 1994]] and was elected in Rosemont in 1994. She held several [[Cabinet (government)|Cabinet]] positions including tourism (1994-19961994–1996), culture and communications (1994-19951994–1995), industry and trade (1996-19971996–1997) and revenue (1998). After being re-elected in [[1998 Quebec general election, 1998| 1998]], she was named minister for revenue (1998-19991998–1999) and [[natural resources]] (2001-20032001–2003). She was also a member of several committees and a delegate member for relations with several world regions including the [[Middle East]] and [[Brazil]].

While the Parti Québécois lost the [[2003 Quebec general election, 2003| 2003 elections]] to the [[Quebec Liberal Party| Liberals]], she was re-elected for a third term in 2003 and for a fourth term in [[2007 Quebec general election, 2007| 2007]]. In late- October 2008, she announced her retirement from politics becoming effective when the [[2008 Quebec general election, 2008|general elections]] were announced on November 5, 2008. Former Minister [[Louise Beaudoin]] is the PQ candidate. <ref>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20120715235553/http://lcn.canoe.ca/lcn/infos/national/archives/2008/10/20081031-151056.html ]}}</ref>

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{{succession box|title = Minister of Science and Technology|before = Daniel Paille| after = [[FrancoisFrançois Legault]]|years = 1996&ndash;1998}}

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[[Category:Canadian women economists]]

[[Category:PeoplePoliticians from Sherbrooke, QuebecMontreal]]