Rita de Santis
Appearance
Rita de Santis | |
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Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Bourassa-Sauvé | |
In office September 4, 2012 – August 29, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Line Beauchamp |
Succeeded by | Paule Robitaille |
Personal details | |
Born | Palmoli, Italy | May 29, 1954
Political party | Liberal |
Rita de Santis (BCL’80, McGill University)[1] is a Canadian politician, who was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourassa-Sauvé from 2012 to 2018. She was first elected in the 2012 election as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party caucus.
From April 23, 2014 to January 28, 2016, she was the Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister responsible for Government Administration and Ongoing Program Review (open and transparent government).
On January 28, 2016, she was appointed to the cabinet as Minister Responsible for Access to Information and Reform of Democratic Institutions.[3]
She retired from politics in 2018.[4]
References
- ^ "Rita Lc de Santis", Assemblée Nationale du Québec, November 2018.
- ^ "Remember me as a premier who loved Quebec: Charest". The Gazette, September 6, 2012.
- ^ "Quebec's government names new cabinet". CTV News. January 28, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2016.
- ^ "Former Liberal minister Rita de Santis retiring from politics". Montreal Gazette. June 28, 2018. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
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- Living people
- Quebec Liberal Party MNAs
- Women MNAs in Quebec
- Politicians from Montreal
- Canadian people of Italian descent
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 21st-century Canadian women politicians
- Members of the Executive Council of Quebec
- Women government ministers of Canada
- 1954 births
- McGill University Faculty of Law alumni
- Liberal Party, Quebec MNA stubs