Suzanne Tremblay

Suzanne Tremblay (born January 24, 1937) is a politician from Quebec, Canada, and a member of the Bloc Québécois, a federal political party that promotes the independence of Quebec from Canada.

Born in Montreal, Tremblay received a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship to attend Tufts University in the United States, where she earned a Master's degree in pre-school education. She then completed a certificate in educational studies at the Université de Lyon and a certificate in child care studies at the University of London.

Tremblay was first elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 1993 federal election for the riding of Rimouski—Témiscouata. She was re-elected in the 1997 election for the riding of Rimouski-Mitis and in the 2000 election for Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis. She announced her intention not to run again in the 2004 federal election. She was occasionally a controversial figure, once pointing out that Quebec Premier Jean Charest's first name was really "John" in an attempt to discredit him as a representative of the "true" Quebec. The Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe distanced himself from this attempt.

On October 24, 2004, Tremblay lost her bid for election in the municipality of Bic to a local farmer and a trucker who had not previously been active in politics.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Suzanne Tremblay	19,759
	Liberal	Réal Marmen	9,795
	Alliance	Gerard Gosselin	1,280
	Progressive Conservative	Réal Blais	1,150
	Natural Law	Lyse Beauchemin	673
	New Democratic	René Lemieux	525

Canadian federal election, 1997: Rimouski—Mitis
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±pp	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	(x)Suzanne Tremblay	17,282	47.00		$53,089
	Liberal	Réal Marmen	11,112	30.22		$47,800
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Roy	7,901	21.49		$32,225
	New Democratic Party	Elizabeth Clark	479	1.30		$0
Total valid votes			36,774	100.00
Total rejected ballots			1,211
Turnout			37,985	68.24
Electors on the lists			55,665
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.

Canadian federal election, 1993
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Bloc Québécois	Suzanne Tremblay	23,118
	Liberal	André Reid	9,454
	Progressive Conservative	Jean Morin	4,622
	Independent	François-Michel Denis	598
	Natural Law	Gilles Roussel	400
	New Democratic	Alex En Hwa Ng	335

See also

• Quebec sovereignty movement

External links

• Suzanne Tremblay - Parliament of Canada biography

Parliament of Canada
Preceded by Monique Vezina	Member of Parliament for Rimouski—Témiscouata 1993–1997	Succeeded by The electoral district changed name to Rimouski in 1996.
Preceded by The electoral district changed name from Rimouski to Rimouski—Mitis in 1996.	Member of Parliament for Rimouski—Mitis 1997–2000	Succeeded by The electoral district changed name to Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis in 2000.
Preceded by The electoral district changed from Rimouski—Mitis to Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis name in 2000.	Member of Parliament for Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis 2000–2004	Succeeded by The electoral district was abolished in 2003.