# Michelle Courchesne

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Canadian politician (born 1953)

Michelle Courchesne Deputy Premier of Quebec In office May 14, 2012 – September 19, 2012 Premier Jean Charest Preceded by Line Beauchamp Succeeded by François Gendron Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Fabre In office April 14, 2003 – September 4, 2012 Preceded by Joseph Facal Succeeded by Gilles Ouimet Personal details Born (1953-05-06) May 6, 1953 (age 73) Trois-Rivières, Quebec Party Quebec Liberal Party Spouse Normand Filiatreault

**Michelle Courchesne** (born May 6, 1953, in [Trois-Rivières](/source/Trois-Rivi%C3%A8res), Quebec) is a former [Deputy Premier of Quebec](/source/Deputy_Premier_of_Quebec). A member of the [Quebec Liberal Party](/source/Quebec_Liberal_Party), she was the [National Assembly](/source/National_Assembly_of_Quebec) Member for the riding of [Fabre](/source/Fabre_(electoral_district)) in [Laval, Quebec](/source/Laval%2C_Quebec). She is also the former President of the Treasury Board, Minister responsible for the Laval region, [Minister of Education](/source/Ministry_of_Education%2C_Recreation_and_Sports_(Quebec)) and Deputy Premier of Quebec. She is a former Minister of Family, Immigration, Employment and [Social Solidarity](/source/Social_Solidarity).

Courchesne attended [Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf](/source/Coll%C3%A8ge_Jean-de-Br%C3%A9beuf) before going to the [Université de Montréal](/source/Universit%C3%A9_de_Montr%C3%A9al) and obtained a [bachelor's degree](/source/Bachelor's_degree) in [sociology](/source/Sociology) and a master's degree in [urban development](/source/Urban_development). She would become an [urbanist](/source/Urban_planning) from 1976 to 1981 before being elected to the [City Council](/source/City_Council) of Laval. She would also work at the Ministry of Culture and Communications as a [Deputy Minister](/source/Deputy_Minister_(Canada)) before being a member of the Board of Directors of the [National Bank of Canada](/source/National_Bank_of_Canada), [Radio-Canada](/source/Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation), the National Theater School of Canada and the Quebec Mental Health Foundation. She was then the director of the [Montreal Symphony Orchestra](/source/Montreal_Symphony_Orchestra) and a vice-president for Marketel and Cognicase.

Courchesne entered politics in [2003](/source/2003_Quebec_general_election), where she was elected as the MNA for Fabre while the Liberals regained power after nine years of governing by the [Parti Québécois](/source/Parti_Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois). She was named by [Jean Charest](/source/Jean_Charest) in the Cabinet as the Minister responsible for the relations with the Citizens and Immigration and was then promoted to Employment and Social Solidarity following a [Cabinet shuffle](/source/Cabinet_shuffle) in 2005 where she took the position occupied by [Claude Béchard](/source/Claude_B%C3%A9chard).

Following the [2007 elections](/source/2007_Quebec_general_election), she was re-elected in a Liberal [minority government](/source/Minority_government), and named the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports as well Minister of Family.

Following the 2008 election, she kept most of the portfolios but gave up the Ministry of Family to [LaFontaine](/source/LaFontaine) MNA [Tony Tomassi](/source/Tony_Tomassi). Courchesne lost the Education portfolio to former Environment Minister [Line Beauchamp](/source/Line_Beauchamp) in a 2010 cabinet shuffle and became President of the Treasury Board. She regained the Education Minister position, as well as becoming Deputy Premier of Quebec, on May 14, 2012, following Beauchamp's resignation during the ongoing [student protests over tuition hikes](/source/2012_Quebec_student_protests).

She retired at the 2012 election.

## Electoral record

v t e 2008 Quebec general election: Fabre Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Michelle Courchesne 15,349 45.50 Parti Québécois François-Gycelain Rocque 12,425 36.83 Action démocratique Tom Pentefountas 4,024 11.93 Green Erika Alvarez 1,021 3.03 – Québec solidaire Pierre Brien 918 2.72 Total valid votes 33,737 100.00 Rejected and declined votes 517 Turnout 34,254 57.08 Electors on the lists 60,010 Source: Official Results, Government of Quebec

## External links

- ["Biography"](http://www.assnat.qc.ca/en/deputes/courchesne-michelle-859/biographie.html). *Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours* (in French). [National Assembly of Quebec](/source/National_Assembly_of_Quebec).

Political offices Preceded by Line Beauchamp Deputy Premier of Quebec 2012 Succeeded by François Gendron Preceded by Line Beauchamp Minister of Education, Sport and Leisure 2012 Succeeded by Marie Malavoy Preceded by Jean-Marc Fournier Minister of Education, Sport and Leisure 2007–2010 Succeeded by Line Beauchamp Preceded by Carole Théberge Minister of Family 2007–2008 Succeeded by Tony Tomassi Preceded by Claude Béchard Minister of Employment and Social Solidarity 2005–2007 Succeeded by Sam Hamad Preceded by Monique Gagnon-Tremblay President of the Treasury Board 2010–2012 Succeeded by Stéphane Bédard Preceded by Dominique Vien Minister of government services 2010–2012 Succeeded by -

v t e Cabinet of Premier of Quebec Jean Charest (2003–2012) Jean Charest Pierre Arcand Michel Audet Raymond Bachand Line Beauchamp Claude Béchard Raymond Bernier Lawrence Bergman Marguerite Blais Yves Bolduc Julie Boulet Jacques Chagnon Lucie Charlebois Pierre Corbeil Philippe Couillard Michelle Courchesne Margaret Delisle Jacques Dupuis Robert Dutil Jean-Marc Fournier Monique Gagnon-Tremblay Françoise Gauthier Henri-François Gautrin Clément Gignac Sam Hamad Yolande James Monique Jérôme-Forget Geoffrey Kelley Laurent Lessard Norman MacMillan Yvon Marcoux Pierre Moreau Tom Mulcair Nathalie Normandeau Alain Paquet Benoît Pelletier Pierre Reid Yves Séguin Serge Simard Christine St-Pierre Carole Théberge Lise Thériault Tony Tomassi Yvon Vallières Dominique Vien Kathleen Weil David Whissell

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