Lucille Méthé

Lucille Methe
Member of Parliament for Saint-Jean (2007-2008)
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 April 2007
Preceded by	Jean-Pierre Paquin
Succeeded by	Dave Turcotte
Personal details
Born	(1957-12-15) 15 December 1957 (age 67) Henryville, Quebec
Political party	Action democratique du Quebec
Cabinet	Assistant Whip of the Opposition
Portfolio	Government services

Lucille Méthé (born 15 December 1957, in Henryville, Quebec) was the Action démocratique du Québec Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Canada, for the electoral district of Saint-Jean.

Background

Methe has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the Université du Québec à Montréal and also studied at the Séminaire de Sherbrooke in International Commerce in 2001. She also worked as an advertisement publisher and originator, a promotion agent and a cooperative and export adviser.^{[citation needed]}

Prior attempts

She was the ADQ candidate for Iberville in the 2003, but lost to Liberal candidate Jean Rioux. She also was the Action civique candidate for Mayor of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu in the 2005, but was defeated by Gilles Dolbec.^{[citation needed]}

Méthé was first elected in 2007 with 42% of the vote. Liberal incumbent Jean-Pierre Paquin, finished third with 25% of the vote. On 29 March 2007, Méthé was appointed Deputy Official Opposition House Whip and the critic for government services.^[1][2]

Footnotes

1. Dumont désigne ses lieutenants, Radio-Canada, 29 March 2007
2. Dumont présente les membres de son équipe, Cyberpresse, 29 March 2007

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.

Political offices
Preceded by Jacques Côté (PQ)	Deputy Official Opposition House Whip 2007–Current	Succeeded by Incumbent