Honorific-Prefix: | députée |
Catherine Lemorton | |
Constituency Am: | Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency, National Assembly of France |
Party: | Socialist Party (France) |
Term Start: | 17 June 2007 |
Term End: | 2017 |
Predecessor: | Bernadette Païx |
Successor: | Pierre Cabaré |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1961 |
Birth Place: | Troyes, Aube |
Catherine Lemorton is a French pharmacist and politician. She was a member of the National Assembly of France, representing Haute-Garonne's 1st constituency,[1] based in Toulouse, as a member of the Socialist party from 2007 to 2017.She won the 2007 election, defeating Jean-Luc Moudenc who was mayor of Toulouse at the time.
Catherine Lemorton is known for her report (la prescription, la consommation et la fiscalité des médicaments)[2] [3] on pharmaceutical drugs, regarded as taking part in a fight against the lobbies of the pharmaceutical industry[4] and the conflicts of interest in medicament's policies.