Honorific-Prefix: | The Honourable |
Geneviève Guilbault | |
Birth Date: | November 4, 1982[1] |
Birth Place: | Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada[2] |
Profession: | Communications Officer, Political Advisor |
Party: | Coalition Avenir Québec |
Otherparty: | Quebec Liberal Party (before 2006) |
Residence: | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures |
Office: | Deputy Premier of Quebec |
Premier: | François Legault |
Predecessor: | Dominique Anglade |
Term Start: | October 18, 2018 |
Office3: | Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Louis-Hébert |
Term Start3: | October 2, 2017 |
Predecessor3: | Sam Hamad |
Alma Mater: | Université Laval |
Office1: | Quebec Minister of Transport |
Term Start1: | October 20, 2022 |
Predecessor1: | François Bonnardel |
Office2: | Quebec Minister of Public Security |
Term Start2: | October 18 2018 |
Term End2: | October 20 2022 |
Predecessor2: | Martin Coiteux |
Successor2: | François Bonnardel |
Geneviève Guilbault (born November 4, 1982) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election held in the electoral district Louis-Hébert on October 2, 2017.[3] She is a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[4] On October 18, 2018 she was appointed Deputy Premier and Minister of Public Safety. On October 20, 2022 she was re-appointed Deputy Premier and appointed Minister of Transport replacing François Bonnardel. [5]
Prior to her election to the legislature, she worked as a communications officer for the provincial coroner's office.[6] She had previously planned to run for the CAQ in the electoral district of Charlesbourg in the 2018 provincial election, but was selected as the by-election candidate in Louis-Hébert after the party's original candidate, Normand Sauvageau, resigned.[6]