| Lucille Collard | |
| Parliament: | Ontario Provincial |
| Term Start: | February 27, 2020 |
| Predecessor: | Nathalie Des Rosiers |
| Riding: | Ottawa—Vanier |
| Office2: | Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario School Trustee |
| Term Start2: | December 1, 2010 |
| Term End2: | February 27, 2020 |
| Predecessor2: | Denis Chartrand |
| Successor2: | Warsama Abdourahman Aden |
| Constituency2: | Ward 12 |
| Party: | Liberal |
| Residence: | Vanier, Ontario, Canada[1] |
Lucille Collard is a Canadian politician who has been a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) since 2020. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Collard represents Ottawa—Vanier in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
Collard completed a law degree at the University of Ottawa in 1999 and pursued a public service career as a lawyer. She practised international trade law with the NAFTA Secretariat, administrative and regulatory law with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and public law as a federal government civil litigator at the Federal Court of Canada.[2]
Collard is a mother of four children and has reported education as a personal interest. In 2003, she launched a pilot francophone school with 18 students – Trille des Bois – which was officially opened in 2010. Today, 600 students attend Trille des Bois.[3]
Collard first ran for public office in 2010 and was elected as a School Trustee for the Ottawa-Vanier, Ottawa-Rockcliffe region. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2018. Following her second re-election, she was elected as chair of the board of the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario.[4]
In early 2020, Collard won the Liberal nomination for the by-election to the provincial electoral district of Ottawa-Vanier, which was vacated by Nathalie Des Rosiers. She was elected on February 7, 2020, with 52.2% of the vote.[5]
In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she has served as the Liberal opposition critic for the following ministerial portfolios:
She was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.[7] As of July 7, 2024, she serves as the Liberal Party critic for Justice Issues and Francophone Issues.