Pascale Déry Explained

Pascale Déry
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec Canada
Party:Coalition Avenir Québec
Honorific-Suffix:MNA
Office:Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Repentigny
Term Start:October 3, 2022
Predecessor:Lise Lavallée
Office1:Quebec Minister of Higher Education
Term Start1:October 20, 2022
Predecessor1:Danielle McCann

Born in 1976, Pascale Déry is a Canadian politician. She sought the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Mount Royal in the 2015 Canadian federal election, losing to Robert Libman.[1] She was instead nominated in Drummond for that election, where she finished in fourth position after the New Democratic, Liberal, and Bloc Québécois candidates. In the 2022 Quebec general election, she was elected to represent the riding of Repentigny as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[2] She was named Quebec's Minister of Higher Education on October 20, 2022.[3]

Déry is Jewish and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish. She was formerly a television journalist for TVA and Le Canal Nouvelles.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pascale-d%C3%A9ry-seeks-conservative-nomination-in-mount-royal-1.2927620 "Pascale Déry seeks Conservative nomination in Mount-Royal"
  2. Jean Philippe Angers, "Candidats vedettes: des paris gagnés et des paris perdus". Le Soleil, October 4, 2022.
  3. Web site: 2022-11-04. Charles Lecavalier. Fanny Lévesque. 2022-10-21. fr. Voici le Conseil des ministres. La Presse.
  4. Pierre Chartier, "Pascale Déry dévoile ses priorités". Hebdo Rive-Nord, September 1, 2022.