Honorific Prefix: | The Honourable |
Pascale St-Onge | |
Office: | Minister of Canadian Heritage |
Primeminister: | Justin Trudeau |
Term Start: | July 26, 2023 |
Predecessor: | Pablo Rodriguez |
Office1: | Minister of Sport |
Primeminister1: | Justin Trudeau |
Term Start1: | October 26, 2021 |
Term End1: | July 26, 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Steven Guilbeault |
Successor1: | Carla Qualtrough |
Office2: | Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec |
Term Start2: | October 26, 2021 |
Term End2: | July 26, 2023 |
Predecessor2: | Mélanie Joly |
Successor2: | Soraya Martinez Ferrada |
Birth Date: | 13 May 1977[1] |
Nationality: | Canadian |
Party: | Liberal |
Residence: | Orford, Quebec |
Occupation: | Union leader |
Alma Mater: | Université de Montréal Université du Québec à Montréal |
Riding3: | Brome—Missisquoi |
Term Start3: | September 20, 2021 |
Predecessor3: | Lyne Bessette |
Pascale St-Onge (born May 13, 1977) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Brome—Missisquoi in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2021 Canadian federal election.[2]
St-Onge is the former president of the . She lives in Orford, Quebec.[3]
She was appointed to cabinet as Minister of Sport and Minister responsible for the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec in 2021, becoming Canada's first openly lesbian cabinet minister.[4] In May 2023 she announced reforms to address the safe sport crisis in Canada, which included the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal.[5] She was appointed Minister of Canadian Heritage in July 2023.