Sylvie Boucher | |
Office: | Official Opposition Critic for La Francophonie |
Leader: | Rona Ambrose Andrew Scheer |
Term Start: | November 20, 2015 |
Term End: | August 30, 2017 |
Predecessor: | Pierre Dionne Labelle |
Successor: | Alupa Clarke |
Riding1: | Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix |
Parliament1: | Canadian |
Term Start1: | October 19, 2015 |
Term End1: | September 11, 2019 |
Predecessor1: | Jonathan Tremblay |
Successor1: | Caroline Desbiens |
Riding2: | Beauport—Limoilou |
Parliament2: | Canadian |
Term Start2: | January 23, 2006 |
Term End2: | March 26, 2011 |
Predecessor2: | Christian Simard |
Successor2: | Raymond Côté |
Birth Date: | 18 December 1962 |
Birth Place: | Victoriaville, Quebec, Canada |
Party: | Conservative (federal) CAQ (provincial) |
Otherparty: | Liberal Party of Quebec (1999-2006) |
Spouse: | divorced |
Residence: | Beauport, Quebec |
Profession: | administrator, political advisor, sales consultant |
Sylvie Boucher (born December 18, 1962) is a Canadian politician who was served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou from 2006 to 2011 and as the MP for Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix from 2015 to 2019. She is a member of the Conservative Party.
Boucher has studied office systems technology, gerontology, information technology, and literature. Before politics, she worked in the private sector and specialized in marketing and sales. She has also worked in the National Assembly of Quebec with various jobs and has served as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Canadian Minister of Tourism.[1]
Boucher was elected Member of Parliament for the riding of Beauport—Limoilou, Quebec in the 2006 election by a margin of 820 votes over her Bloc Québécois opponent.[2]
On February 7, 2006, Boucher was appointed as parliamentary secretary to Prime Minister Stephen Harper. On April 10, 2007, she also became Parliamentary Secretary for La Francophonie and Official Languages. On October 10, 2007, she was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister and for Status of Women. She was re-elected in the 2008 election, but was defeated in the 2011 election by Raymond Côté of the New Democratic Party.
She returned to parliament in the 2015 election and defeated incumbent Jonathan Tremblay in the new riding of Beauport—Côte-de-Beaupré—Île d'Orléans—Charlevoix.[3] She was defeated in the 2019 election.[4]