Lucille Collard
Lucille Collard | |
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.jpg) Collard in 2020 | |
| Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Ottawa—Vanier | |
| Assumed office February 27, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Nathalie Des Rosiers |
| Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario School Trustee | |
| In office December 1, 2010 – February 27, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Denis Chartrand |
| Succeeded by | Warsama Abdourahman Aden |
| Constituency | Ward 12 |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Residence(s) | Vanier, Ontario, Canada[1] |
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Lucille Collard MPP 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.
Background
[edit]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][better source needed]
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]
Political career
[edit]Trustee
[edit]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]
Provincial politics
[edit]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:
- Ministry of the Attorney General (the provincial judiciary, criminal justice system and legal defence of the Government of Ontario)
- Ministry of the Solicitor General (law enforcement, penitentiary and correctional services)
- Office of Women's Issues
- Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks[6]
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.
Electoral history
[edit]| 2022 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Vanier | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Lucille Collard | 16,132 | 41.71 | −10.51 | $80,016 | |||
| New Democratic | Lyra Evans | 10,026 | 25.93 | +0.68 | $54,961 | |||
| Progressive Conservative | Patrick Mayangi | 7,798 | 20.16 | +8.47 | $22,402 | |||
| Green | Christian Proulx | 3,019 | 7.81 | −0.77 | $9,017 | |||
| Ontario Party | Eric Armstrong-Giroux | 587 | 1.52 | $506 | ||||
| New Blue | Michael Pastien | 400 | 1.03 | $1,737 | ||||
| Libertarian | Coreen Corcoran | 335 | 0.87 | +0.22 | $786 | |||
| None of the Above | Blake Hamilton | 210 | 0.54 | +0.06 | $565 | |||
| Freedom | David McGruer | 166 | 0.43 | $0 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 38,673 | 99.32 | -0.13 | $142,255 | ||||
| Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots | 263 | 0.68 | +0.13 | |||||
| Turnout | 38,936 | 39.42 | +19.53 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 101,657 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −5.60 | ||||||
Source(s)
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References
[edit]- ^ "Search For Contributions". Elections Ontario. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
- ^ Government of Canada, Shared Services Canada (2017-10-01). "Person Information". geds-sage.gc.ca. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Lucille Collard". Rogers TV / TV Rogers. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ Blair Crawford, "Lawyer, school trustee Lucille Collard wins provincial Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier". Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 2019.
- ^ Robert Benzie, "Liberals easily retain two seats in Ottawa byelections". Toronto Star, February 27, 2020.
- ^ "Del Duca Appoints New Critics". Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
- ^ "Liberal Lucille Collard re-elected in Ottawa–Vanier". CBC News. Ottawa, Ontario. June 2, 2022. Retrieved November 25, 2023.