Lucille Collard

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Lucille Collard
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Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Ottawa—Vanier
Assumed office
February 27, 2020
Preceded byNathalie Des Rosiers
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario School Trustee
In office
December 1, 2010 – February 27, 2020
Preceded byDenis Chartrand
Succeeded byWarsama Abdourahman Aden
ConstituencyZone 10
Personal details
Political partyLiberal
ResidenceVanier, Ontario[1]
Occupationlawyer

Lucille Collard is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election on February 27, 2020.[2] She represents the riding of Ottawa—Vanier as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party.

Early life[]

In 1999, Collard completed a law degree at the University of Ottawa 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Legislative career[]

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.

In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she serves as the Liberal opposition critic for the following ministerial portfolios:

References[]

  1. ^ "Search For Contributions". Elections Canada. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Robert Benzie, "Liberals easily retain two seats in Ottawa byelections". Toronto Star, February 27, 2020.
  3. ^ Government of Canada, Shared Services Canada (2017-10-01). "Person Information". geds-sage.gc.ca. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. ^ "Lucille Collard". Rogers TV / TV Rogers. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  5. ^ Blair Crawford, "Lawyer, school trustee Lucille Collard wins provincial Liberal nomination in Ottawa-Vanier". Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "Del Duca Appoints New Critics". Ontario Liberal Party. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
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