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Suzanne Tremblay
Opposition House Leader
In office
March 17, 1997 – April 25, 1997
Leader Gilles Duceppe
Preceded by Gilles Duceppe
Succeeded by Randy White
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis
(Rimouski—Mitis 1997-2000)
(Rimouski—Témiscouata 1993-1997)
In office
October 25, 1993 – June 28, 2004
Preceded by Monique Vézina
Succeeded by Riding dissolved
Personal details
Born (1937-01-24)January 24, 1937
Montreal, Quebec
Died September 26, 2020(2020-09-26) (aged 83)
Rimouski, Quebec
Political party Bloc Québécois
Residences Le Bic, Quebec

Suzanne Tremblay (French pronunciation: [syzan tʁɑ̃blɛ]; January 24, 1937 – September 26, 2020) was a Canadian politician from Quebec who served as a Bloc Québécois member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1993 to 2004.

Early life

Born in Montreal, Tremblay received a Queen Elizabeth II Scholarship to attend Tufts University in the United States, where she earned a Master's degree in pre-school education. She then completed a certificate in educational studies at the Université de Lyon and a certificate in child care studies at the University of London.

Political career

Tremblay was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1993 federal election for the riding of Rimouski—Témiscouata. She was re-elected in the 1997 election for the riding of Rimouski-Mitis and in the 2000 election for Rimouski-Neigette-et-La Mitis. She announced her intention not to run again in the 2004 federal election.

She was occasionally a controversial figure, once pointing out that Quebec Premier Jean Charest's first name was really "John" in an attempt to discredit him as a representative of the true Quebec; the Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe distanced himself from this comment. Tremblay also made similar comments attacking Radio-Canada journalist Joyce Napier for not having a francophone name, and pop singer Céline Dion for purportedly turning her back on her Québécoise identity in her pursuit of pop stardom.

Following Tremblay's announcement of her retirement from the House of Commons, Louise Thibault, a municipal councillor in Le Bic, became the Bloc Québécois candidate in the new riding of Rimouski-Neigette—Témiscouata—Les Basques, and won the 2004 election. Tremblay ran in the resulting by-election to fill Thibault's municipal council seat, running primarily on a campaign of opposing the then-proposed amalgamation of Le Bic with Rimouski. She lost narrowly to Pierre Garon, a local farmer and trucker who had not previously been active in politics.

Death

Tremblay died on September 26, 2020 from cancer.

Electoral record

Canadian federal election, 2000
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 19,759
Liberal Réal Marmen 9,795
Alliance Gerard Gosselin 1,280
Progressive Conservative Réal Blais 1,150
Natural Law Lyse Beauchemin 673
New Democratic René Lemieux 525
Canadian federal election, 1997: Rimouski—Mitis
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 17,282 47.00 $53,089
Liberal Réal Marmen 11,112 30.22 $47,800
Progressive Conservative Jean Roy 7,901 21.49 $32,225
New Democratic Elizabeth Clark 479 1.30 $0
Total valid votes 36,774 100.00
Total rejected ballots 1,211
Turnout 37,985 68.24
Electors on the lists 55,665
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada: http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/dec3097&document=res_table12&lang=e and Financial Returns, Elections Canada.
Canadian federal election, 1993
Party Candidate Votes
Bloc Québécois Suzanne Tremblay 23,118
Liberal André Reid 9,454
Progressive Conservative Jean Morin 4,622
Independent François-Michel Denis 598
Natural Law Gilles Roussel 400
New Democratic Alex En Hwa Ng 335
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