Linda Lapointe

Linda Lapointe MP
Deputy Government Whip
Incumbent
Assumed office August 31, 2018
Prime Minister	Justin Trudeau
Preceded by	Filomena Tassi
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Laurin Liu
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Groulx
In office April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded by	Pierre Descoteaux
Succeeded by	René Gauvreau
Personal details
Born	(1960-07-02) July 2, 1960 Laval, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Other political affiliations	Quebec Liberal Party Action démocratique du Québec

Linda Lapointe MP (born July 2, 1960) is a business woman and a politician from Quebec, Canada. She was an Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Groulx from 2007 to 2008. She was elected as the federal Member of Parliament for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles in the October 19, 2015 general election, as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Biography

Lapointe has a college diploma in health sciences from the CEGEP Ahuntsic. In 1986, she went at the Université de Montréal and receive a bachelor's degree in business administration. Since her teenage years, she has been working at her father's grocery store Provigo. From 1988 to 1997, she worked as the director of the store. She officially took over the family business in 1997, she became the owned and director of Provigo Lapointe et Fille. She sold the store in 2006.

Community involvement

In addition to her career as a manager, she was treasurer and member of the Board of the Association des détaillants en alimentation du Québec (Quebec food retailers association) from 2002 to 2006. In 2013, this association has appointed her as a member of its Hall of Fame. In her community, she has been president for the Regrouprement des gens d'affaires of Boisbriand from 2009 to 2015. Since she was 26, she has been actively involved in her community, notably as organizer of Déjeuner de partage.

Political career

She was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2007 election as a member of Action démocratique du Québec in the riding of Groulx. Lapointe took office on April 12, 2007 and was named the critic for economic development and the Montreal region until 2008. She was also the assistant whip of the official opposition party.

Lapointe was defeated in the 2008 election.

She changed parties and ran for the Liberal Party of Quebec in the 2012 Quebec general election and was again defeated.

MP for the 42nd Canadian Parliament

On October 15, 2015, she was elected on the 2015 federal election as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada for the riding of Rivière-des-Mille-Îles. She defeated NDP incumbent Laurin Liu. After her election, she was selected by Prime Minister Trudeau's cabinet to sit on two House of Commons parliamentary committees : Standing Committee of Official Languages and Standing Committee on International Trade.

Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee of Official Languages

As a member of this committee, she has to study the Government of Canada programs designed to promote francophone immigration to francophone minority communities in Canada, to establish a new Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013 in partnership with the Minister of Canadian Heritage, the Honorable Mélanie Joly, to study Air Canada's bilingual service, to study access of justice in bot languages and many other issues.

Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade

As a member of this committee, she has to, with the other members, direct studies et reports on various aspects of Canada’s international trade policy, as Softwood Lumber Agreement between Canada et United States of America, the Transpacific Partnership, the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).

Private Member's Bill C-236

She introduced her private member's bill on the credit card acceptance fees on February 25, 2016 to members of the House of Commons. The bill is named An act to amend the Payment card Networks act.

Electoral record

2007 Quebec general election: Groulx
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Linda Lapointe	13,630	37.45	+18.07
	Parti Québécois	Rachel Gagnon	10,513	28.89	-9.78
	Liberal	Pierre Descoteaux	9,898	27.20	-12.34
	Green	Robert Harenclak	1,503	4.13	–
	Québec solidaire	Adam Veilleux	850	2.34	+1.09*
Total valid votes			36,394	99.15	–
Total rejected ballots			311	0.85	–
Turnout			36,705	75.35	+1.83
Electors on the lists			48,715	–	–

2008 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	René Gauvreau	11,226	37.62	+8.73
	Liberal	Monique Laurin	10,823	36.27	+9.07
	Action démocratique	Linda Lapointe	6,036	20.23	-17.22
	Green	Carmen Brisebois	955	3.20	-0.93
	Québec solidaire	Adam Veilleux	701	2.35	+0.01
	Parti indépendantiste	Sébastien Hotte	102	0.34	–
Total valid votes			29,843	98.41	–
Total rejected ballots			481	1.59	–
Turnout			30,324	61.33	-14.02
Electors on the lists			49,441	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Hélène Daneault	16,711	38.02	+17.57
	Parti Québécois	Raymond Archambault	14,948	34.01	-4.05
	Liberal	Linda Lapointe	8,776	19.97	-15.70
	Québec solidaire	Sylvie Giguère	1,892	4.30	+1.92
	Option nationale	Alain Marginean	895	2.04	–
	Green	Alec Ware	591	1.34	-1.80
	Independent	Alex Munteanu	140	0.32	–
Total valid votes			43,953	98.85	–
Total rejected ballots			511	1.15	–
Turnout			44,464	79.08
Electors on the lists			56,228	–	–
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+10.81

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2015 Canadian federal election: Rivière-des-Mille-Îles
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Linda Lapointe	18,787	32.37	+21.27	–
	New Democratic	Laurin Liu	17,111	29.48	-19.64	–
	Bloc Québécois	Félix Pinel	14,755	25.42	-1.70	–
	Conservative	Érick Gauthier	6,099	10.51	+0.21	–
	Green	Alec Ware	1,136	1.96	-0.41	–
	Independent	Luis Quinteros	158	0.27	n/a	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			58,046	100.00;		$216,995.77
Total rejected ballots			927	1.57	–
Turnout			58,973	72.42	–
Eligible voters			81,429
	Liberal gain from New Democratic		Swing		+20.45
Source: Elections Canada

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Official Website