Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Diane Lemieux (born September 22, 1961 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1998 to 2007.Lemieux went at the Université de Sherbrooke and received a diploma in law. She was a coordinator for the Quebec CALACS group, a sexual assault crisis center. She was also the president of the Conseil du Statut de la Femme and a Chair of the Task Force on Sexual Assaults. In the community, she was a board member for the United Way Estrie campaign and the Bureau d'Aide juridique des Cantons-de-l'Est. She was a member for several committees and reports in regards to violence against women, the Conseil du statut de la femme and the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women. She was the co-chair for the Yes community for the 1995 Quebec referendum in the Sherbrooke riding.Lemieux was elected in Bourget in the 1998 provincial election and served as the Minister of Labour from 1998 to 2001 and the Minister of Culture and Communications from 2001 to 2003. After being re-elected in the 2003 election, she was named the Opposition House Leader and was renamed House Leader of the PQ after the 2007 election.On August 20, an article from La Presse revealed that she will be replaced as House Leader of the PQ by François Gendron, who was acting leader of the PQ until Pauline Marois's nomination as the new leader in July 2007. It was also reported that Lemieux would resign as MNA for Bourget, and leave politics, on October 16, 2007 when the legislature resumes. Lemieux refused the position of President of the Caucus Chair of the PQ that Marois offered after removing her previous duties.She resigned on October 17, 2007.. }
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- Diane_Lemieux abstract "Diane Lemieux (born September 22, 1961 in Sherbrooke, Quebec) is a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Bourget as a member of the Parti Québécois from 1998 to 2007.Lemieux went at the Université de Sherbrooke and received a diploma in law. She was a coordinator for the Quebec CALACS group, a sexual assault crisis center. She was also the president of the Conseil du Statut de la Femme and a Chair of the Task Force on Sexual Assaults. In the community, she was a board member for the United Way Estrie campaign and the Bureau d'Aide juridique des Cantons-de-l'Est. She was a member for several committees and reports in regards to violence against women, the Conseil du statut de la femme and the Canadian Panel on Violence Against Women. She was the co-chair for the Yes community for the 1995 Quebec referendum in the Sherbrooke riding.Lemieux was elected in Bourget in the 1998 provincial election and served as the Minister of Labour from 1998 to 2001 and the Minister of Culture and Communications from 2001 to 2003. After being re-elected in the 2003 election, she was named the Opposition House Leader and was renamed House Leader of the PQ after the 2007 election.On August 20, an article from La Presse revealed that she will be replaced as House Leader of the PQ by François Gendron, who was acting leader of the PQ until Pauline Marois's nomination as the new leader in July 2007. It was also reported that Lemieux would resign as MNA for Bourget, and leave politics, on October 16, 2007 when the legislature resumes. Lemieux refused the position of President of the Caucus Chair of the PQ that Marois offered after removing her previous duties.She resigned on October 17, 2007.".