Pauline Marois
Pauline Marois
Pauline Maroisserved as the 30th Premier of Quebecand was leader of the Parti Québécois. On September 4, 2012, Marois led her party to minority victory in the Quebec general election, thus becoming the first female premier in the province's history. However, her party was defeated 19 months later in the 2014 Quebec general election, an election that she herself had called. Marois was personally defeated in the riding of Charlevoix–Côte-de-Beaupré and announced her resignation as PQ leader. Her electoral defeat...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth29 March 1949
CityQuebec City, Canada
CountryCanada
Pauline Marois quotes about
We don't have to apologize for who we are
Let's stop being afraid ... to seem intolerant
Sovereignty is as necessary as ever.
Sovereignty was not an issue in this campaign. The sovereignty numbers that were there before the campaign are still there. Sovereignty is as alive as it was. But there is work to do to convince Quebecers.
We have a beautiful program which is audacious and I really want us all to roll up our sleeves and to work at making it a success.
We don't know what proportion of public funds is regularly lost to collusion and corruption. Is it 25 per cent? 30 per cent? We do know that a portion of these public funds are feeding organized crime.
There is a false assumption about the Parti Quebecois that we don't know anything about the economy... Well that's a myth.
Cynicism lost and hope won. For the first time, the government of Quebec will be led by a woman.
I hope that one day the people of Quebec will one day be a part of the concert of nations. This is an internal debate. This will happen when Quebecers are ready.