Francine Lalonde (born August 24, 1940 in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec) is a politician on the national (Canada) and provincial (Quebec) levels. Prior to being elected she was a lecturer, teacher and unionist. She was minister responsible for the status of women in Lévesque government, although she was never a member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
She was a Bloc Québécois member of the Canadian House of Commons, representing the districts of La Pointe-de-l'Île from 2004 election to 2011, and Mercier from the 1993 election to 2004. She has in the past been the Bloc's critic of Human Resources Development and of Industry, and of Foreign Affairs.
In June 2005, Lalonde introduced in Parliament a private Bill C-407 that would have legalized assisted suicide in Canada. Re-elected in January 2006, she promised to reintroduce her bill to legalize assisted suicide.
On September 13, 2010, Lalonde announced she would not be a candidate for re-election following the expiration of her current mandate "because of the re-emergence of my cancer and the need to pursue new treatments".
Read more about Francine Lalonde: Electoral Record
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