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Place of Birth: La Tuque, Quebec, Canada
About Sylvie Roy
- Sylvie Roy (November 4, 1964 – July 31, 2016) was a Canadian politician in Quebec and a Member of the National Assembly for the electoral district of Arthabaska.
- She previously represented the riding of Lotbinière from 2003 until 2012, initially as a member of the now-defunct Action démocratique du Québec (ADQ) until the merger of that party into the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) in 2012.
- She left the CAQ to sit as an independent in 2015. She was awarded a law degree from Université Laval in 1987 and admitted to the Barreau du Québec in 1988.
- She was lawyer for 15 years including 12 years for mental health organizations in Mauricie.
- She served as mayor of Saint-Sophie-de-LĂ©vrard from 1998 to 2003.
- She also worked for the BĂ©cancour Regional County Municipality, Quebec Roy was first elected to the National Assembly in the 2003 election with 37% of the vote.
- Parti Québécois (PQ) incumbent Jean-Guy Paré finished third with 26% of the vote. In the 2007 election, Roy was easily re-elected with 59% of the vote.
- Liberal candidate Laurent Boissonneault, finished second with 22% of the vote. On March 29, 2007, Roy was appointed Deputy Official Opposition House Leader.In the 2008 election, Roy won re-election with 44% of the vote, even though her party's support sharply declined and party leader Mario Dumont announced his resignation.
- On February 27, 2009, she was named the interim leader of the ADQ until Gilles Taillon became the permanent leader later that year.
- The ADQ merged with the CAQ in 2012, and Roy was re-elected in the 2012 election. On August 26, 2015, she resigned to sit as an independent MNA following disagreements with the party leadership.
- She died on July 31, 2016 from acute hepatitis.
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