Martine Ouellet

Martine Ouellet
Ouellet in 2016
Leader of Climat Québec
Assumed office
May 14, 2021
Preceded byPosition established
Leader of the Bloc Québécois
In office
March 14, 2017 – June 11, 2018
PresidentMario Beaulieu
Preceded byRhéal Fortin (interim)
Succeeded byMario Beaulieu (interim)
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Vachon
In office
July 5, 2010 – October 1, 2018
Preceded byCamil Bouchard
Succeeded byIan Lafrenière
Personal details
Born (1969-04-08) April 8, 1969 (age 55)
Longueuil, Quebec, Canada
Political party
Other political
affiliations
Alma materHEC Montreal
McGill University
Profession

Martine Ouellet (born April 8, 1969) is a Canadian politician who served as leader of the Bloc Québécois from 2017 to 2018. She was the Minister of Natural Resources in the Quebec government from 2012 to 2014.

Ouellet was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in a by-election on July 5, 2010, representing the electoral district of Vachon, standing as a candidate for Parti Québécois.[1][2]

On May 14, 2021, Ouellet announced her return to politics by creating a new provincial party: Climat Québec.[3]

  1. ^ "Parti Quebecois holds on to a Montreal-area riding in Quebec byelection". Winnipeg Free Press, July 5, 2010.
  2. ^ "PQ retains riding in Que. byelection". CBC News. July 6, 2010. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "Martine Ouellet creates a new environmentalist-sovereignist party: 'Climat Quebec'". CTV News. May 14, 2021. Retrieved October 22, 2021.

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