Danielle Chartier

Danielle Chartier
Member of the Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly
for Saskatoon Riversdale
In office
September 21, 2009 – October 26, 2020
Preceded byLorne Calvert
Succeeded byMarv Friesen
Personal details
BornSaskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Children2
Residence(s)Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
EducationUniversity of Regina
ProfessionJournalist, Social Worker

Danielle Chartier is a former Canadian politician. She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan in a by-election on September 21, 2009, representing the electoral district of Saskatoon Riversdale as a member of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party.[1] She was reelected in the 2011 and 2016 provincial elections. Chartier did not seek re-election in the 2020 provincial election.

She is a third-generation resident of the Saskatoon Riversdale constituency.

Originally trained as a journalist, she has worked as a reporter for daily newspapers in Moose Jaw and Saskatoon, as well as weekly newspapers and monthly magazines.

After obtaining a bachelor of social work degree from the University of Regina, she worked for the Saskatchewan Department of Labour's Work and Family Unit for nearly three years. She has also worked on projects for a number of community organizations including the Saskatchewan Association for Community Living, Catholic Family Services of Saskatoon and the Children's Discovery Museum on the Saskatchewan.

  1. ^ "NDP sweeps Sask. byelections". CBC News. September 22, 2009. Retrieved 2015-12-02.