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Lise Payette | |
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| Minister for Consumer Affairs, Cooperatives and Financial Institutions of Quebec | |
| In office November 26, 1976 – November 6, 1980 | |
| Premier | René Levesque |
| Preceded by | Lise Bacon |
| Succeeded by | Pierre-Marc Johnson |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Dorion | |
| In office November 15, 1976 – April 13, 1981 | |
| Preceded by | Alfred Bossé |
| Succeeded by | Hugette Lachapelle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Lise Ouimet August 29, 1931 Verdun, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 5, 2018 (aged 87) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
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Lise Payette OQ (née Ouimet; August 29, 1931 – September 5, 2018) was a Canadian politician, journalist, writer, and businesswoman. She was a Parti Québécois (PQ) minister under the leadership of Premier René Lévesque and National Assembly of Quebec member for the riding of Dorion.[1] Originally a journalist, Payette became a television host in the 1960s. She left politics in 1981 and returned to a successful career in television production and writing.
- ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.