Lise St-Denis

Lise St-Denis
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Maurice—Champlain
In office
May 2, 2011 – August 4, 2015
Preceded byJean-Yves Laforest
Succeeded byFrançois-Philippe Champagne
Personal details
Born (1940-04-18) April 18, 1940 (age 84)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal Party (2012–present)
Other political
affiliations		New Democratic Party (2008–2012)
ResidenceMontreal
ProfessionTeacher

Lise St-Denis (born April 18, 1940) is a former Canadian politician. She was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election and served a single term.[1] She was elected in the electoral district of Saint-Maurice—Champlain as a member of the New Democratic Party, but crossed the floor to the Liberal Party of Canada on January 10, 2012, saying in French to explain her move: "Voters voted for Jack Layton. Jack Layton is dead."[2][3]

Prior to being elected, St-Denis was a teacher. She has bachelor's and master's degrees in Quebec literature and education. She previously ran as the New Democratic Party's candidate in Longueuil—Pierre-Boucher in the 2008 election, losing to Jean Dorion of the Bloc Québécois.

Shortly after her election, St-Denis was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.[4] She did not stand for re-election in 2015.[5]

Before joining the Liberals, St-Denis supported Thomas Mulcair as the next leader of the NDP.[6]

  1. ^ Election 2011: Saint-Maurice—Champlain. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
  2. ^ "NDP MP Lise St-Denis jumps to Liberals". CBC News. January 11, 2012.
  3. ^ Lise St-Denis, Quebec MP for Saint-Maurice-Champlain, defects from NDP to Liberals. National Post, January 10, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2021.
  4. ^ "Lise St-Denis continues to serve her constituents" Archived 2011-08-03 at the Wayback Machine. NDP, July 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "Élections fédérales 2015 : Lise St-Denis ne sera pas candidate". Radio-Canada (in French). April 25, 2014. Archived from the original on February 4, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2024.
  6. ^ Leblanc, Daniel (January 10, 2012). "As St-Denis defects to Liberals, cracks emerge in NDP's Quebec base". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. Retrieved May 26, 2015.