Marie-France Lalonde

Marie-France Lalonde MP
Member of Parliament for Orléans
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Andrew Leslie
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
In office June 12, 2014 – September 20, 2019
Preceded by	Phil McNeely
Succeeded by	Stephen Blais
Constituency	Ottawa-Orléans (2014–2018) Orléans (2018–2019)
Personal details
Born	1971 (age 52–53) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Liberal
Other political affiliations	Liberal (provincial)
Residence(s)	Notting Hill,[1] Orleans, Ontario, Canada
Profession	Businesswoman, social worker

Marie-France Lalonde MP (born c. 1971) is a Franco-Ontarian politician in Ontario, Canada who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the riding of Orléans as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2019. She also served as the Liberal Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for the provincial riding of Orléans from 2014 until 2019, when she resigned her seat to run federally.^[2] She then won in her riding with 54 percent of the vote.^[3]

In January 2017, she was appointed as Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services.^[4] In July 2017, she was appointed as the first Minister of Francophone Affairs.^[5] She served in those roles until the end of the government of Kathleen Wynne. She previously served as Minister of Government and Consumer Services and as Minister Responsible for Francophone Affairs in the cabinet of Kathleen Wynne.