Marie-Claude Morin | |
Riding: | Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot |
Parliament: | Canadian |
Term Start: | May 2, 2011 |
Term End: | October 19, 2015 |
Predecessor: | Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac |
Successor: | Brigitte Sansoucy |
Office5: | Chair of the Standing Committee on Status of Women |
Minister5: | Rona Ambrose |
Term Start5: | April 23, 2012 |
Term End5: | April 29, 2013 |
Predecessor5: | Irene Mathyssen |
Successor5: | Lysane Blanchette-Lamothe |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1985 |
Birth Place: | Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
Profession: | Actress, coordinator, social worker, student |
Party: | New Democratic Party |
Marie-Claude Morin (born January 25, 1985, in Trois-Rivières, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot as a member of the New Democratic Party for one term.
Morin pursued her post-secondary education at the Université du Québec à Montréal where she was a social work student.[2]
Morin ran for a seat to the House of Commons of Canada in the electoral district of Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot under the New Democratic Party of Canada banner in the 2011 Canadian federal election. She defeated incumbent Ève-Mary Thaï Thi Lac and future Canadian Senator Jean-Guy Dagenais as well as two other candidates to win her first term in office. In 2014 she announced she would not seek re-election for health and personal reasons.[3]