Céline Hervieux-Payette
Céline Hervieux-Payette | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Opposition in the Senate | |
| In office January 18, 2007 – November 3, 2008 | |
| Appointed by | Stéphane Dion |
| Preceded by | Dan Hays |
| Succeeded by | Jim Cowan |
| Canadian Senator from Quebec | |
| In office March 21, 1995 – April 22, 2016 | |
| Appointed by | Jean Chrétien |
| Preceded by | Paul David |
| Succeeded by | Rosa Galvez |
| Member of Parliament for Mercier | |
| In office May 22, 1979 – September 3, 1984 | |
| Preceded by | Prosper Boulanger |
| Succeeded by | Carole Jacques |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 22, 1941 L'Assomption, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Liberal (until 2014) Independent Liberal (2014-present) |
| Cabinet | Minister of State (Fitness and Amateur Sport) (1983–1984) Minister of State (Youth) (1984) |
| Portfolio | Parliamentary Secretary to the Solicitor General of Canada (1980–1982) Leader of the Opposition in the Senate (2007–2008) |
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Céline Hervieux-Payette PC (born April 22, 1941) is a former Canadian senator who served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Senate of Canada from 2007 to 2008, the first woman to hold this position. She was previously a Liberal member of Parliament from 1979 to 1984 and a cabinet minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau in the 1980s. She retired from the Senate on April 22, 2016, upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.