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Lucienne Robillard
President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
In office
July 20, 2004 – February 6, 2006
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byDenis Coderre
Succeeded byMichael Chong
Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
In office
July 20, 2004 – February 6, 2006
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byPierre Pettigrew
Succeeded byMichael Chong
Minister of Industry
In office
December 12, 2003 – July 19, 2004
Prime MinisterPaul Martin
Preceded byAllan Rock
Succeeded byDavid Emerson
President of the Treasury Board
In office
August 3, 1999 – December 12, 2003
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byMarcel Massé
Succeeded byReg Alcock
Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
In office
August 2, 1999 – January 25, 1996
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded bySergio Marchi
Succeeded byElinor Caplan
Minister of Labour
In office
February 22, 1995 – January 24, 1996
Prime MinisterJean Chrétien
Preceded byLloyd Axworthy
Succeeded byAlfonso Gagliano
Member of Parliament
for Westmount—Ville-Marie
(Saint-Henri—Westmount; 1995–1997)
In office
February 13, 1995 – January 25, 2008
Preceded byDavid Berger (1994)
Succeeded byMarc Garneau
Quebec Minister of Education
In office
October 29, 1992 – January 11, 1994
PremierRobert Bourassa
Preceded byMichel Pagé
Succeeded byJacques Chagnon
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Chambly
In office
September 25, 1989 – September 12, 1994
Preceded byGérard Latulippe
Succeeded byLouise Beaudoin
Personal details
Born (1945-06-16) June 16, 1945 (age 79)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Residence(s)Montreal, Quebec, Canada
ProfessionSocial worker

Lucienne Robillard PC CM (born June 16, 1945) is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada. She sat in the House of Commons of Canada as the member of Parliament for the riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie in Montreal, Quebec.

Robillard had a career as a social worker before entering politics. In the Quebec election of 1989, she was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the riding of Chambly as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was appointed to the provincial cabinet of Premier Robert Bourassa as Minister of Cultural Affairs. In 1992, she became Minister of Education, and then served as Minister of Health and Social Services from 1994 until the defeat of the Liberal government.

She then moved to federal politics as a star candidate when she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election in the safe Liberal riding of Westmount—Ville-Marie. Jean Chrétien appointed her to the federal cabinet as Minister of Labour and Minister responsible for the federal campaign in the 1995 Quebec referendum.

In 1996, she became Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. On August 3, 1999, she assumed the responsibilities of President of the Treasury Board.

When Paul Martin became Prime Minister of Canada in 2003, he moved Robillard to the position of Minister of Industry and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec. With the cabinet shuffle that followed the 2004 election, she became Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada.

Upon Judy Sgro's resignation from Cabinet on January 14, 2005, Joe Volpe moved to fill the vacant position of Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and Robillard assumed his prior responsibilities as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development. When Belinda Stronach crossed the floor and joined the Liberals in the House of Commons on May 17, 2005, she replaced Robillard as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.

On February 1, 2006, she was named deputy leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Commons by Interim Leader Bill Graham. She held this post until the newly elected leader, Stéphane Dion (who represents the nearby riding of Saint-Laurent—Cartierville), in accordance with the customary Anglophone/Francophone division of duties, appointed the Anglophone Michael Ignatieff as his deputy.

On April 4, 2007, she announced she would not run in the next election. She resigned her seat on January 25, 2008.

In 2010 she became co-chair of the election campaign for the Liberal Party of Canada in Quebec. In May 2010 she was elected President of the Liberal Party of Canada (Quebec) (LPCQ) by the Board of directors to replace Marc Lavigne who had resigned for personal reasons a few months after having been elected by the delegates at the October 2009 convention. Lucienne Robillard was also co-chair of the Electoral Commission of the LPCQ in 2010 and 2011 until the commission was dissolved at the start of the 2011 electoral campaign.

As president of the LPCQ she also sits on the National Board of Directors of the Liberal Party of Canada.

Electoral record

2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lucienne Robillard 18,884 45.68 -10.16 $70,313
Conservative Louise O'Sullivan 7,295 17.65 +7.58 $27,009
New Democratic Eric Wilson Steedman 6,356 15.37 +3.38 $13,082
Bloc Québécois Sophie Frechette 5,191 12.56 -2.25 $9,770
Green Julie Sabourin 3,451 8.35 +2.30 $122
Marxist–Leninist Serge Lachapelle 94 0.23 * $0
Communist Bill Sloan 69 0.17 -0.09 $380
Total valid votes/Expense limit 41,340 100.00 $78,264
2004 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lucienne Robillard 22,337 55.84 -4.39 $63,132
Bloc Québécois Louis La Rochelle 5,922 14.81 +4.11 $10,025
New Democratic Eric Wilson Steedman 4,795 11.99 +6.79 $5,379
Conservative Robert Gervais 4,027 10.07 -6.32 $53,493
Green Brian Sarwer-Foner 2,419 6.05 +2.80 $1,039
Marijuana David John Proctor 396 0.99 -0.81
Marxist–Leninist Serge Lachapelle 103 0.26 -0.13
Total valid votes/Expense limit 39,999 100.00 $78,247


2000 Canadian federal election: Westmount—Ville-Marie
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lucienne Robillard (incumbent) 23,093 60.19 +0.09
Progressive Conservative Bryan Price 4,597 11.98 -5.41
Bloc Québécois Marcela Valdivia 4,110 10.71 -0.61
New Democratic Willy Blomme 1,990 5.19 -0.53
Alliance Felix Cotte 1,697 4.42
Green Brian Sarwer-Foner 1,245 3.25 +1.58
Independent Michel Laporte 694 1.81
Marijuana Patrice Caron 692 1.80
Marxist–Leninist Saroj Bains 150 0.39 +0.02
Natural Law Allen Faguy 96 0.25 -0.22
Total valid votes 38,364 100.00
Total rejected ballots 331
Turnout 38,695 54.65 -16.04
Electors on the lists 70,801
Source: Official Results, Elections Canada.
1997 Canadian federal election: Westmount—Ville-Marie
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Lucienne Robillard 26,972 60.10 $50,294
Progressive Conservative Tom Davis 7,802 17.39 $33,542
Bloc Québécois Bernard Guité 5,078 11.32 $18,518
New Democratic Chris Carter 2,566 5.72 $4,050
Independent Roopnarine Singh 1,328 2.96 $13,246
Green Brian Sarwer-Foner 751 1.67 $967
Natural Law Allen Faguy 212 0.47 $0
Marxist–Leninist Normand Chouinard 166 0.37 $0
Total valid votes 44,875 100.00
Total rejected ballots 569
Turnout 45,444 70.69
Electors on the lists 64,289
Sources: Official Results, Elections Canada and official contributions and expenses submitted by the candidates, provided by Elections Canada.
Canadian federal by-election, February 13, 1995: Saint-Henri—Westmount
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
Liberal Lucienne Robillard 12,675 75.91 $50,775
Bloc Québécois Anne Michèle Meggs 2,357 14.12 $8,819
Progressive Conservative Jay Gould 545 3.26 $19,236
Reform Gaetan Morency 468 2.80 $27,429
New Democratic Ann Elbourne 296 1.77 $1,259
Green Gerald Glass 213 1.28 $2,080
Libertarian Rick Blatter 64 0.38 $2,178
Marxist–Leninist Arnold August 47 0.28 $0
Natural Law Allen Faguy 32 0.19 $0
Total valid votes 16,697 100.00
Total rejected ballots 100
Turnout 16,797 31.62
Electors on the lists 53,121
1994 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Parti Québécois Louise Beaudoin 19,800 48.86
Liberal Lucienne Robillard 19,393 47.86
Natural Law Michael Larmand 519 1.28
Development Camille Bolté 474 1.17
Sovereignty Pierre Mondor 336 0.83
Total valid votes 40,522 97.29
Total rejected ballots 1,130 2.71
Turnout 41,652 87.47
Electors on the lists 47,620
1989 Quebec general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lucienne Robillard 15,435 48.62
Parti Québécois Monique Richer 12,939 40.76
Green Jocelyne Décary 2,797 8.81
Parti indépendantiste Henri Laflamme 572 1.80
Total valid votes 31,743 96.69
Total rejected ballots 1,087 3.31
Turnout 32,830 80.37
Electors on the lists 40,847
  • Lucienne Robillard – Parliament of Canada biography
  • "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
Party political offices
Preceded by Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada
2006
Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by Quebec Minister of Education
1992–1994
Succeeded by
27th Ministry – Cabinet of Paul Martin
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor Office Successor
Pierre Pettigrew Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs
2004–2006
Michael Chong
Denis Coderre President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada
2004–2006
Michael Chong
Joe Volpe Minister of State
2005
styled as Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
Belinda Stronach
Allan Rock Minister of Industry
2003–2004
David Emerson
Special Cabinet Responsibilities
Predecessor Title Successor
vacant, previously
Brian Tobin
Minister responsible for the Economic Development
Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec

2003–2004
position abolished
26th Ministry – Cabinet of Jean Chrétien
Cabinet posts (4)
Predecessor Office Successor
Marcel Massé President of the Treasury Board
1999–2003
Reg Alcock
Sergio Marchi Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
1996–1999
Elinor Caplan
Sergio Marchi Secretary of State for Canada
1996
styled as Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
position abolished
Lloyd Axworthy Minister of Labour
1995–1996
Alfonso Gagliano