Pascale Déry
Pascale Déry | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Déry in 2024 | |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Repentigny | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Lise Lavallée |
| Provincial Minister of Employment | |
| Assumed office September 10, 2025 | |
| Premier | François Legault |
| Preceded by | Kateri Champagne Jourdain |
| Provincial Minister of Higher Education | |
| In office October 20, 2022 – September 10, 2025 | |
| Premier | François Legault |
| Preceded by | Danielle McCann |
| Succeeded by | Martine Biron |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Party | Coalition Avenir Québec (provincial) Conservative (federal) |
Pascale Déry MNA (born 1976) is a Canadian politician. She sought the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Mount Royal in the 2015 Canadian federal election, losing to Robert Libman.[1] She was instead nominated in Drummond for that election, where she finished in fourth position after the New Democratic, Liberal, and Bloc Québécois candidates. In the 2022 Quebec general election, she was elected to represent the riding of Repentigny as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[2] She was named Quebec's Minister of Higher Education on October 20, 2022,[3] and, following a cabinet reshuffle, Minister of Employment on September 10, 2025.[4]
Déry is Jewish and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish. She was formerly a television journalist for TVA and Le Canal Nouvelles.[5]
Electoral record
| 2022 Quebec general election: Repentigny | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Pascale Déry | |||||||
| Parti Québécois | Aïcha Van Dun | |||||||
| Québec solidaire | Ednal Marc | |||||||
| Liberal | Virginie Bouchard | |||||||
| Conservative | Serge Cloutier | |||||||
| Climat Québec | David Brisebois | – | ||||||
| Total valid votes | – | |||||||
| Total rejected ballots | – | |||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Electors on the lists | – | – | ||||||
References
- ^ "Pascale Déry seeks Conservative nomination in Mount-Royal". CBC News Montreal, January 22, 2015.
- ^ Jean Philippe Angers, "Candidats vedettes: des paris gagnés et des paris perdus". Le Soleil, October 4, 2022.
- ^ Charles Lecavalier; Fanny Lévesque (October 21, 2022). "Voici le Conseil des ministres". La Presse (in French). Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "Remaniement ministériel : François Legault promet un « traitement choc »". Radio-Canada. The Canadian Press. September 11, 2025. Retrieved December 28, 2025.
- ^ Pierre Chartier, "Pascale Déry dévoile ses priorités". Hebdo Rive-Nord, September 1, 2022.