Diane Leblanc

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Diane Leblanc

| office1 = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Beauce-Sud

| term_start1 = 1997

| term_end1 = 2007

| birth_date = December 9, 1954

| birth_place = Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, Canada

| party = Liberal

| occupation = publicist, politician

}}

Diane Leblanc (born 9 December 1954) is a publicist and politician in Quebec.Ruimy, Joel (November 28, 1998). [https://archive.today/20130131215418/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/access/444592051.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current Bottom line, not party line, wins votes.] Toronto Star She served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the Quebec Liberal Party, representing Beauce-Sud from 1997 to 2007.

Life and career

Leblanc was born in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. She graduated from College of Saint - Laurent in 1975. She then studied management at Laval University and human resource management at University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières.

She served as a press and PR liaison for several politicians in Beauce-Sud before running for office. She won in the 1998 Quebec general election and the 2003 Quebec general election. From 2003 to 2007 she served as second Vice-President of the National Assembly of Quebec. She lost to Action démocratique du Québec candidate Claude Morin in the 2007 Quebec general election.

In 2007, Leblanc opened a consulting firm in public and government relations. In 2008, she did work for the National Democratic Institute in Morocco. In 2010, she was appointed as Vice-President of the Quebec Labour Standards Commission.

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