Nancy Charest

{{short description|Canadian politician}}

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Nancy Charest.jpg

| name = Nancy Charest

| caption = Charest in 2011

| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1959|11|28}}

| birth_place = Matane, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2014|3|1|1959|11|28}}

| death_place = Matane, Quebec, Canada

| residence = Matane, Quebec, Canada

| office = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Matane

| term_start = April 14, 2003

| term_end = March 26, 2007

| predecessor = Matthias Rioux

| successor = Pascal Bérubé

| party = Liberal

| occupation = Lawyer

}}

Nancy Charest (November 28, 1959 – March 1, 2014) was a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Matane in the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007 as a member of the Quebec Liberal Party. She was defeated by Pascal Bérubé of the Parti Québécois in the 2007 provincial election.

She ran as the Liberal Party of Canada's candidate for the district of Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia in the 2008 federal election. She lost to Bloc Québécois incumbent Jean-Yves Roy, but received the highest vote percentage of any non-winning Liberal candidate in the province outside of the Montreal area. {{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

Charest was found dead on March 1, 2014, along a road in her native Matane, Quebec. The cause of death was hypothermia, caused by exposure while Charest was heavily intoxicated.{{cite news|url=http://www.cjad.com/cjad-news/2014/09/24/coroner-death-of-mna-caused-by-hypothermia|title=Coroner: Death of MNA caused by hypothermia|publisher=CJAD Newse|date=September 24, 2014|accessdate=2014-12-01}} She was 54 years old.{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Former+Liberal+Nancy+Charest+found+dead/9569323/story.html|title=Former Liberal MNA Nancy Charest found dead|publisher=Montreal Gazette|date=March 2, 2014|accessdate=2014-03-03}}{{cite news|first=Bernard|last=Dupéré|title=Décès de l'ancienne députée Nancy Charest|work=TVA Nouvelles|date=March 2, 2014|url=http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/estduquebec/archives/2014/03/20140302-130012.html|accessdate=March 2, 2014|trans-title=Death of the former member Nancy Charest}}