Pascale Déry

{{Short description|Canadian politician}}

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| name = Pascale Déry

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec Canada

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| party = Coalition Avenir Québec

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

| term_start = October 3, 2022

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| predecessor = Lise Lavallée

| office1 = Quebec Minister of Higher Education

| term_start1 = October 20, 2022

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| predecessor1 = Danielle McCann

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Pascale Déry {{post-nominals|country=CAN|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.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pascale-d%C3%A9ry-seeks-conservative-nomination-in-mount-royal-1.2927620 "Pascale Déry seeks Conservative nomination in Mount-Royal"]. CBC News Montreal, January 22, 2015. 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.Jean Philippe Angers, [https://www.lesoleil.com/2022/10/04/candidats-vedettes-des-paris-gagnes-et-des-paris-perdus-3429641cad27d507618e2acf9cef384c "Candidats vedettes: des paris gagnés et des paris perdus"]. Le Soleil, October 4, 2022. She was named Quebec's Minister of Higher Education on October 20, 2022.{{cite web|access-date=2022-11-04|author=Charles Lecavalier|author2=Fanny Lévesque|date=2022-10-21|language=fr|title=Voici le Conseil des ministres|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2022-10-21/voici-le-conseil-des-ministres.php|website=La Presse}}

Déry is Jewish and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish. She was formerly a television journalist for TVA and Le Canal Nouvelles.Pierre Chartier, [https://www.hebdorivenord.com/article/2022/09/01/pascale-dery-devoile-ses-priorites "Pascale Déry dévoile ses priorités"]. Hebdo Rive-Nord, September 1, 2022.

Electoral record

{{2022 Quebec general election/Repentigny}}

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