Sonia L'Heureux

{{Short description|Canadian civil servant}}

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| name = Sonia L'Heureux

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| office1 = Parliamentary Librarian of Canada

| predecessor1 = William Robert Young

| successor1 = Heather Lank

| term_start1 = 2012

| term_end1 = 2018

| office2 = Parliamentary Budget Officer

| predecessor2 = Kevin Page

| successor2 = Jean-Denis Fréchette

| term_start2 = March 25, 2013

| term_end2 = September 2, 2013

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

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| nationality = Canadian

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Sonia L'Heureux is a Canadian civil servant, who was the Parliamentary Librarian of Canada from 2012 to 2018.{{cite web|author=Posted by Members' Research Service |url=https://epthinktank.eu/2015/01/13/conference-on-federalism-in-canada-by-ms-sonia-lheureux-librarian-of-the-parliament-of-canada/ |title=Conference on 'Federalism in Canada' by Ms Sonia L'Heureux, Librarian of the Parliament of Canada | European Parliamentary Research Service Blog |publisher=Epthinktank.eu |date=2015-01-13 |accessdate=2016-08-12}}"Meet Canada’s first female Parliamentary librarian: Sonia L’Heureux". The Hill Times, July 9, 2012. She was the first woman ever named to the position.{{cite web |title=Sonia L'Heureux: Parliamentary Librarian 2012 – 2018 |url=https://lop.parl.ca/sites/PublicWebsite/default/en_CA/ParliamentaryLibrarian/FormerPLs/SoniaLHeureux%E2%80%93en |website=Library of Parliament |publisher=Parliament of Canada |accessdate=15 April 2020}}

Originally from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, L'Heureux joined the Canadian civil service in 1987. She worked for Human Resources and Social Development Canada, Finance Canada, Environment Canada and Energy, Mines and Resources Canada as a policy analyst before joining the Library of Parliament as associate librarian in 2008. She holds bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from the Université de Montréal.

Following the resignation of Kevin Page in March 2013, L'Heureux also served as interim Parliamentary Budget Officer until the appointment of Jean-Denis Fréchette in September.[http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/08/sonia-lheureux-replaces-kevin-page-as-interim-parliamentary-budget-officer "Sonia L'Heureux replaces Kevin Page as interim parliamentary budget officer"]. Toronto Sun, March 7, 2013.