| Annick Papillon MP |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Québec |
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| Taking office May 30, 2011 |
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| Succeeding | Christiane Gagnon |
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| Born | May 27, 1980 Rimouski, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Annick Papillon (born May 27, 1980 in Rimouski, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Québec as a member of the New Democratic Party.[2]
Papillon was born in Rimouski and grew up in Quebec City. She earned a BA in public communications, law, and history[3] and pursued advanced studies in journalism at Université Laval.[4] She specialized in international politics and field journalism while studying at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium, and performed an internship at Radio-Télévision belge de la Communauté francophone.[4] Back in Quebec, she volunteered for humanitarian organizations.[4] At the time of her first election, she worked for the Institut de la statistique du Québec.[3][4]
Running in her first campaign, she defeated incumbent Bloc Québécois MP Christiane Gagnon[5] with a margin of 7,709 votes in the 2011 Canadian federal election.
She also endorses Thomas Mulcair in the New Democratic Party leadership election, 2012
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