Kathleen Weil

Kathleen Weil
File:Kathleen Weil at the PLQ Leadership Convention.jpg
MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Incumbent
Assumed office 2008
Preceded by	Russell Copeman
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Cabinet	Minister of Culture, Communications and Immigration

Kathleen Weil is a politician in the Canadian province of Quebec, who was elected to represent the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and a provincial cabinet minister.

Weil studied at McGill University and received a bachelor's degree in history and political sciences in 1978 and a degree in civil and common law in 1982 before being admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1983. She is married to Michael Novak, ex-president of SNC-Lavalin International.

In addition to her law practice, she was heavily involved from 2000 in the health and social services sector, being an administrative member for the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Régie régionale des services de la santé et des services sociaux à Montréal.

She was appointed to the Executive Council of Quebec on December 18, 2008, as Minister of Justice.

In 2010, with the Charest Liberal government resuffle in Quebec, she was assigned to the portfolios of Immigration and Cultural Communities (www.micc.gouv.qc.ca).

Electoral record

Quebec general election, 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	22,336	76.61	+13.96
	Québec solidaire	Annick Desjardins	2,164	7.42	-1.14
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Noah Sidel	1,649	5.66	-7.96
	Parti Québécois	Olivier Sirard	1,610	5.52	-2.77
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	1,318	4.52	-1.20
	Marxist–Leninist	Rachel Hoffman	78	0.27	-0.01
Total valid votes			29,155	99.35	–
Total rejected ballots			192	0.65	–
Turnout			29,347	72.50	+4.56
Electors on the lists			40,476	–	–

Quebec general election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	16,761	62.65	-5.33
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Angely M.Q. Pacis	3,643	13.62	+10.76*
	Québec solidaire	David Mandel	2,291	8.56	–
	Parti Québécois	Olivier Sirard	2,217	8.29	-5.37
	Green	Claude Sabourin	1,531	5.72	-8.67
	Option nationale	Sylvain Labranche	236	0.88	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Rachel Hoffman	74	0.28	-0.45
Total valid votes			26,753	99.31	–
Total rejected ballots			187	0.69	–
Turnout			26,940	67.94	+24.92
Electors on the lists			39,652	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

Quebec general election, 2008: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	11,475	67.98	+6.65
	Green	Peter McQueen	2,430	14.39	−1.34
	Parti Québécois	Fabrice Martel	2,307	13.66	+3.08
	Action démocratique	Matthew Conway	483	2.86	−4.34
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	124	0.73	+0.43
	Non-Affiliated	David Sommer Rovins	64	0.38
Total valid votes			16,883	98.66
Rejected and declined votes			230	1.34
Turnout			17,113	43.02	−15.50
Electors on the lists			39,780

External links

• Liberal Party biography

Political offices
Preceded by Jacques Dupuis	Minister of Justice (Quebec) 2008–2010	Succeeded by Jean-Marc Fournier
Preceded by Yolande James	Minister of Culture, Communications and Immigration 2010–2012	Succeeded by Maka Kotto