Kathleen Weil

Kathleen Weil
MNA for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Incumbent
Assumed office December 8, 2008
Preceded by	Russell Copeman
Personal details
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Profession	Lawyer
Cabinet	Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness

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.

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. Before entering politics, she was President CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montreal.

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

In 2010, she was appointed as Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities.

In 2014, following the 2014 provincial election, she was appointed Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness.

Electoral record

2014 Quebec general election
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	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
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 Template:Quebec provincial election, 2008/Electoral District/Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (provincial electoral district)

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Liberal Party biography