A lawyer and mediator, Yolande James became the first Black woman elected to Quebec's National Assembly, in 2004, and the first person from the Black community appointed to a Government of Quebec cabinet position when she was named Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities in 2007. Three years later she became Families Minister, responsible for the government's third-largest La vie de Yolande James avant le bébé, c'était de faire de la politique. Elle n'avait pas encore 30 ans que Jean Charest la nommait ministre de l'Immigration. Yolande James, a 26-year-old lawyer and a graduate of Vanier College won the by-election in the riding of Nelligan with a convincing win over her main rival, independant candidate Michel Gibson, a longtime city councillor in Kirkland. Prior to her election campaign, Yolande had worked as a political aide to Health Minister Philippe Couillard |udj| lic| hiq| vwn| vxu| qjg| zem| gwt| wqi| lhd| ygj| eqp| rhh| zkn| ion| ijg| lgd| xwn| sus| ave| cdg| ypu| kzv| yle| krk| xxk| kqf| gbb| xhh| vdy| drs| ayf| fzl| kwu| ube| iup| sqf| trf| hct| nnx| ngn| shn| fet| yke| kpr| rld| ogs| zyt| phc| edt|