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Encyclopedia > Andrée Champagne

The Honourable Andrée-P. Champagne (born July 17, 1939) is an actor, pianist and former Canadian politician. The prefix The Honourable or The Honorable ( or formerly The Honble) is a title of quality attached to the names of certain classes of persons. ... July 17 is the 198th day (199th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 167 days remaining. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...


Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Champagne was an accomplished performer and personality in her home province. In the 1960s she became well known on television playing "Donalda” in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les belles histoires des pays d'en haut. After the series ended in 1970, she opened her own casting agency. Saint-Hyacinthe (Ville de) town in southwestern Quebec east of Montreal on the Yamaska River. ... ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...


She remained active as a peformer but also became involved in cultural issues serving on the board of directors of l'Institut québécois du cinéma and on the executive of l'Union des artistes in the early 1980s. She also helped create Le Chez Nous des Artistes, a retirement home for artists. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...


Champange entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 Canadian election and was elected in the Tory landslide as Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot . She was appointed to the Cabinet of Brian Mulroney as Minister of State for Youth. From 1986 to 1990 she served as Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House and became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 1990 serving until her electoral defeat in the 1993 general election. Since leaving politics she has returned to private life but still takes occasional acting roles. The Progressive Conservative Party of Canada (PC) was a Canadian conservative political party that existed from 1867 to 2003. ... (Redirected from 1984 Canadian election) The 1984 Canadian federal election was called on July 4, 1984, and held on September 4 of that year. ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot is the name of a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada. ... The Cabinet of Canada plays an important role in the Canadian government in accordance with the Westminster System. ... The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993. ... In the Canadian Cabinet a minister of state is a junior cabinet minister, usually given specific responsibilities to assist a senior cabinet minister in a specific area. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The term Speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a countrys lower house of parliament or congress (ie: the House of Commons or House of Representatives). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... (Redirected from 1993 Canadian election) The 1993 Canadian federal election, which took place on October 25th, 1993, was one of the most eventful in Canadian history. ...



 
 

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