France Gélinas

Infobox_Politician


name = France Gélinas
caption =
birth_date =
birth_place =
residence = Sudbury, Ontario
office = MPP for Nickel Belt
term_start = October 30, 2007
term_end =
predecessor = Shelley Martel
successor = incumbent
party = New Democratic Party
religion = Roman Catholic
occupation = physiotherapist, health care administrator

France Gélinas is a Franco-Ontarian Canadian politician. In the 2007 Ontario election, she was elected to represent the riding of Nickel Belt in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. She is a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party.

Gélinas is trained as a physiotherapist. She has been the executive director of the Community Health Centre of Sudbury.

Gélinas is on the United Way's Citizens' Advisory Panel, and she serves as president of the Francophone Reference Group of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine. She lives in the Naughton neighbourhood of Sudbury with her husband, Keith Harris, and has three children and two grandchildren.

She has been named the party's critic for Health and Long-Term Care, Northern Development and Mines, Seniors and Disabilities in the NDP's new shadow cabinet. In May 2008, she joined caucus colleagues Michael Prue and Peter Tabuns in calling on the provincial government to crack down on private hydroelectricity marketers. [ [http://www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2008/05-23-08-NDP.asp "NDP demands crackdown on door-to-door marketers"] , "Northern Life", May 23, 2008.]

Following the announcement of Howard Hampton's retirement as leader of the Ontario New Democratic Party, there was some speculation that Gélinas might join the leadership campaign. However, she indicated on June 16, 2008 that as a relatively new MPP, she did not feel that she was ready to become a leadership candidate.Bradley, Bill, [http://www.northernlife.ca/News/LocalNews/2008/06-16-08-NDP_TOP.asp "Gelinas declines to run to replace NDP leader"] , "Northern Life", June 16, 2008]

Electoral record

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France Gélinas
align="right"|15,126
align="right"|46.6
align="right"|0.08
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Ron Dupuis
align="right"|12,341
align="right"|38.0
align="right"|-0.64
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Renée Germain
align="right"|3,264
align="right"|10.1
align="right"|-3.39
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Fred Twilley
align="right"|1,368
align="right"|4.2
align="right"|2.85
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Richard St-Denis
align="right"|341
align="right"|1.1
align="right"|

References

External links

* [http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/members/members_detail.do?locale=en&ID=7090 Profile at Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
* [http://ontariondp.com/gelinas NDP caucus bio]