# Christine Fréchette

Christine Fréchette MNA (born 1970) is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2022 Quebec general election. She represents the Sanguinet electoral district as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.

## Professional career

From 1995 to 1996, Fréchette was research and information coordinator at the Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec. In 1996, she represented university students during a summit on the social and economic future of Quebec. The same year, she began working for the National Assembly of Quebec as international affairs advisor to the parliamentary conference of the Americas, and as administrative secretary to the Franco-Quebec interparliamentary commission.
From 2000 to 2002, Fréchette was a consultant to the Conseil supérieur de la langue française. She continued her work as a public affairs consultant in private practice from 2002 to 2008. In 2002, she founded the forum for North American intégration, and was president of this organisation until 2011. From 2007 à 2012, Fréchette worked for the Centre d'études et de recherches internationales de l'Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM) as coordinator of the study centers of the United States and Mexico.
From 2008 to 2012, Fréchette was a political analyst in the media (Groupe TVA, Société Radio-Canada, RDI, Radio 98,5 FM and Radio 93,3 FM). In 2012, Fréchette joined the cabinet of Jean-François Lisée, who was minister for international relations, as a press attachée and deputy chief of staff.
After the electoral defeat of the Parti québécois in 2014, Fréchette pursued her career with Montréal International as director of external and institutional relations until 2016. Subsequently, from 2016 to 2021, she was president of the Eastern Montreal chamber of commerce.

## Political career

Fréchette stood for election to the Montréal borough of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles with Denis Coderre and Ensemble Montréal, in the 2021 elections in Montreal. In August 2022, the leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, François Legault, announced Fréchette as his party's candidate in the Quebec district of Sanguinet in the 2022 Quebec general election.
She was appointed minister of immigration, Francization and integration in the François Legault government in October 2022. One issue that she soon became responsible for were the discussions with the federal Minister of Immigration Marc Miller around quotas on family reunification.

## Electoral record

vte2022 Quebec general election: Sanguinet :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Coalition Avenir Québec | Christine Fréchette | | |
| | Parti Québécois | Daphnée Paquin-Auger | | |
| | Québec solidaire | Virginie Bernier | | |
| | Conservative | François Gibeault | | |
| | Liberal | Rodrigue Asatsop | | |
| | Green | Halimatou Bah | | |
| | Climat Québec | Martine Lajoie | | – |
| | Marxist–Leninist | Hélène Héroux | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout |
| Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | Electors on the lists | – | – |

## Election results

Plateau-Mont-Royal Conseiller d'arrondissement - District électoral de De Lorimier :
| Candidat | Parti politique | Nombre de votes | Pourcentage | Majorité |
| Carl Boileau | Projet Montréal | 5,242 | 48,12 % | 1,074 |
| Christine Fréchette | Vision Montréal | 4,168 | 38,26 % |
| Marc-Nicolas Kobrynsky | Union Montréal | 1,484 | 13,62 % |
| | Nombre de bulletins de vote rejetées | 343 |
| | Nombre total de votes exprimés | 11,237 | 47,61 % |
| | Nombre total d'électeurs inscrits | 23,602 |