 claudette boyer (january 9, 1938 &ndash; february 16, 2013) was a politician in ontario, canada. she was elected to the legislative assembly of ontario in 1999 as a liberal, but was later forced to leave the party as a result of legal difficulties. she retired from politics in 2003. ==background== boyer was born and raised in ottawa, ontario. she attended the university of ottawa, receiving a bachelor of arts degree and a teacher's certificate. she worked as a teacher for thirty years, and was actively involved in the association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens (franco-ontarian teachers association), the ontario teachers' federation and the canadian teachers federation. she and her husband, jean-robert boyer, raised three children, pierre, michel and julie. ==politics== in 1982, boyer was elected as a school trustee for the ottawa board of education. she represented vanier separate school supporters. she remained as a trustee until 1986 when new legislation created a french language school board in ottawa. she decided not to run for the new board. soon after she joined the board of the l'association canadienne-francaise de l'ontario. in 1990 she became the president of the riding association for ottawa-vanier. she stayed as president until 1994 when she resigned to compete for the nomination as federal liberal candidate when [[je
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