  madeleine meilleur (born november 22, 1948) is a politician in ontario, canada. she is a liberal member of the legislative assembly of ontario who was elected in 2003. she represents the riding of ottawaâvanier. she was a cabinet minister in the government of dalton mcguinty and serves in the present government of kathleen wynne. ==background== meilleur was born in the quebec community of kiamika. she is both a registered nurse and a lawyer, specializing in labour and employment law. she has served on the ottawa-carleton regional district health council, the champlain district health council, the ottawa-carleton children's aid society and the vanier housing corporation. ==municipal politics== meilleur was elected to the city of vanier's municipal council in 1991, and also served as a council member in the regional municipality of ottawa-carleton (which included members from vanier and other local municipalities). in 2000, she was acclaimed as a city councillor in the newly amalgamated city of ottawa. during her time in municipal government, meilleur represented the council on the french-language services advisory committee. she received the united way's community builder's award in 2001. ==provincial politics== ===mcguinty government=== in the 2003 provincial election, meilleur was elected in the riding of ottawaâvanier as the liberal party candidate.{{cite web |url=http://results.elections.on.ca/results/2003_results/valid_votes.jsp?e_code=
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