riding predecessor parliament birth_place imagesize party birth_date term_start residence article_title name otherparty
montcalm roger gaudet canadian rimouski , quebec 200px strength in democracy 29 december 1965 may 30 , 2011 saint-jacques , quebec manon perreault
 manon perreault independent -lrb- 2014-2015 -rrb- new democratic -lrb- 2011-2014 -rrb-
manon perreault

manon perreault -lrb- born december 29 , 1965 in rimouski , quebec -rrb- is a canadian politician , who was elected to the house of commons of canada in the 2011 election .
she represented the electoral district of montcalm as a member of the new democratic party until june 6 , 2014 when she was suspended from the ndp caucus after being charged with public mischief .
she had told police some items had been stolen from her office , when in fact a former employee had the items and voluntarily offered to return them .
she was convicted on march 20 , 2015 .
she sat as an independent until august 12 , 2015 , when she joined strength in democracy as their candidate in montcalm .
perreault was a municipal councillor in sainte-marie-salomé , quebec from 2002 to 2009 .
before being elected to parliament , perreault was an administrator and trainer .
as a person living with restricted mobility , she worked with kéroul , an organization promoting tourism for people with disabilities , and handami , a regional association for people with disabilities .
perreault became a paraplegic , following an equestrian accident in 1993 .
she joins former cabinet minister steven fletcher as a member of parliament who uses a wheelchair , and plans , among others , to use her parliamentary position to defend people with disabilities .
following her election , she was named to the ndp 's shadow cabinet as critic for people with disabilities .
