title: Jeanne Blackburn
text: # Jeanne Blackburn
  
  Jeanne Larocque Blackburn was a politician in Quebec, Canada. She was a three-term Member of the National Assembly of Quebec.
  
  ## Background
  
  She was born on June 24, 1934, in Saint-Elzéar-de-Bonaventure, and made career in education.
  
  ## Member of the legislature
  
  Blackburn successfully ran as the Parti Québécois candidate to the National Assembly of Quebec in 1985 in the district of Chicoutimi. She was re-elected in 1989 and in 1994.
  
  ## Cabinet Member
  
  In 1994, Blackburn was appointed to Premier Jacques Parizeau's Cabinet. She served as Minister of Income Security and Minister responsible for the Status of Women until Lucien Bouchard took over as Premier in 1996.
  
  ## Retirement
  
  Blackburn served as chairperson for the Education Committee after 1996, but did not run for re-election in 1998.
  
  ## Footnotes
  
  * ↑ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  
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  | Preceded byMarc-André Bédard (Parti Québécois) | MNA for Chicoutimi 1985–1998 | Succeeded byStéphane Bédard (Parti Québécois) |
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