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'''Sylvie Parent''' is a Canadian politician. She has been [[List of mayors of Longueuil|mayor]] of [[Longueuil]], [[Quebec]] since November 5, 2017. She is the second female mayor in the city's history.
== Biography ==
Parent was educated at the [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières]] where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychoeducation. Before entering politics, she worked for the Director of Youth Protection in Montreal and for the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec as a returning officer.
She was first elected to [[Longueuil City Council]] in the [[2009 Quebec municipal elections]] in the district of Fatima-du Parcours-du-Cerf. On council, she was the head of the city's Finance and Human Resources Commission and was co-chair of the Budget, Finance and Administration Commission for [[Urban agglomeration of Longueuil]].
Parent was the right-hand woman of mayor [[Caroline St-Hilaire]] during her time in office, and succeeded her as head of the [[Action Longueuil]] party in April 2017. In the [[2017 Quebec municipal elections#Longueuil|2017 mayoral election]], she narrowly defeated Josée Latendresse by just over 100 votes<ref></ref> out of over 58,000 cast. Despite winning the mayoralty, her party won just 6 of the 16 seats on council.<ref></ref>.
In April 2019, a report in ''[[La Presse (Montréal)|La Presse]]'' revealed that her salary would increase 49%, from $161,000 to more than $240,000<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. This made her the highest paid municipal politician in the province. Longueuil's leader of the opposition, Xavier Léger, accused her among other things of combining regional positions in order to increase her salary.
==Personal life==
Parent has three children and has lived in Longueuil for more than 30 years.
==See also ==
===External links ===
* [https://ift.tt/2yViD3k Sylvie Parent - Biography]
==References ==
[[Category:French Quebecers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mayors of Longueuil]]
[[Category:Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières alumni]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Quebec]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
== Biography ==
Parent was educated at the [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières]] where she earned a bachelor's degree in psychoeducation. Before entering politics, she worked for the Director of Youth Protection in Montreal and for the Chief Electoral Officer of Quebec as a returning officer.
She was first elected to [[Longueuil City Council]] in the [[2009 Quebec municipal elections]] in the district of Fatima-du Parcours-du-Cerf. On council, she was the head of the city's Finance and Human Resources Commission and was co-chair of the Budget, Finance and Administration Commission for [[Urban agglomeration of Longueuil]].
Parent was the right-hand woman of mayor [[Caroline St-Hilaire]] during her time in office, and succeeded her as head of the [[Action Longueuil]] party in April 2017. In the [[2017 Quebec municipal elections#Longueuil|2017 mayoral election]], she narrowly defeated Josée Latendresse by just over 100 votes<ref></ref> out of over 58,000 cast. Despite winning the mayoralty, her party won just 6 of the 16 seats on council.<ref></ref>.
In April 2019, a report in ''[[La Presse (Montréal)|La Presse]]'' revealed that her salary would increase 49%, from $161,000 to more than $240,000<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>. This made her the highest paid municipal politician in the province. Longueuil's leader of the opposition, Xavier Léger, accused her among other things of combining regional positions in order to increase her salary.
==Personal life==
Parent has three children and has lived in Longueuil for more than 30 years.
==See also ==
===External links ===
* [https://ift.tt/2yViD3k Sylvie Parent - Biography]
==References ==
[[Category:French Quebecers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Mayors of Longueuil]]
[[Category:Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières alumni]]
[[Category:Women mayors of places in Quebec]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
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