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| birth_date = January 31, 1937
|birth_date = January 31, 1937
| birth_place =[[Quebec City, Quebec]]
|birth_place =[[Sainte-Foy, Quebec City|Sainte-Foy]], [[Quebec]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|08|24|1937|01|31}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|2007|08|24|1937|01|31}}
| death_place = Quebec City, Quebec
|death_place = [[Quebec City]], Quebec
| office = 2th Mayor of Quebec City (after merger)
|office = 39th [[List of mayors of Quebec City|Mayor of Quebec City]]
| term_start = November 5, 2005
|term_start = November 19, 2005
| term_end = August 24, 2007
|term_end = August 24, 2007
| predecessor = [[Jean-Paul L'Allier]]
|predecessor = [[Jean-Paul L'Allier]]
| successor = Vacant
|successor = [[Jacques Joli-Coeur]] (interim)
| party = Independent`
|party = [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
|spouse = Marc Boucher<ref name="RadioCanada"/>
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'''Andrée Plamondon Boucher''' (January 31, 1937 – August 24, 2007)<ref name="RadioCanada"/> was a Canadian politician from the province of [[Quebec]]. She was the mayor of [[Quebec City]] from November 19, 2005, until her death. Previously, she had been the mayor of the city of [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy]], formerly a suburb of Quebec City, from 1985 until 2001, when the cities of Sainte-Foy and Quebec were merged. She was the first woman to become leader of a municipal political party in the province of Quebec.<ref name="RadioCanada">{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Quebec/2007/08/24/006-mairesse-malaise_n.shtml |title=La mairesse Boucher décédée |date=24 August 2007 |work=Radio-Canada |language=French |accessdate=24 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080113010632/http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Quebec/2007/08/24/006-mairesse-malaise_n.shtml |archive-date=13 January 2008 }}</ref>
'''Andrée P. Boucher''', ([[January 31]], [[1937]] - [[August 24]], [[2007]])<ref name="canoe">{{cite web |url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/08/24/4443922-cp.html|title=Quebec City mayor dies|work=CANOE}}</ref> was a [[politician]] in [[Quebec]], [[Canada]]. She was recently the [[mayor]] of [[Quebec City]], [[Canada]] from November 6, 2005 until her death on August 24, 2007.


==Biography==
Born as Andrée Plamondon <ref name = "RadioCanada"> {{cite web | url = http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/Quebec/2007/08/24/006-mairesse-malaise_n.shtml | title = La mairesse Boucher décédée | accesdate=2007-08-24|work = Radio-Canada|language=French }}</ref>, she went to the [[Université Laval]] and obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in [[pedagogy]] and became a teacher for several years.
Born Andrée Plamondon,<ref name="RadioCanada"/> she attended the [[Université Laval]] and obtained a [[bachelor's degree]] in education and was a teacher for several years.


She entered municipal politics in the municipality of Sainte-Foy, in 1968, often in the role of extra-parliamentary critic of mayor [[Bernardin Morin]]. She became leader of the ''Action Sainte-Foy'' municipal political party and was elected city councillor in 1984. She was elected mayor of Sainte-Foy in 1985 and served until 2002, when Sainte-Foy and other suburbs were merged with [[Quebec City]]. From 1995 to 1999, she was vice-president of the ''[[Union des Municipalités du Québec]]'', an association of mayors from various cities across the province.<ref name=Cyberpresse>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070824/CPACTUALITES/70824104/6488/CPACTUALITES |title=Andrée Boucher est décédée |work=Canadian Press (via Cyberpresse) |language=French |date=24 August 2007 |accessdate=24 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827100836/http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070824/CPACTUALITES/70824104/6488/CPACTUALITES |archivedate=August 27, 2007 }}</ref>
She entered municipal politics in 1984 as a city councilor in [[Saint-Mathieu, Quebec| Saint-Mathieu]] and was elected in 1985 the mayor of [[Sainte-Foy, Quebec|Sainte-Foy]] from 1985 to 2001, until it was merged with Quebec City and other suburbs, a merger in which she was heavily opposed during the 2001 municipal election campaign. She also became the first women to be leader of a municipal political party when she led the Action Sainte-Foy Party. She was a candidate for mayor for the new city but lost the the former city of Quebec mayor [[Jean-Paul L'Allier]], a former provincial [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]] and [[Cabinet Minister]].


In 2001, Boucher was the ''Action civique de Québec party'' candidate for mayor of the newly amalgamated Quebec City. She was defeated by [[Jean-Paul L'Allier]], the incumbent mayor and a former provincial [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]] and [[cabinet minister]]. Boucher fought the merger of Quebec City and its suburbs during that campaign.
Boucher was also opposed to several major events that were planned to come to Quebec City including the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in which it was held in [[Salt Lake City, Utah]] as well as the [[Rendez-vous '87]] series between the [[Soviet Union]] and players of the [[National Hockey League]]. She was also opposed in building a new hockey rink for the [[Quebec Nordiques]] in which were later transferred to [[Denver, Colorado]] in 1995.
<ref name = "biography"> {{cite web | url = http://www.canoe.com/infos/dossiers/archives/2007/08/20070824-150203.html | title = Biographie d'Andrée Boucher|work=Canoe|language = French}}</ref>


During her political and media careers Boucher opposed several high-profile events and developments proposed for Quebec City, including the [[Rendez-vous '87]] ice hockey tournament between the [[Soviet Union]] and players of the [[National Hockey League]], the building of a new ice hockey arena for the [[National Hockey League]]'s [[Quebec Nordiques]], which subsequently became the [[Colorado Avalanche]] in 1995, and the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] bid, which were eventually held in [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]].<ref name=biography>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/archives/sports/nouvelles/2006/03/20060330-131100.html |title=Les grands jeux |work=Canoe |language=French |date=30 March 2006 |accessdate=24 August 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110607103257/http://www.canoe.com/archives/sports/nouvelles/2006/03/20060330-131100.html |archivedate=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
After a brief stint as a radio host, Boucher attempted a second nomination as mayor and did not post any campaign signs and platforms. Despite not posting any campaign signs or presenting an electoral platform, she was elected on [[November 6]], [[2005]], becoming the first woman mayor in Quebec City's history. During her tenure as mayor she planned multiple projects and events related to the city's 400th anniversary of its foundation by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. <ref name = "RadioCanada"/><ref name = "LCN">{{cite web | url = http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2007/08/20070824-131020.html | title = La mairesse Andrée Boucher est décédée|work=LCN|language = French}}</ref>


After a brief stint as a radio host, Boucher attempted a political comeback by running as an independent candidate for mayor of Quebec City in 2005. She did not post any campaign signs or present any platform, running her campaign on a budget of {{CAD|5000|link=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.macleans.ca/canada/wire/article.jsp?content=n120255A |title=Businessman Regis Labeaume wins race to become Quebec City's 37th mayor |work=The Canadian Press (via Macleans) |access-date=3 December 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518174439/http://www.macleans.ca/canada/wire/article.jsp?content=n120255A |archive-date=May 18, 2011 }}</ref> Despite this, she was elected on November 6, 2005. She was sworn into office on November 19, becoming the first female mayor in Quebec City's history. During her tenure as mayor, she planned multiple projects and events related to the 400th anniversary of the city's foundation by [[Samuel de Champlain]] in 1608.<ref name="RadioCanada"/><ref name="LCN">{{cite web|date=24 August 2007|url=http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2007/08/20070824-131020.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119033239/http://lcn.canoe.com/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2007/08/20070824-131020.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013|title=La mairesse Andrée Boucher est décédée|work=LCN|language=French|accessdate=24 August 2007}}</ref>
She died in the early afternoon on August 24, 2007 of a [[heart attack]] while at home.At 12:11 PM, a call was issued to the Sainte-Foy/Sillery Police department. The person calling was the mayor's husband, Mr.Boucher. He told the respondant that they required immediate emergency assistance for his wife he had found laying motionless on her bed. At 12:17 PM, a first police car showed up at the now deceased mayor's house. Shortly after, at approximately 12:21, an ambulance arrived on the site, followed by a second ambulance at 12:27. All attempts at re-animating Mrs. Boucher failed and her death was confirmed at the CHUL Complex. <ref name="canoe" />


==Death==
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Boucher died in the early afternoon on August 24, 2007, while at home. At 12:11&nbsp;pm, a call was issued to the Sainte-Foy–Sillery police station by the mayor's husband, Marc Boucher, requiring emergency assistance for his wife, whom he had found lying motionless on her bed. Boucher's death was confirmed at Laval hospital.<ref name=canoe>{{cite news |url=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/08/24/4443922-cp.html |title=Quebec City mayor dies |work=CANOE |date=24 August 2007 |accessdate=24 August 2007 |archivedate=2007-06-23 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070623032604/http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/08/24/4443922-cp.html |author=Norman Delisle |url-status=usurped }}</ref> The cause of death was a heart attack attributed to [[ischemia]] that caused Boucher to lose oxygen from her cardiac muscle.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/367691/autopsie-mairesse|title = La mairesse Boucher emportée par une ischémie}}</ref> She was succeeded as mayor by councillor [[Jacques Joli-Coeur]] until a special election selected [[Régis Labeaume]] in December.

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* [http://www.ville.quebec.qc.ca/en/organisation/mairie/biographie.shtml Official biography]

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Andrée P. Boucher
39th Mayor of Quebec City
In office
November 19, 2005 – August 24, 2007
Preceded byJean-Paul L'Allier
Succeeded byJacques Joli-Coeur (interim)
Personal details
BornJanuary 31, 1937
Sainte-Foy, Quebec
DiedAugust 24, 2007(2007-08-24) (aged 70)
Quebec City, Quebec
Political partyIndependent
SpouseMarc Boucher[1]

Andrée Plamondon Boucher (January 31, 1937 – August 24, 2007)[1] was a Canadian politician from the province of Quebec. She was the mayor of Quebec City from November 19, 2005, until her death. Previously, she had been the mayor of the city of Sainte-Foy, formerly a suburb of Quebec City, from 1985 until 2001, when the cities of Sainte-Foy and Quebec were merged. She was the first woman to become leader of a municipal political party in the province of Quebec.[1]

Biography[edit]

Born Andrée Plamondon,[1] she attended the Université Laval and obtained a bachelor's degree in education and was a teacher for several years.

She entered municipal politics in the municipality of Sainte-Foy, in 1968, often in the role of extra-parliamentary critic of mayor Bernardin Morin. She became leader of the Action Sainte-Foy municipal political party and was elected city councillor in 1984. She was elected mayor of Sainte-Foy in 1985 and served until 2002, when Sainte-Foy and other suburbs were merged with Quebec City. From 1995 to 1999, she was vice-president of the Union des Municipalités du Québec, an association of mayors from various cities across the province.[2]

In 2001, Boucher was the Action civique de Québec party candidate for mayor of the newly amalgamated Quebec City. She was defeated by Jean-Paul L'Allier, the incumbent mayor and a former provincial MNA and cabinet minister. Boucher fought the merger of Quebec City and its suburbs during that campaign.

During her political and media careers Boucher opposed several high-profile events and developments proposed for Quebec City, including the Rendez-vous '87 ice hockey tournament between the Soviet Union and players of the National Hockey League, the building of a new ice hockey arena for the National Hockey League's Quebec Nordiques, which subsequently became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995, and the 2002 Winter Olympics bid, which were eventually held in Salt Lake City, Utah.[3]

After a brief stint as a radio host, Boucher attempted a political comeback by running as an independent candidate for mayor of Quebec City in 2005. She did not post any campaign signs or present any platform, running her campaign on a budget of CA$5,000.[4] Despite this, she was elected on November 6, 2005. She was sworn into office on November 19, becoming the first female mayor in Quebec City's history. During her tenure as mayor, she planned multiple projects and events related to the 400th anniversary of the city's foundation by Samuel de Champlain in 1608.[1][5]

Death[edit]

Boucher died in the early afternoon on August 24, 2007, while at home. At 12:11 pm, a call was issued to the Sainte-Foy–Sillery police station by the mayor's husband, Marc Boucher, requiring emergency assistance for his wife, whom he had found lying motionless on her bed. Boucher's death was confirmed at Laval hospital.[6] The cause of death was a heart attack attributed to ischemia that caused Boucher to lose oxygen from her cardiac muscle.[7] She was succeeded as mayor by councillor Jacques Joli-Coeur until a special election selected Régis Labeaume in December.

References[edit]

Wikinews has related news:
  1. ^ a b c d e "La mairesse Boucher décédée". Radio-Canada (in French). 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on 13 January 2008. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Andrée Boucher est décédée". Canadian Press (via Cyberpresse) (in French). 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on August 27, 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  3. ^ "Les grands jeux". Canoe (in French). 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Businessman Regis Labeaume wins race to become Quebec City's 37th mayor". The Canadian Press (via Macleans). Archived from the original on May 18, 2011. Retrieved 3 December 2007.
  5. ^ "La mairesse Andrée Boucher est décédée". LCN (in French). 24 August 2007. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2007.
  6. ^ Norman Delisle (24 August 2007). "Quebec City mayor dies". CANOE. Archived from the original on 2007-06-23. Retrieved 24 August 2007.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ "La mairesse Boucher emportée par une ischémie".
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