Andrée Champagne

The Honourable Andrée Champagne PC CM
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada Chair of Committees of the Whole
In office May 15, 1990 – September 8, 1993
Speaker	John Allen Fraser
Preceded by	Marcel Danis (1988)
Succeeded by	David Kilgour (1994)
Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committees of the Whole
In office October 1, 1986 – May 14, 1990
Speaker	John Allen Fraser
Preceded by	Jean Charest
Succeeded by	Denis Pronovost
Minister of State (Youth)
In office September 17, 1984 – June 30, 1986
Prime Minister	Brian Mulroney
Minister	Walter McLean Benoît Bouchard
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Jean Charest
Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
In office September 4, 1984 – October 25, 1993
Preceded by	Marcel Ostiguy
Succeeded by	Yvan Loubier
Canadian Senator from Grandville
In office August 2, 2005 – July 17, 2014
Nominated by	Paul Martin
Appointed by	Adrienne Clarkson
Preceded by	John Lynch-Staunton
Succeeded by	Chantal Petitclerc (2016)
Personal details
Born	(1939-07-17)July 17, 1939 Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Died	June 6, 2020(2020-06-06) (aged 80) Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Conservative (2005–2020) Progressive Conservative (1984–1993)

Andrée Champagne PC CM (July 17, 1939 – June 6, 2020) was a Canadian actress, pianist and politician.

Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Champagne was an accomplished performer and personality in her home province. In the 1960s, she became well known on television playing "Donalda" in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut. After the series ended in 1970, she opened her own casting agency.

She remained active as a performer, but also became involved in cultural issues, serving on the board of directors of l'Institut québécois du cinéma and on the executive of l'Union des artistes in the early 1980s. She also helped create Le Chez Nous des Artistes, a retirement home for artists.

Champagne entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 election, and was elected in the Tory landslide as Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot. She was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as Minister of State for Youth.

From 1986 to 1990, she served as Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House, and became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 1990. She served in that role until her electoral defeat in the 1993 general election. On August 2, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the appointment by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson of Champagne as a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada. She retired upon reaching the age of 75 on July 17, 2014.

Champagne died on June 6, 2020, in Saint-Hyacinthe.

External links

• Andrée Champagne – Parliament of Canada biography
• Andrée Champagne at IMDb