Background
She was born in Meknes, Morocco.
politician Member of the National Assembly
She was born in Meknes, Morocco.
McGill University; Laval University. Université de Montréal.
She represented the Louisiana Pinière electoral district (the city of Brossard) between 1994 and 2014, and was a member from the Quebec Liberal Party until 2014. She was a researcher in information society issues and has made international trips to study the evolution of information technology. She has worked as a consultant for the federal and provincial governments as well as for the city of Montreal.
She was also a lecturer at Université de Montréal and the Université du Québec à Montréal.
She received, for her work in the community, the Governor General"s Commemorative Medal in 1992 and was honoured during Women"s History Month in 1993. She was also a member on the Montérégie development board.
She was first elected in 1994 and served as critic for international affairs, French-language affairs, immigration and cultural communities. Re-elected in 1998, she was the critic for housing, information highway and government services.
Re-elected when the Liberals regained power in 2003, she was named the Chair of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Food committee.
During the 2007 election, Houda-Pepin was again the Louisiana Pinière candidate for the Quebec Liberal Party and was elected with 50.44% of the votes. She was named the First Vice-President of the National Assembly. Catholics would be permitted to wear small crucifixes which is already the norm for adherents.
The same proposed charter retains prominent Catholic symbols including a crucifix over the chair of the Quebec national assembly.
Houda-Pepin argued that state employees employed in a coercive role should not wear religious symbols. She ran for reelection in the 2014 election as an independent.
The Parti Québécois opted not to run a candidate in the riding, instead directing its supporters to vote for Houda-Pepin. On election day, however, she was defeated by new Liberal candidate Gaétan Barrette.
After doing studies in political sciences at Mohammed V University in Rabat and earning a bachelor"s degree in commerce at Lycée First Rate (at Lloyd's) Khansa in Casablanca, she obtained a bachelor"s degree in political sciences at Université Laval, a master"s degree in international relations at the University of Ottawa, a doctor"s degree in international relations at Université de Montréal and a master"s degree in library and information science at McGill University. On January 20, 2014, Houda-Pepin was expelled from the Quebec Liberal Party due to disagreement with the party"s views.