Education
Hivon graduated from McGill University with a degree in common law after brief studies at the University of Ottawa in political science.
Hivon graduated from McGill University with a degree in common law after brief studies at the University of Ottawa in political science.
She also has a master"s degree in planning and analysis of social politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She worked as a researcher and law intern in 1994 but started to work as a lawyer starting in 2002 though she was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1996. She also worked as a press secretary and Assistant Director to the Cabinet of the Minister of Justice and was also an assistant director of McGill"s Law Faculty.
Hivon was first candidate for the Province of Quebec in 2007 but lost to then-Health Minister Philippe Couillard in the riding of Jean-Talon.
Hivon defeated the ADQ"s Pascal Beaupré in Joliette in 2008. Hivon was re-elected in Joliette in 2012.
The premier at the time, Pauline Marois, named her Minister of Social Services and Youth Protection. Hivon served concurrently as the Minister of the Lanaudière region and Minister responsible for the Die in Dignity commission, a commission about the right for a terminally-ill patient to end their own life.
The Quebec legislature adopted the law unanimously demonstrating a strong consensus on the project in Quebec.
In the Quebec provincial election of 2014, Hivon was again re-elected but as a deputée in the opposition rather than in the government. On December 1st 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada suspended the law, declaring it unconstitutional. Current premier, Philippe Couillard, announced that the judgement would be appealed.
She is a member of the Parti Québécois.