Career
She is now mayor of Saint-Adolphe Doctorate"Howard. She is the widow of Jacques Parizeau, former Premier of Quebec, Canada. She was first elected to the National Assembly of Quebec as a candidate for the Parti Québécois in the provincial riding of Crémazie in the 2007 general election.
After the 2007 elections, she was named on April 25, 2007 the Province of Quebec"s critic in employment and social solidarity.
On June 6, 2011, Lapointe and caucus mates Louise Beaudoin and Pierre Curzi resigned from the Parti Québécois to sit as independents over the Province of Quebec"s acceptance of a bill changing the law to permit an agreement between the City of Québec and Quebecor Incorporated. concerning the construction of an arena in Quebec City. However, while she has bought a membership card from the party, she also retained her membership in the Parti Québécois, and continued to sit as an independent.
On March 4, 2012 she announced that she would not run for re-election and left the National Assembly at the September 2012 provincial election.