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{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image       = Nancy Charest.jpg
| name        = Nancy Charest
| caption     = Charest in 2011
| birth_date  = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1959|11|28}}
| birth_place = Matane, Quebec, Canada
| death_date  = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2014|3|1|1959|11|28}}
| death_place = Matane, Quebec, Canada
| residence   = [[Matane]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Matane (provincial electoral district)|Matane]]
| term_start  = April 14, 2003
| term_end    = March 26, 2007
| predecessor = [[Matthias Rioux]]
| successor   = [[Pascal Bérubé]]
| party       = [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]]
| occupation  = Lawyer
}}

'''Nancy Charest''' (November 28, 1959 – March 1, 2014) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] politician. She represented the electoral district of [[Matane (provincial electoral district)|Matane]] in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] from 2003 to 2007 as a member of the [[Quebec Liberal Party]]. She was defeated by [[Pascal Bérubé]] of the [[Parti Québécois]] in the [[2007 Quebec general election|2007 provincial election]].

She ran as the [[Liberal Party of Canada]]'s candidate for the district of [[Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia]] in the [[2008 Canadian federal election|2008 federal election]]. She lost to [[Bloc Québécois]] incumbent [[Jean-Yves Roy]], but received the highest vote percentage of any non-winning Liberal candidate in the province outside of the [[Montreal]] area. {{citation needed|date=September 2014}}

Charest was found dead on March 1, 2014, along a road in her native Matane, Quebec. The cause of death was [[hypothermia]], caused by exposure while Charest was heavily [[Alcohol intoxication|intoxicated]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cjad.com/cjad-news/2014/09/24/coroner-death-of-mna-caused-by-hypothermia|title=Coroner: Death of MNA caused by hypothermia|publisher=CJAD Newse|date=September 24, 2014|accessdate=2014-12-01}}</ref> She was 54 years old.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/Former+Liberal+Nancy+Charest+found+dead/9569323/story.html|title=Former Liberal MNA Nancy Charest found dead|publisher=Montreal Gazette|date=March 2, 2014|accessdate=2014-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first=Bernard|last=Dupéré|title=Décès de l'ancienne députée Nancy Charest|work=TVA Nouvelles|date=March 2, 2014|url=http://tvanouvelles.ca/lcn/infos/regional/estduquebec/archives/2014/03/20140302-130012.html|accessdate=March 2, 2014|trans-title=Death of the former member Nancy Charest}}</ref>

==Electoral record==
{{2003 Quebec general election/Matane}}
{{2007 Quebec general election/Matane}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Jean-Yves Roy]]|11,977|37.5%|-8.5%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Nancy Charest|11,368|35.6%|+22.5%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Jérôme Landry|5,743|18.0%|-11.7%}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Julie Demers|1,497|4.6%|-1.6%}}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Louis Drainville|1,139|3.5%|+0.8%}}
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Liliane Potvin|175|0.5%|-1.8%}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|31,899| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|&ndash;|43.6%}}
{{CANelec/hold|CA|BQ| -15.5}}
{{end}}
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Jean-François Fortin (politician)|Jean-François Fortin]]|12,633|36.05|-1.48| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Nancy Charest|8,964|25.58|-10.02| }}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Joanie Boulet |7,484|21.36|+16.67| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Allen Cormier|5,253|14.99|-3.08| }}
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Louis Drainville |707|2.02|-1.55| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|35,041|100.00| }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|393|1.11 |+0.07 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|35,434|59.81| +5.43| }}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters| 59,242|&ndash;|&ndash;| }}
{{end}}

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{Quebec MNA biography|charest-nancy-5807}}

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[[Category:Canadian women lawyers]]
[[Category:Deaths from hypothermia]]
[[Category:Lawyers in Quebec]]
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[[Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs]]
[[Category:Candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election]]
[[Category:People from Matane]]
[[Category:Women MNAs in Quebec]]
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 2011 Canadian federal election]]
[[Category:Université Laval alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec]]


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