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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| image = Nancy Charest.jpg<br />
| name = Nancy Charest<br />
| caption = Charest in 2011<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1959|11|28}}<br />
| birth_place = Matane, Quebec, Canada<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|2014|3|1|1959|11|28}}<br />
| death_place = Matane, Quebec, Canada<br />
| residence = [[Matane]], [[Quebec]], Canada<br />
| office = Member of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for [[Matane (provincial electoral district)|Matane]]<br />
| term_start = April 14, 2003<br />
| term_end = March 26, 2007<br />
| predecessor = [[Matthias Rioux]]<br />
| successor = [[Pascal Bérubé]]<br />
| party = [[Quebec Liberal Party|Liberal]]<br />
| occupation = Lawyer<br />
}}<br />
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'''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]].<br />
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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}}<br />
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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><br />
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==Electoral record==<br />
{{2003 Quebec general election/Matane}}<br />
{{2007 Quebec general election/Matane}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2008|Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia|percent=yes|change=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Jean-Yves Roy]]|11,977|37.5%|-8.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Nancy Charest|11,368|35.6%|+22.5%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Jérôme Landry|5,743|18.0%|-11.7%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Julie Demers|1,497|4.6%|-1.6%}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Louis Drainville|1,139|3.5%|+0.8%}}<br />
{{CANelec|XX|Independent|Liliane Potvin|175|0.5%|-1.8%}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|31,899| }}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|&ndash;|43.6%}}<br />
{{CANelec/hold|CA|BQ| -15.5}}<br />
{{end}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/top|CA|2011|Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia|percent=yes|change=yes|expenditures=yes}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|BQ|[[Jean-François Fortin (politician)|Jean-François Fortin]]|12,633|36.05|-1.48| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Nancy Charest|8,964|25.58|-10.02| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Joanie Boulet |7,484|21.36|+16.67| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Conservative|Allen Cormier|5,253|14.99|-3.08| }}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Green|Louis Drainville |707|2.02|-1.55| }}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes/Expense limit|35,041|100.00| }}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots|393|1.11 |+0.07 }}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout|35,434|59.81| +5.43| }}<br />
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters| 59,242|&ndash;|&ndash;| }}<br />
{{end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Quebec MNA biography|charest-nancy-5807}}<br />
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[[Category:Canadian women lawyers]]<br />
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[[Category:Quebec Liberal Party MNAs]]<br />
[[Category:Candidates in the 2008 Canadian federal election]]<br />
[[Category:People from Matane]]<br />
[[Category:Women MNAs in Quebec]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada candidates in the 2011 Canadian federal election]]<br />
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