Pascale Déry
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Pascale Déry | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Déry in 2024 | |
| Quebec Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks | |
| Assumed office April 21, 2026 | |
| Premier | Christine Fréchette |
| Preceded by | Benoit Charette |
| Quebec Minister of Employment | |
| In office September 10, 2025 – April 21, 2026 | |
| Premier | François Legault |
| Preceded by | Kateri Champagne Jourdain |
| Succeeded by | Jean-François Simard |
| Quebec Minister of Higher Education | |
| In office October 20, 2022 – September 10, 2025 | |
| Premier | François Legault |
| Preceded by | Danielle McCann |
| Succeeded by | Martine Biron |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Repentigny | |
| Assumed office October 3, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Lise Lavallée |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Party | Coalition Avenir Québec (provincial) Conservative (federal) |
Pascale Déry MNA (born 1976) is a Canadian politician. She sought the Conservative Party of Canada nomination for Mount Royal in the 2015 Canadian federal election, losing to Robert Libman.[1] She was instead nominated in Drummond for that election, where she finished in fourth position after the New Democratic, Liberal, and Bloc Québécois candidates. In the 2022 Quebec general election, she was elected to represent the riding of Repentigny as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec.[2] She was named Quebec's Minister of Higher Education on October 20, 2022,[3] and, following a cabinet reshuffle, Minister of Employment on September 10, 2025.[4] Premier Christine Fréchette appointed her as Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks in 2026.
Déry is Jewish and speaks fluent French, English and Spanish. She was formerly a television journalist for TVA and Le Canal Nouvelles.[5]
