The Honourable
Andrée Champagne
PC CM
Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
Chair of Committees of the Whole
In office
May 15, 1990 – September 8, 1993
SpeakerJohn Allen Fraser
Preceded byMarcel Danis (1988)
Succeeded byDavid Kilgour (1994)
Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committees of the Whole
In office
October 1, 1986 – May 14, 1990
SpeakerJohn Allen Fraser
Preceded byJean Charest
Succeeded byDenis Pronovost
Minister of State (Youth)
In office
September 17, 1984 – June 30, 1986
Prime MinisterBrian Mulroney
MinisterWalter McLean
Benoît Bouchard
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byJean Charest
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Hyacinthe—Bagot
In office
September 4, 1984 – October 25, 1993
Preceded byMarcel Ostiguy
Succeeded byYvan Loubier
Canadian Senator
from Grandville
In office
August 2, 2005 – July 17, 2014
Nominated byPaul Martin
Appointed byAdrienne Clarkson
Preceded byJohn Lynch-Staunton
Succeeded byChantal Petitclerc (2016)
Personal details
Born(1939-07-17)July 17, 1939
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
DiedJune 6, 2020(2020-06-06) (aged 80)
Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada
Political partyConservative (2005–2020)
Progressive Conservative (1984–1993)

Andrée Champagne PC CM (July 17, 1939 – June 6, 2020) was a Canadian actress, pianist and politician.[1]

Born in Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec, Champagne was an accomplished performer and personality in her home province. In the 1960s, she became well known on television playing "Donalda" in Claude-Henri Grignon's series Les Belles Histoires des pays d'en haut.[1] After the series ended in 1970, she opened her own casting agency.

She remained active as a performer, but also became involved in cultural issues, serving on the board of directors of l'Institut québécois du cinéma and on the executive of l'Union des artistes in the early 1980s. She also helped create Le Chez Nous des Artistes, a retirement home for artists.

Champagne entered politics as a Progressive Conservative candidate in the 1984 election, and was elected in the Tory landslide as Member of Parliament for Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot. She was appointed to the Cabinet of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as Minister of State for Youth.

From 1986 to 1990, she served as Assistant Deputy Chair of the Committee of the Whole House, and became Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons in 1990. She served in that role until her electoral defeat in the 1993 general election. On August 2, 2005, Prime Minister Paul Martin announced the appointment by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson of Champagne as a Conservative member of the Senate of Canada. She retired upon reaching the age of 75 on July 17, 2014.

Champagne died on June 6, 2020, in Saint-Hyacinthe.[2]

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