Sadia Groguhé
Member of Parliament
for Saint-Lambert
In office
May 2, 2011 – October 19, 2015
Preceded byJosée Beaudin
Personal details
Born (1962-11-09) November 9, 1962
Istres, France
NationalityCanadian
Political partyNew Democratic Party
Children4
ProfessionGuidance counselor

Sadia Groguhé (Arabic: ساديا جروغوه; born November 9, 1962) is a French-Canadian politician of Algerian descent. A municipal councillor in the French city of Istres from 1995 to 2000, Groguhé and her husband immigrated to Canada in 2005.

In the 2011 federal election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Saint-Lambert under the banner of the New Democratic Party. She was defeated for reelection in the new electoral district of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne in the 2015 election.

Early life and French political career in

Groguhé was born on November 9, 1962, in Istres, France, to Algerian immigrants, one of twelve children.[1] She has a Master's degree,[1] practiced as a psychologist, and did community work.[2]

In France, she worked in the area of social and occupational integration for youth and adults in distress. Trained in transactional analysis as a therapeutic tool, she held sessions as a trainer. Groguhé was chair of the Istres equality association.

Groguhé ran as an independent candidate in 1994’s cantonal election. Noticed by Jacques Siffre, Istres’ socialist mayor, she ran municipally in 1995. Groguhé was elected and was a municipal councillor from 1995 to 2000.[1] She was responsible for integration, and left her position after the birth of her children.

Groguhé and her husband, who is originally from the Ivory Coast, decided to leave France so their children would not be discriminated against because of their background. They submitted their visa requests in 2003 and immigrated to Canada in 2005.

Canadian politics

2011 election and tenure

Naturalized as a Canadian citizen in 2010, Groguhé joined the New Democratic Party. She was a candidate for the party in the 2011 federal election in the Montreal riding of Saint-Lambert and defeated the incumbent Bloc MP, Josée Beaudin, with 42.65% of the vote.

After her election, Groguhé was appointed the NDP’s assistant critic for immigration, citizenship, and multiculturalism.[1] During her parliamentary tenure, Groguhé advocated for modernizing the immigration application system.[3]

From April 19, 2012, to August 12, 2013, Groguhé was the Deputy House Leader of the NDP and the Official Opposition. She then became the NDP's Deputy Whip, which meant she was also the Official Opposition Deputy Whip, and gave up the assistant critic portfolios she had held since 2011.[1]

In June 2014, the Board of Internal Economy found that a group of NDP MPs, including Groguhé, had improperly used Parliamentary resources for partisan activities by sending out nearly two million mass mailings, costing 1.17 million dollars to different ridings, including some that were holding by-elections at the time.[4] Groguhé kept the deputy whip position until she lost her bid for re-election in the new riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert in the 2015 federal election.[1]

Party politics

Following Jack Layton's death, she supported Thomas Mulcair in the 2012 NDP leadership race. In the 2017 leadership contest, Groguhé was a supporter of Peter Julian prior to his exit from the race.[5]

Post-federal politics

Following her defeat, Groguhé became a guidance counselor.[6] Groguhé announced in April 2017 that she is running for Mayor of Longueuil in the 2017 Quebec municipal election.[7] She finished third with 14.7% of the vote.[8]

Personal life

Groguhé is the mother of four children, and is married.[2]

Electoral record

2015 Canadian federal election: Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalSherry Romanado18,30135.39+22.07$26,644.67
Bloc QuébécoisPhilippe Cloutier13,97427.03-1.27$54,305.34
New DemocraticSadia Groguhé12,46824.11-21.32–
ConservativeThomas Barré4,9619.59-0.94–
GreenMario Leclerc1,5102.92+0.51$6,229.28
RhinocerosMatthew Iakov Liberman3250.63––
Marxist–LeninistPierre Chénier1680.32––
Total valid votes/Expense limit 51,707100.00 $220,839.26
Total rejected ballots 9251.76–
Turnout 52,63262.87–
Eligible voters 83,719
Liberal gain from New Democratic Swing +21.70
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]
2011 Canadian federal election: Saint-Lambert
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticSadia Groguhé18,70542.64+28.19
Bloc QuébécoisJosée Beaudin11,35325.88-11.74
LiberalRoxane Stanners8,46319.29-9.21
ConservativeQais Hamidi4,39610.02-5.78
GreenCarmen Budilean9442.15-1.45
Total valid votes/Expense limit 43,861 100.0
Total rejected ballots 584 1.31 +0.14
Turnout 44,44560.60 +1.15

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "GROGUHÉ, Sadia, M.A." Library of Parliament. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 Gagnon, Lysiane (9 May 2011). "Here's the skinny on the new Dippers". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  3. ↑ QMI, Jean-Virgile Tassé-Themens / Agence. "Les «oubliés de Buffalo» sont sans nouvelle". Le Journal de Montréal. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Mas, Susana (11 June 2014). "NDP's ineligible mass mailings leave MPs on hook for $1.17M". CBC News. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "And then there were four: Julian quits NDP leadership race, as others look to grab his supporters - The Hill Times". 24 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  6. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique-. "Longueuil : trois femmes, trois visions". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
  7. ↑ ICI.Radio-Canada.ca, Zone Politique -. "L'ex-députée fédérale Sadia Groguhé candidate à la mairie de Longueuil". Radio-Canada.ca (in Canadian French). Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  8. ↑ "Montreal elections 2017: Longueuil results". Global News. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  9. ↑ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne, 30 September 2015
  10. ↑ Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates
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