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Ginette Petitpas Taylor

Marie Ginette Petitpas Taylor PC MP (born 1968/1969) is a Canadian politician who has been representing the riding of Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe in the House of Commons of Canada since the 2015 federal election. She is a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and a former Minister of Health, and is a member of the Canadian Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association as well as the Canadian NATO Parliamentary Association.

Petitpas Taylor grew up in Dieppe, New Brunswick and graduated from the Université de Moncton with a bachelor's degree in social work.

From 2004 to 2008, she was the chairwoman of the New Brunswick Advisory Council on the Status of Women, and has held a variety of other positions, including the coordinator for the Victim's Services Program of the local detachment of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).

She won the Liberal Party's nomination for Moncton—Riverview—Dieppe on March 28, 2015, and won the riding in the election held on October 19, 2015.

On December 2, 2015, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the appointment of Petitpas Taylor as deputy government whip. On February 15, 2016, Petitpas Taylor was sworn in as a Member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada according to her duties as Deputy Government Whip.

She then succeeded Jane Philpott as Minister of Health in a cabinet shuffle on August 28, 2017.

She was re-elected in the 2019 federal election, and appointed Deputy Government Whip (for the second time) as well as a member of the Board of Internal Economy. She was re-elected in the 2021 federal election.

Petitpas Taylor stepped in as Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages following the resignation of Randy Boissonnault on November 20, 2024.

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