asked three other people to claim they were driving instead of her husband. Her niece agreed to tell this version. In March 2001 Boyer and her husband pleaded guilty to one charge each of obstruction of justice to which they were granted a conditional discharge. As a result of this, premier Dalton McGuinty suspended her from the Liberal caucus. In September 2001, McGuinty said that she would not be allowed back into caucus and that she would have to serve the remainder of her term as an independent. Boyer was bitter about the rejection. She said, "It was very harsh... I made an error of judgment and as far as I'm concerned, I'm clear. I paid my dues. I cannot accept the way this went." In 2003, Boyer put her name forward to be re-nominated as the Liberal candidate but McGuinty intervened and used his executive powers to appoint Madeleine Meilleur as the candidate. Boyer was rueful about the situation. She said, "I'm not bitter, I'm not frustrated either. I'm just sad about what is going on." Boyer elected not to run as an independent and retired from politics. Meilleur easily won the 2003 election. Later life In 2004, she was awarded the Prix anniversaire by the Association des enseignantes et des enseignants franco-ontariens in recognition of her years of service to the community. In 2007 she became the President of the Ottawa chapter of the Francophone Assembly of Ontario. In August 2011 she was hospitalized due to a stroke. She died at Montfort Hospital in Ottawa in 2013 of an intracranial hemorrhage. She was 75. References External links 1938 births 2013 deaths Franco-Ontarian people Ontario Liberal Party MPPs Politicians from Ottawa University of Ottawa alumni Women MPPs in Ontario 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians