Women's Business Network (RÉFAP) and a guest speaker at the Public Service Commission Management School. She appeared weekly on television as host of La Vérité choc with Roger Blanchette and Le Témoin est à vous on Canal Vox, and as a news commentator on the Denis Lévesque broadcast on LCN and TVA. At its November 2008 convention, Boivin was elected president of the Quebec Section of the federal NDP, a position she occupied until November 2010. 2011 election Boivin once again ran as the NDP candidate in her old riding of Gatineau during the 41st Canadian election. In the May 2, 2011 election, she won with 61.8% of the vote as part of the massive NDP tsunami that swept across Quebec, finishing 27,000 votes ahead of Nadeau. 41st Parliament On May 26, 2011 Layton named Boivin critic for the Status of Women. On September 20, 2011, interim Opposition Leader Nycole Turmel also named her Deputy Critic for Justice. Boivin also co-chaired the Standing Joint Committee on Scrutiny of Regulations with Conservative Senator Bob Runciman. In April 2012, newly elected NDP leader Mulcair named her critic for Justice. 2015 election Boivin lost to Liberal Steven MacKinnon in the October 19, 2015 election. She told a local newspaper that only an imbecile would work this hard without being elected, and that putting all the effort working with citizens for the past four years has been a waste of time because she ended up losing the election. Electoral record Source: Elections Canada References External links Boivin's website 1960 births Women members of the House of Commons of Canada French Quebecers Liberal Party of Canada MPs Living people Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec New Democratic Party MPs Politicians from Gatineau University of Ottawa alumni Women in Quebec politics 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians