Kathleen Weil

The Honourable Kathleen Weil MNA
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
In office December 8, 2008 – August 28, 2022
Preceded by	Russell Copeman
Succeeded by	Désirée McGraw
Minister responsible for Relations with English-Speaking Quebecers
In office October 11, 2017 – October 18, 2018
Preceded by	Position created
Succeeded by	François Legault
Quebec Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness
In office April 23, 2014 – October 11, 2017
Preceded by	Diane De Courcy
Succeeded by	Simon Jolin-Barrette
Quebec Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities
In office August 11, 2010 – September 19, 2012
Preceded by	Yolande James
Succeeded by	Diane De Courcy
Quebec Minister of Justice
In office December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010
Preceded by	Jacques Dupuis
Succeeded by	Jean-Marc Fournier
Personal details
Born	1954
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Spouse	Michael Novak
Profession	Lawyer

Kathleen Weil is a Canadian politician and lawyer. Weil was elected to represent the riding of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2008 provincial election. She is a member of the Quebec Liberal Party and a former provincial cabinet minister.

Weil studied at McGill University and received a bachelor's degree in history and political sciences in 1978 and a degree in civil and common law in 1982 before being admitted to the Bar of Quebec in 1983. She served as an official with Alliance Quebec.

In addition to her law practice, she was heavily involved from 2000 in the health and social services sector, being an administrative member for the Montreal Children's Hospital and the Régie régionale des services de la santé et des services sociaux à Montréal. Before entering politics, she was President CEO of the Foundation of Greater Montreal.

She was appointed to the Executive Council of Quebec on December 18, 2008, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

In 2010, Weil was appointed as Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities. In the 2012 election the Liberals lost power to the Parti Quebecois and Weil returned to the opposition benches as Official Opposition critic for employment and the social economy. Following the 2014 provincial election the Liberals returned to power, and she was appointed Minister of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusiveness.

On 11 October 2017, Weil was sworn in as the first Ministre responsable des Relations avec les Québécois de langue anglaise.

She was re-elected for a fourth time as a member of the Quebec National Assembly in the 2018 Quebec general election. The Liberals lost the election and returned as the official opposition to a new CAQ government. On June 6, 2022, Weil announced she would not be seeking re-election in the 2022 election and bowing out of politics after 14 years.

Weil is married to Michael Novak, ex-president of SNC-Lavalin International.

Electoral record

2018 Quebec general election: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	16,843	62.98	-13.63
	Québec solidaire	Kathleen Gudmundsson	3,166	11.84	+4.42
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Nathalie Dansereau	2,142	8.01	+2.35
	Green	Chad Walcott	1,785	6.67	+2.15
	Parti Québécois	Lucie Bélanger	1,460	5.46	-0.06
	New Democratic	David-Roger Gagnon	708	2.65
	Conservative	Souhail Ftouh	405	1.51
	Independent	Cynthia Nichols	151	0.56
	Marxist–Leninist	Rachel Hoffman	82	0.31	+0.04
Total valid votes			26,742	99.08
Total rejected ballots			249	0.92
Turnout			26,991	56.14
Eligible voters			48,076
	Liberal hold		Swing		-9.025
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	22,336	76.61	+13.96
	Québec solidaire	Annick Desjardins	2,164	7.42	-1.14
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Noah Sidel	1,649	5.66	-7.96
	Parti Québécois	Olivier Sirard	1,610	5.52	-2.77
	Green	Alex Tyrrell	1,318	4.52	-1.20
	Marxist–Leninist	Rachel Hoffman	78	0.27	-0.01
Total valid votes			29,155	99.35	–
Total rejected ballots			192	0.65	–
Turnout			29,347	72.50	+4.56
Electors on the lists			40,476	–	–

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	16,761	62.65	-5.33
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Angely M.Q. Pacis	3,643	13.62	+10.76*
	Québec solidaire	David Mandel	2,291	8.56	–
	Parti Québécois	Olivier Sirard	2,217	8.29	-5.37
	Green	Claude Sabourin	1,531	5.72	-8.67
	Option nationale	Sylvain Labranche	236	0.88	–
	Marxist–Leninist	Rachel Hoffman	74	0.28	-0.45
Total valid votes			26,753	99.31	–
Total rejected ballots			187	0.69	–
Turnout			26,940	67.94	+24.92
Electors on the lists			39,652	–	–

* Result compared to Action démocratique

2008 Quebec general election: Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Kathleen Weil	11,475	67.98	+6.65
	Green	Peter McQueen	2,430	14.39	−1.34
	Parti Québécois	Fabrice Martel	2,307	13.66	+3.08
	Action démocratique	Matthew Conway	483	2.86	−4.34
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	124	0.73	+0.43
	Independent	David Sommer Rovins	64	0.38
Total valid votes			16,883	98.66
Rejected and declined votes			230	1.34
Turnout			17,113	43.02	−15.50
Electors on the lists			39,780

External links

• "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
• Liberal Party biography