Djaouida Sellah
| Dr. Djaouida Sellah MP MD | |
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| Member of the Canadian Parliament for Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert | |
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In office May 30, 2011 – October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Carole Lavallée |
| Succeeded by | Riding dissolved |
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| Born | Algiers, Algeria |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
| Residence | Longueuil, Quebec |
| Profession | Physician, Lecturer, Citizen Mediator |
Djaouida Sellah is a former Canadian politician, who was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2011 election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert as a member of the New Democratic Party. She ran unsuccessfully in the new riding of Montarville in the 2015 election. She also served as the NDP's health critic from 2012 until 2013.
She was and remains to date, the only Canadian politician born in Algeria. [2]
Sellah was born in Algiers, Algeria. Her mother was a midwife and her father was killed in the Algerian War of Independence. She was a volunteer doctor for the Red Crescent during the Gulf War in Baghdad. She then went to Kuala Lumpur with her husband who was working as a translator. The two came to Quebec in 1998. Sellah has three children. At the time of her election, she was president of the Association québécoise des médecins diplômés hors Canada et États-Unis, supporting the recognition of qualifications of foreign-trained doctors.[3]
References
- ↑ Election 2011: Saint-Bruno—Saint-Hubert. The Globe and Mail, May 2, 2011.
- ↑ http://www.lop.parl.gc.ca/ParlInfo/Compilations/Parliament/BornOutsideCanada.aspx?Menu=HOC-Bio&Country=71953720-90c4-42c5-96af-b1cd6b01b116&Show=MP&Current=False
- ↑ Christine Bouthillier (29 April 2011). "Travailler ensemble" [Working together]. Le Journal de Saint Bruno / Saint Basile (in French). Retrieved 2011-05-04.