Here's the skinny on the new Dippers

The Globe and Mail:

Hélène Laverdière, who defeated Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, is a 55-year-old former career diplomat with a PhD from the University of Bath in England. She was posted in Ottawa, Washington and Senegal before becoming No. 2 at the Canadian embassy in Chile.

Robert Aubin, the MP for Trois-Rivières, is a musicologist who’s been teaching for 25 years in a private college. Pierre Nantel (Longueuil-Pierre-Boucher) worked in the music industry for 20 years and was an artistic director for the Cirque du Soleil. José Nunez-Melo (Laval), is a mature civil servant with a BA in management from HEC Montréal.

Roméo Saganash (Abitibi-Baie-James-Nunavik-Eeyou) is a well-known Cree leader who’s negotiated many accords with government. Christine Moore (Abitibi-Témiscamingue) is an intensive-care nurse. Hoang Mai (Brossard-La Prairie), worked as a lawyer in several Asian countries before opening his office in Quebec.

Marjolaine Boutin-Sweet (Hochelaga), has an MA in anthropology and worked for 20 years at the Montreal Museum of Archeology. Jonathan Genest-Jourdain (Manicouagan) is a lawyer and a well-known Innu leader. Sadia Groguhé (Saint-Lambert) is a psychologist and a mother of four involved in community work. Alexandre Boulerice (Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie) is a communications officer for CUPE-Quebec.

Françoise Boivin (Gatineau) is a lawyer and a former Liberal MP. Djaouida Sellah (Saint-Bruno-Saint-Hubert) was trained as a physician and is a mother of three. François Pilon (Laval-Les-Îles) has been a blue-collar worker for the city of Laval for many years. Tyrone Benskin (Jeanne-Le Ber) is artistic director of Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop and a national vice-president of ACTRA. Nycole Turmel (Hull-Aylmer) had a long career as a labour official in the federal civil service.

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