Carole-Marie Allard

Carole-Marie Allard was a Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of Canada's House of Commons. She represented the riding of Laval East from 2000 to 2004. She was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and a member of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights and the vice-chair of the Special Committee on Non-medical use of drugs. She lost the [2004 Canadians|Canadian federal election|2004 election] to Robert Carrier of the Bloc Québécois in the riding of Alfred-Pellan.
She was a lawyer, press attaché, designer, organizer and presenter of media management training programs, a spokesperson for a corporation, and she was journalist, writer and producer.
She was the stepmother of Mélanie Joly who is a member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Ahuntsic-Cartierville and also served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Justin Trudeau.