Dominique Vien
Dominique Vien is a Canadian politician who has been the MP for Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis since the 2021 general election. She previous served as a Quebec Liberal Party Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the electoral district of Bellechasse from 2003 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2014, during which she served in the Quebec provincial cabinet.
Before politics
Born in Lévis, Quebec, Vien studied at Université Laval and received a bachelor's degree in communications in 1992. She also studied at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières in training, animation and leadership in 2001.From 1992 to 2003, she was a journalist, anchor and host at a radio station in Lac-Etchemin and was a journalist and news anchor at Radio-Canada's CBV-FM in Quebec City from 1999 to 2001.
During her brief time out of office between 2007 and 2008, she worked for the Desjardins Group as a communications advisor.
Political career
Provincial career
Vein stood as the Quebec Liberal Party candidate in the electoral district of Bellechasse in the six Québec provincial general elections between 2003 and 2018.She was first elected as its [National Assembly of Quebec|Member of the National Assembly (MNA)] in the 2003 Quebec provincial election. During her first term, she served as the parliamentary secretary for the Minister of Culture and Communications. She was briefly out of office following her defeat in the 2007 election by Jean Domingue of the Action démocratique du Québec.
Vien was re-elected in the same district in 2008, and held the seat for the following decade until being defeated by Coalition Avenir Québec candidate Stéphanie Lachance in the 2018 election that saw the CAQ forming government for the first time. Immediately following the 2008 election, she was promoted into the as Ministry of [Government Services (Quebec)|Minister for Government Services]. She was reassigned to be the Minister Delegate for social services in 2010, serving under Ministry of Health and [Social Services (Quebec)|Minister of Health and Social Services] Yves Bolduc until the defeat of the Charest government in the 2012 election. Upon the Liberals' return to power in 2014 after a brief stint in opposition, Vien joined the as tourism minister from 2014 to 2016. and as labour minister and the government's deputy house leader from 2016 to 2018.
Vien was defeated in the 2018 election when the Liberals lost more then half of their seats. From 2018 to 2021, she worked as the director general for Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality administration.
Member of Parliament
Vien was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Bellechasse—Les Etchemins—Lévis in the 2021 Canadian federal election.In the 2022 [Conservative Party of Canada leadership election|2022 Conservative leadership contest], Vien was one of several Conservative MPs who issued an open letter to urge former Québec premier Jean Charest to enter the contest. Charest entered the contest but lost to Pierre Poilievre.
In late 2025, to quell speculation that she was among the Conservative MPs considering leaving the party, Vien released a video statement reaffirming her commitment to the party.