Colleen Beaumier

Colleen Beaumier (born November 8, 1944) is a Canadian politician, who served in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1993 to 2008.

Born in Chatham, Ontario, she studied at the University of Windsor, earning a bachelor of arts in psychology.

Before enter politics, she taught at the Ontario School for Mentally Challenged Children, served as a community member of the Ontario Parole Board, worked as a controller at a trucking firm and, at the time of her election, she was the vice-president of a bioanalytical services firm employing more than 100 people.

During the federal election of 2004, she defeated former provincial Minister of Health Tony Clement in the newly created riding of Brampton West.

In 2003, she served as parliamentary secretary to the Minister of National Revenue and later as the associate critic for the Canada Border Services Agency.