She represented the electoral district of Joliette as a member of the New Democratic Party.
Raynault first ran for the riding of Joliette in 2008 and finished fourth, 22,462 votes behind Bloc Québécois incumbent Pierre Paquette.
Indeed, she finished just a few hundred votes over the threshold for having her campaign expenses refunded.
[2][3] Raynault is a founding member of the Syndicat des agricultrices de Lanaudière.
She is a founding member of the Union des producteurs agricoles, Nouvelle-Acadie local section.