Editing Françoise David (section)

{{short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder | name= Françoise David
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CQ|size=100%}}
| image= Françoise David 2012-08-24 B.jpg
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| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1948|1|13}}
| birth_place=[[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
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| party= [[Québec solidaire]]
| assembly = National Assembly of Quebec{{!}}National
| constituency_AM=[[Gouin (electoral district)|Gouin]]
| term_start=September 4, 2012
| term_end= January 19, 2017
| predecessor= [[Nicolas Girard]]
| successor= [[Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois]]
| parents = [[Paul David (cardiologist)|Paul David]]<br />Nellie Maillard
| relatives = [[Pierre David (film producer)|Pierre David]] (brother)<br />Thérèse David (sister)<br />Anne-Marie David (sister)<br />[[Hélène David]] (sister)<br />Charles-Philippe David (brother)
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| spouse= François Larose
| profession= [[Community organizer]]
| alma_mater= [[Université de Montréal]]
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'''Françoise David''' {{post-nominals|country=CAN|CQ}} ({{IPA|fr|fʁɑ̃swaz david}}; born January 13, 1948) is a former spokesperson of [[Québec solidaire]] – a [[left-wing politics|left-wing]], [[feminism|feminist]], and [[Quebec sovereignty movement|sovereigntist]] political party in the province of [[Quebec]], Canada. She was elected to serve as the [[Member of the National Assembly (Quebec)|Member]] of the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] for the riding of [[Gouin (provincial electoral district)|Gouin]] in the [[2012 Quebec election]], and then again in the [[2014 Quebec election]].  Quebec Solidaire was born from the merger of [[Option Citoyenne]] with l'[[Union des forces progressistes (Canada)|Union des Forces Progressistes]]. She is the author of the book/manifesto ''Bien commun recherché – une option citoyenne'' (over 7,000 copies sold in Quebec) which attempts to combine the concepts of "common good", [[social justice]], [[ecology]] and [[economic democracy]] into a coherent political doctrine. On January 19, 2017, Françoise David announced her immediate retirement as both party spokesperson and as a Member of the National Assembly due to her health.<ref>{{cite web|agency=The Canadian Press|url=http://www.macleans.ca/politics/quebec-solidaires-francoise-david-quits-politics-immediately/|title=Quebec solidaire's Francoise David quits politics immediately|publisher=Maclean's|date=January 19, 2017|accessdate=January 19, 2017}}</ref>