Editing Françoise David (section)

==Biography==
In 1987, Françoise David became coordinator for the ''Regroupement des centres de femmes du Québec''. Seven years later, she was named president of the ''[[Fédération des femmes du Québec]]'' (FFQ). In this capacity, she ensured that women's issues, including poverty and violence against women, remained at the forefront in [[Canada]]. She was president of the FFQ from 1994 to 2001.<ref>{{cite book |last=Laxer|first=Emily  |author-link= |date=2019 |title=Unveiling the Nation: The Politics of Secularism in France and Quebec (Rethinking Canada in the World) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fBKSDwAAQBAJ&dq=amir+khadir&pg=PA103 |location= |publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press |page= |isbn=978-0-7735-5803-8}}</ref>

She is the daughter of cardiologist and Progressive Conservative Senator [[Paul David (cardiologist)|Paul David]]. Her grandfather [[Athanase David]] was a Liberal Senator. She is also the sister of [[political science]] professor and director of Raoul-Dandurand Chair, Charles-Philippe David.<ref>{{cite web|last1=David|first1=Charles-Philippe|title=Chaire Raoul-Dandurand en études stratégiques et diplomatiques|url=http://dandurand.uqam.ca/chercheurs/64-chercheurs/59-charles-philippe-david.html|website=Université du Québec à Montréal|accessdate=18 February 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218081804/http://dandurand.uqam.ca/chercheurs/64-chercheurs/59-charles-philippe-david.html|archivedate=18 February 2015}}</ref>

Two of her best-recognised public successes have been the 1995 Women's March against Poverty and the 2000 World March of Women against Poverty and Violence.

In addition to her work experience, Françoise David is a member of numerous community organizations. In January 2000, she participated in the non-governmental observation mission to [[Iraq]], and in December 2001 she traveled to [[Mali]] with the [[CUSO|Canadian University Service Overseas]].

In 1999, she was made a Knight of the [[National Order of Quebec]]. In 2002, she was awarded the [[Governor General's Awards#Governor General's Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case|Governor General's Award]] in Commemoration of the [[Edwards v Canada (AG)|Persons Case]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Governor General Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case - Status of Women Canada |url=https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/gg/recip-laure/2002-en.html#archived |access-date=2022-11-21 |website=cfc-swc.gc.ca}}</ref>

David ran in the riding of [[Gouin (electoral district)|Gouin]] in central Montreal in the [[2007 Quebec general election|2007 Quebec election]], finishing second to the PQ incumbent [[Nicolas Girard]]. David received 7913 votes, amounting to 26% of the vote in her riding, behind Girard's 11,318 votes (37%). Quebec Solidaire received 3.7% of the vote provincewide.

David ran in Gouin a second time in the [[2008 Quebec general election|2008 Quebec election]], receiving 7987 votes, or approximately 32% of the total, but again losing out to Girard, who received 10,276 votes (41%). Quebec Solidaire received 3.8% of the vote provincewide and David's co-leader [[Amir Khadir]] won the party's first seat in the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] in the neighbouring riding of [[Mercier (provincial electoral district)|Mercier]].

In the [[2012 Quebec general election|2012 Quebec election]], David was elected for the first time. She was re-elected in [[2014 Quebec general election|2014]], her party winning the most seats in its history.<ref>{{cite news|work=CTV Montreal News|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/manon-masse-officially-wins-seat-for-quebec-solidaire-1.1772307|title=Manon Masse officially wins seat for Quebec solidaire|date=April 11, 2014|accessdate=May 2, 2014}}</ref>

Her younger sister, [[Hélène David]], was elected as a [[Liberal Party of Quebec|Liberal]] [[National Assembly of Quebec|MNA]] for the provincial riding of [[Outremont (provincial electoral district)|Outremont]] in the [[2014 Quebec general election|2014 Quebec election]].<ref name=CTV>{{cite news|title=Françoise David's sister Hélène to run for Liberals|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/fran%C3%A7oise-david-s-sister-h%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne-to-run-for-liberals-1.1710398|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=CTV Montreal|date=March 2, 2014}}</ref><ref name=Muise>{{cite news|last=Muise|first=Monique|title=Hélène David to run for Liberals|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne+David+Liberals/9569171/story.html|accessdate=29 March 2014|newspaper=The Montreal Gazette|date=March 3, 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331020758/http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/H%C3%A9l%C3%A8ne+David+Liberals/9569171/story.html|archivedate=31 March 2014}}</ref> David holds a PhD in psychology and since 1984 she was an instructor and vice-rector at the University. From 2008 to 2010 she was Assistant Deputy Minister for higher education in the Quebec Ministry of Education, Recreation & Sport under Premier [[Jean Charest]].<ref name=UdeMontreal>{{cite web|title=Hélène David's Mandate and Biography|url=http://www.recteur.umontreal.ca/equipe-de-direction/vice-rectrice-aux-relations-internationales-a-la-francophonie-et-aux-partenariats-institutionnels/biographie/helene-davids-mandate-and-biography/|publisher=Université de Montréal|accessdate=29 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330112241/http://www.recteur.umontreal.ca/equipe-de-direction/vice-rectrice-aux-relations-internationales-a-la-francophonie-et-aux-partenariats-institutionnels/biographie/helene-davids-mandate-and-biography/|archive-date=30 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> When asked if her sister Françoise tried to persuade her to join Québec solidaire, Hélène said that the two have "known for a long time that we're not necessarily from the same political family." Unlike Françoise, Hélène is a federalist.<ref name=CTV/><ref name=Muise/>

Françoise David is married to François Larose, with whom she had one child.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/elections-quebec-2014/201208/31/01-4570239-conjoints-de-chefs-unis-en-campagne-comme-dans-la-vie.php|title=Conjoints de chefs: unis en campagne comme dans la vie - Stéphanie Vallet - Élections Québec 2012|date=September 2012|publisher=}}</ref>