Martine Hébert

The Honourable
Martine Hébert
The Honourable Martine Hébert
Canadian Senator; from Quebec
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 27, 2025
Nominated by	Justin Trudeau
Appointed by	Mary Simon
Personal details
Born	October 7, 1965
Political party	Independent Senators Group
Profession	Economist, former diplomat

Martine Hébert is an economist, former diplomat, media economic analyst, communicator and Canadian politician from Quebec.^[1]

Since February 2025, she has been a Senator, representing the Victoria Division of Quebec in the Senate of Canada.^[2]

Biography

Born on 7 October 1965,^[3] Martine Hébert obtained a bachelor's degree in 1988 and a master's degree in 1990 in economics from the Université de Montréal. She continued part-time her education in Legal Science at the Université du Québec à Montréal. In 2010, she was named an honorary graduate by the Université de Montréal, in recognition of her contribution and the excellence of her career.^[4]

She served as Quebec's Delegate in Chicago from 2019 to 2021 and as Quebec's Delegate General in New York from 2021 to 2024.^[5]

Prior to her appointment to the Senate, she was a media commentator and vice-president of economic and U.S. affairs at [https://TACT, a public relations and communications agency.

On 7 February 2025, she was appointed Senator for Quebec by the Governor General of Canada, Mary Simon, on the advice of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In April, she joined the Independent Senate Group.^[6]

References

^ Canada, Senate of. "Senators". SenCanada. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
^ Catherine Morrison, "Trudeau announces the appointment of three new senators". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2025.
^ Canada, Senate of. "Senator Martine Hébert". SenCanada. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
^ "Hommage à Madame Martine Hébert". Faculté des arts et des sciences - Université de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-30.
^ "Nominations du 11 août 2021 du Conseil des ministres - Secrétariat aux emplois supérieurs". www.emplois-superieurs.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-30.
^ "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-30.

[1] Canada, Senate of. "Senators". SenCanada. Retrieved 2025-04-29.

[2] Catherine Morrison, "Trudeau announces the appointment of three new senators". The Globe and Mail, February 7, 2025.

[3] Canada, Senate of. "Senator Martine Hébert". SenCanada. Retrieved 2025-04-30.

[4] "Hommage à Madame Martine Hébert". Faculté des arts et des sciences - Université de Montréal (in French). Retrieved 2025-04-30.

[5] "Nominations du 11 août 2021 du Conseil des ministres - Secrétariat aux emplois supérieurs". www.emplois-superieurs.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-30.

[6] "Profile". lop.parl.ca. Retrieved 2025-04-30.

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Current members of the Senate of Canada
Presiding officers: Speaker: Raymonde Gagné Speaker pro tempore: René Cormier
AB	■ Fridhandler ■ LaBoucane-Benson ■ Simons ■ Sorensen ■ Tannas ■ K. Wells
BC	■ Busson ■ Dhillon ■ Greenwood ■ Martin ■ Wilson ■ Woo
MB	■ Adler ■ Gagné ■ McCallum ■ McPhedran ■ Osler 1 vacancy
NB	■ Arnold ■ Boudreau ■ Cormier ■ Kingston ■ McNair ■ Poirier ■ Quinn ■ Richards ■ Ringuette ■ Ross
NL	■ Manning ■ Marshall ■ Petten ■ Ravalia ■ D. Wells ■ White
NS	■ Aucoin ■ Bernard ■ Coyle ■ Cuzner ■ C. Deacon ■ Ince ■ Kutcher ■ MacDonald ■ Prosper ■ Surette
ON	■ Al Zaibak ■ Ataullahjan ■ Black ■ Boehm ■ Boniface ■ Boyer ■ Burey ■ Cardozo ■ Clement ■ Dasko ■ M. Deacon ■ Dean ■ Harder ■ Hay ■ McBean ■ Mohamed ■ Moncion ■ Moodie ■ Pate ■ R. Patterson ■ Pupatello ■ Senior ■ Varone ■ Yussuff
PE	■ Downe ■ Francis ■ MacAdam ■ Robinson
QC	■ Audette ■ Brazeau ■ Carignan ■ Dalphond ■ Forest ■ Galvez ■ Gerba ■ Gignac ■ ■ Henkel ■ Housakos ■ Loffreda ■ Massicotte ■ Mégie ■ Miville-Dechêne ■ Moreau ■ Oudar ■ Petitclerc ■ Saint-Germain ■Seidman ■ Smith ■ Verner ■ Youance 1 vacancy
SK	■ Arnot ■ Batters ■ Klyne ■ Lewis ■ Muggli ■ Wallin
Territories	NT ■ Anderson NU ■ Karetak-Lindell YT ■ Duncan
■ Independent Senators Group (46) ■ Canadian Senators Group (20) ■ Progressive Senate Group (17) ■ Conservative (14) ■ Non-affiliated (6) ■ Vacant (2)