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Denise Savoie  MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Victoria
Incumbent
Assumed office  2006 federal election
Preceded by	David Anderson
Born	November 21, 1943 (1943-11-21) (age 66) St. Boniface, Manitoba
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse(s)	divorced
Residence	Victoria, British Columbia
Profession	Teacher

Denise Savoie (born November 21, 1943 in St. Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian politician, currently serving as the federal Member of Parliament for Victoria. She was elected to the Canadian House of Commons in the 2006 federal election as a candidate of the New Democratic Party.

A schoolteacher by profession, Savoie was a Victoria City Councillor and has also served as a director of the Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition, where she pushed to make the city more suitable for cyclists. She was first elected to city council in 1999 with the NDP aligned Victoria Civic Electors.

The riding of Victoria had been Liberal since 1993, previously represented by high profile left-leaning Liberal MP David Anderson. Savoie defeated former mayor David Turner and former councillor Laura Acton for the NDP nomination.

Denise Savoie is currently the NDP's Intergovernmental Affairs Critic, Post-Secondary Education Critic, Literacy Critic and Human Resources Deputy Critic (for Training).

In November 2008, she was named Deputy Chairman of Committees of the Whole^[1], which makes her one of three presiding officers who may take over for House Speaker Peter Milliken in the event of his absence.

Savoie is proposing that the federal NDP change its name to the 'Democratic Party of Canada'.^[2]

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External links

• Denise Savoie
• Parliament of Canada biography