Marie Thérèse Killens

Marie Thérèse Rollande Killens (born 29 June 1927) is a former Canadian politician who served as a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada. She is an administrator by career.^[1]

Marie Thérèse Killens
Member of Parliament for Saint-Michel
In office 1979–1988
Preceded by	Monique Bégin
Succeeded by	district abolished
Personal details
Born	(1927-06-29) 29 June 1927 (age 98) Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Political party	Liberal Party of Canada
Profession	administrator

She represented the riding of Saint-Michel, which became known as Saint Michel—Ahuntsic in 1983. Her victories in the 1979, 1980 and 1984 federal elections, earned her terms in the 31st, 32nd and 33rd Canadian Parliaments.

She did not campaign in the 1988 federal election and left federal politics at the completion of her third term in office.

Electoral record

Source – Canadian elections database^[2]

v t e 1979 Canadian federal election: Saint-Michel
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marie Thérèse Killens	29,046
	Social Credit	John Mitchell	4,299
	New Democratic	Filippo Salvatore	2,616
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Louis Pozza	2,602
	Rhinoceros	François Gourd	1,453
	Union populaire	Bernard L. Longpré	432
	Communist	Vittoria Bronzati	177
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Tremblay	147

v t e 1980 Canadian federal election: Saint-Michel
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Liberal	Marie Thérèse Killens	27,210
	New Democratic	Frank Reiss	3,422
	Progressive Conservative	Jean-Louis Pozza	2,059
	Rhinoceros	Benoit Yodepèch Chaput	1,603
	Social Credit	Charles E. Landry	1,079
	Union populaire	Bernard L. Longpré	279
	Not affiliated	Luigi D'Alonzo	189
	Communist	Vitoria Bronzati	116
	Marxist–Leninist	Serge Tremblay	93

v t e 1984 Canadian federal election: Saint-Michel—Ahuntsic
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thérèse Killens	17,269	42.48
	Progressive Conservative	René Paradis	15,444	37.99
	New Democratic	Hélène Mongeau	4,875	11.99
	Rhinoceros	Le Sénateur Luc Dumont	1,543	3.80
	Parti nationaliste	Louis de Kinder	1,243	3.06
	Communist	Line Chabot	190	0.47
	Commonwealth of Canada	Joseph A. El-Sayed	88	0.22
Total valid votes			40,652	100.00
Total rejected ballots			684
Turnout			41,336	74.34
Electors on the lists			55,607
Source: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer, Thirty-third General Election, 1984.