Audrey Poitras

Canadian politician
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroCanadian politician
PlacesCanada
isPolitician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Female
Birth1 January 1950
Age75 years
The details

Biography

Audrey Mae Poitras (born 1950) has served as president of the Métis Nation of Alberta since 1996, the first female in that position. She also serves as vice-president on the Canadian Métis National Council and joined the Board of the Canadian Executive Service Organization in 2004.

Born Audrey Mae Dumont, the daughter of Jean Baptiste Dumont and Mabel Kinchshe, she shares common ancestry with Gabriel Dumont, and has family ties to the Fishing Lake Métis Settlement. She grew up on a farm near Elk Point, Alberta, 150 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

Currently she lives in Edmonton, Alberta.

The contents of this page are sourced from Wikipedia article. The contents are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.