Pauline Marois August 21, 1985 File Photo - Pauline Marois, Candidate in the Parti Quebecois leadership race.
After two failed leadership runs in 1985 and 2005, Marois briefly left political life in 2006. A year later, she ran unopposed to become the seventh leader of the Parti QuÈbÈcois on June 26, 2007 and was elected Premier of Quebec Province, September 4, 2012.
