Pauline Rochefort

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Pauline Rochefort (born June 17, 1957) is a Canadian Liberal politician and the Member of Parliament for Nipissing–Timiskaming, a role she began in 2025. She previously served as mayor of East Ferris, Ontario (2018–2025) and as deputy mayor (2014–2018). She was elected MP on April 28, 2025, and resigned as mayor on May 8, 2025. In June 2025 she was named Parliamentary Secretary to the Secretary of State for Rural Development and joined the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates. Rochefort earned a BCom from Laurentian University in 1980 and an MBA from the University of Ottawa in 2000. She is married to Ronald Roy and was born in Astorville, Ontario. She is a cousin of Bernard Grandmaître, a former Ontario MPP.