2022 Winnipeg Election Results
Francine Champagne
Candidate in the Louis Riel - 1 Trustee Candidates race.
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‘Deteriorated very quickly’: School board meeting disrupted by angry mob in Winnipeg
June 23, 2023
CTV - ...said board chair Sandy Nemeth. "They made it extremely difficult for us to conduct our business that evening." The group was there in support of Francine Champagne, an LRSD trustee who was suspended on June 6 for making transphobic comments on social media that were deemed disrespectful to the LGBTQ2S+...
Des manifestants anti-LGBTQ+ perturbent une rencontre de la Division scolaire Louis-Riel
June 22, 2023
Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...membres du conseil. Les manifestants sont venus exprimer leur opposition à la décision du conseil d’administration de suspendre la commissaire Francine Champagne, après la publication de messages offensants à l’égard de la communauté LGBTQ sur sa page Facebook. On a laissé entrer les gens malgré le...
Intervention policière à la commission scolaire Louis-Riel
June 22, 2023
La Liberte - ...transphobiques et homophobiques ont été tenus par ce même groupe. L’incident fait suite à la suspension sans salaire de la commissaire Francine Champagne. Cette dernière avait publié sur ses réseaux sociaux plusieurs postes complotistes , moquant la communauté transgenre. Peu après les faits,...
Trustees say protesters turned Winnipeg school board meeting into ‘venue for hate’
June 22, 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...there were homophobic and transphobic comments made." The protesters were objecting to a board decision earlier in the month to suspend trustee Francine Champagne, who the board says made social media posts that "targeted the 2SLGBTQIA+ community" with transphobic and homophobic comments. Nemeth described the...
Police called after anti-LGBTTQ+ group upends school board meeting
June 21, 2023
Winnipeg Free Press - ...recent suspension on Tuesday. Elected officials in the Louis Riel School Division unanimously voted to discipline St. Boniface representative Francine Champagne earlier this month. The rookie trustee was found to have breached internal policies on respecting human diversity and social media usage. LOUIS...
Trustee comes out as bisexual after school board suspends member over posts that targeted LGBTQ community
June 10, 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...to send a message following another member's suspension due to social media posts that the board says "targeted the 2SLGBTQIA+ community." Trustee Francine Champagne was suspended for three months on Tuesday after the rest of the Louis Riel School Division's board of trustees voted unanimously to temporarily...
La Division scolaire Louis-Riel suspend une commissaire pour ses publications Facebook
June 8, 2023
Ici Radio Canada / CBC Francais - ...conseil d'administration de la Division scolaire Louis-Riel annonce la suspension de la commissaire Francine Champagne pour une période de trois mois après que cette dernière a publié sur sa page Facebook des messages jugés offensants par l'organisation à l’égard de la communauté LGBTQ. La commissaire...
Winnipeg school trustee suspended for ‘transphobic social media posts’
June 8, 2023
CBC Manitoba - ...and been harmful to our entire community." The rest of the Louis Riel School Division board of trustees voted unanimously on Tuesday to suspend Francine Champagne for three months — the strongest sanction possible under the Manitoba Public Schools Act. "This decision to suspend trustee Champagne came after...
Trustee suspended over posts targeting LGBTQ2S+ community, division says
June 7, 2023
CTV - ...Manitoba school trustee has been suspended over social media posts the division says targeted the LGBTQ2S+ community. Trustee Francine Champagne, who represents Ward 1 in the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD), has been suspended for three months, a division spokesperson confirmed. "Her suspension is due to...
Manitoba trustee suspended over posts targeting LGBTQ2S+ community, division says
June 7, 2023
CTV - ...Manitoba school trustee has been suspended over social media posts the division says targeted the LGBTQ2S+ community. Trustee Francine Champagne, who represents Ward 1 in the Louis Riel School Division (LRSD), has been suspended for three months, a division spokesperson confirmed. "Her suspension is due to...