Sadia Groguhé

Sadia Groguhé (; born November 9, 1962) is a French-Canadian politician of Algerian descent. A municipal councillor in the French city of Istres from 1995 to 2000, Groguhé and her husband immigrated to Canada in 2005.

In the 2011 federal election, she was elected to the House of Commons of Canada as the Member of Parliament for the electoral district of Saint-Lambert under the banner of the New Democratic Party. She was defeated for reelection in the new electoral district of Longueuil—Charles-LeMoyne in the 2015 election.

Early life and French political career in Groguhé was born on November 9, 1962, in Istres, France, to Algerian immigrants, one of twelve children. She has a Master's degree,

In France, she worked in the area of social and occupational integration for youth and adults in distress. Trained in transactional analysis as a therapeutic tool, she held sessions as a trainer. Groguhé was chair of the Istres equality association.

Groguhé ran as an independent candidate in 1994’s cantonal election. Noticed by Jacques Siffre, Istres’ socialist mayor, she ran municipally in 1995. Groguhé was elected and was a municipal councillor from 1995 to 2000.

From April 19, 2012, to August 12, 2013, Groguhé was the Deputy House Leader of the NDP and the Official Opposition. She then became the NDP's Deputy Whip, which meant she was also the Official Opposition Deputy Whip, and gave up the assistant critic portfolios she had held since 2011. Groguhé kept the deputy whip position until she lost her bid for re-election in the new riding of Longueuil—Saint-Hubert in the 2015 federal election.

Post-federal politics Following her defeat, Groguhé became a guidance counselor. Groguhé announced in April 2017 that she is running for Mayor of Longueuil in the 2017 Quebec municipal election. She finished third with 14.7% of the vote.

Personal life Groguhé is the mother of four children, and is married.