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MONTREAL — A small fishing village in southwestern Nova Scotia seems like the last place you’d find a voice for Quebec independence.

But the latest Parti Québécois hopeful seeking to run under the sovereigntist party’s banner in next year’s provincial election is hoping that small town background will come in handy.

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Jennifer Drouin, a native of Shelburne, N.S., who has lived on-and-off in Quebec since 2001, is hoping to secure the nomination in the downtown Montreal riding of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques.

After several years teaching English literature in the U.S., she’s been a visiting scholar with McGill’s Institute of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies, all the while doing a double major in law at the university.

Drouin is not new to the party, having been a PQ member for nearly 20 years.

The political novice said being a lesbian and playing an active role in the LGBTQ community made the riding, which comprises Montreal’s Gay Village, the right choice for her.