On September 4, 2012, Marois won the election and was elected in the riding of Charlevoix-Côte-De-Beaupré.
She became Quebec's first woman Premier at a swearing-in ceremony on September 17.
She is the sixth woman to serve as the premier of a Canadian province.

Her party won 54 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly, as a minority government.
Marois plans to abolish the increase in student tuition fees which had paralyzed the previous government for 8 months.
She also wants to abolish Hydro Quebec's 3.9% increase in electricity rates, the 200-dollar medical fee for all individuals living in Quebec, and the increase in daycare centre fees.
On September 4, 2012, Marois won the election and was elected in the riding of Charlevoix-Côte-De-Beaupré. She became Quebec's first woman Premier at a swearing-in ceremony on September 17. She is the sixth woman to serve as the premier of a Canadian province.
Her party won 54 of the 125 seats in the National Assembly, as a minority government. Marois plans to abolish the increase in student tuition fees which had paralyzed the previous government for 8 months. She also wants to abolish Hydro Quebec's 3.9% increase in electricity rates, the 200-dollar medical fee for all individuals living in Quebec, and the increase in daycare centre fees.
Pauline Marois