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She worked as a researcher and law intern in 1994 but started to work as a lawyer starting in 2002 though she was admitted to the Quebec Bar in 1996. She also worked as a press secretary and Assistant Director to the Cabinet of the Minister of Justice and was also an assistant director of McGill's Law Faculty.
Hivon was re-elected in Joliette in 2012. The premier at the time, Pauline Marois, named her Minister of Social Services and Youth Protection. Hivon served concurrently as the Minister of the Lanaudière region and Minister responsible for the Die in Dignity commission, a commission about the right for a terminally-ill patient to end their own life. The Quebec legislature adopted the law (The Act Respecting End-of-Life Care) unanimously demonstrating a strong consensus on the project in Quebec.
In the Quebec provincial election of 2014, Hivon was again re-elected to the National Assembly but as a member in the opposition rather than in the government.
On December 1, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada suspended the Act Respecting End-of-Life Care, declaring it unconstitutional.[citation needed] Then premier, Philippe Couillard, announced that the judgement would be appealed.
Following the resignation of Pierre Karl Péladeau as leader of the Parti Québécois, Hivon said that she was interested in running for leadership of the party.[1]
^Morneau, Caroline (May 3, 2016). "Véronique Hivon songe à la chefferie". Le Journal des Pays-d'en-Haut La Vallée (in French). Saint-Sauveur. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
