Lise Thériault

Lise Thériault (born January 7, 1966) is a former Canadian politician. She is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec representing the riding of Anjou–Louis-Riel in Montreal. She was the Deputy Premier of Quebec and Minister for the Status of Women in the Couillard government.

Lise Thériault
MNA
Theriault (right)
Deputy Premier of Quebec
In office
April 23, 2014 – October 11, 2017
PremierPhilippe Couillard
Preceded byFrançois Gendron
Succeeded byDominique Anglade
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Anjou–Louis-Riel
Anjou (2002–2012)
In office
April 15, 2002 – August 28, 2022
Preceded byJean-Sébastien Lamoureux
Succeeded byKarine Boivin Roy
Personal details
Born (1966-01-07) January 7, 1966
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political partyQuebec Liberal Party
Residence(s)Anjou (Montreal), Quebec
ProfessionEditor, businesswoman
CabinetMinister of the Status of Women
PortfolioMinister of Immigration, Minister of Labour, Minister of Public Security

Before entering politics, Thériault was for eight years a sales director and was also for nine years an editor and co-founder of l'Édition – Le Journal des Gens d'affaires. She was an administration member of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Montreal, the CDEC Anjou/Montreal (a development organization) and the Collège Marie-Victorin. She was also a co-founder of a long-term care facility in Montreal.

She was elected in Anjou in a by-election in 2002[1] and re-elected in 2003. She was named the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities from 2005 to 2007 and was re-elected in the 2007 elections. Jean Charest did not reappoint her to cabinet in 2007, and Yolande James succeeded her to become the first ever Black cabinet minister in Quebec.

After the 2008 elections, she was named the delegate Minister for Social Services[2] until 2010 where she replaced Sam Hamad as Minister of Labor.[3]

Following the 2014 election, she was named Deputy Premier of Quebec and the first woman to become Minister of Public Security in the history of Quebec.[4]

In 2016, she was reassigned to the Status of Women portfolio but remained deputy premier until 2017.

She decided not to seek re-election for the 2022 Quebec Provincial election.[5]

Electoral record
2014 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLise Thériault16,04950.81+10.69
Parti QuébécoisYasmina Chouakri7,32623.19-7.78
Coalition Avenir QuébecRichard Campeau5,31516.83-2.9
Québec solidaireMarlène Lessard2,4487.75+0.48
GreenAnnibal Teclou3030.96–
Option nationaleRaphaël Couture1470.47-0.79
Total valid votes 31,588 98.58 –
Total rejected ballots 454 1.42 –
Turnout 32,042 73.29 -2.04
Electors on the lists 43,718 ––
Liberal hold Swing –
2012 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party Candidate Votes%±%
LiberalLise Thériault12,95340.12-10.32
Parti QuébécoisMartine Roux9,99830.97-3.47
Coalition Avenir QuébecRichard Campeau6,37119.73+11.05
Québec solidaireMarlène Lessard2,3477.27+3.63
Option nationaleRaphaël Couture4071.26 
Coalition pour la constituanteSamuel Stohl1130.35 
Marxist–LeninistLinda Sullivan990.31 
Total valid votes 32,288 98.64 –
Total rejected ballots 446 1.36 –
Turnout 32,734 75.33  
Electors on the lists 43,456 ––
Liberal hold Swing -3.43

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

2008 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLise Thériault13,08250.44
Parti QuébécoisSébastien Richard8,93034.43
Action démocratiqueJacques Lachapelle2,2528.68
Québec solidaireFrancine Gagné9443.64
GreenSylvie Morneau7272.80
Total valid votes 25,93598.54
Total rejected ballots 3851.46
Turnout 26,32058.88
Electors 44,703
2007 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLise Thériault13,28041.36
Parti QuébécoisSébastien Richard8,79527.39
Action démocratiqueLorraine Laperrière7,40923.07
GreenAlain Bissonnette1,3764.29
Québec solidaireFrancine Gagné1,1513.58
Marxist–LeninistHélène Héroux990.31
Total valid votes 32,11098.97
Total rejected ballots 3331.03
Turnout 32,44372.04
Electors 45,034
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2003 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLise Thériault17,57253.69
Parti QuébécoisFrance Bachand10,57332.30
Action démocratiqueMartin Janson4,31913.20
Marxist–LeninistHélène Héroux2660.81
Total valid votes 32,73098.46
Rejected and declined votes 5131.54
Turnout 33,24373.30
Electors on the lists 45,350
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
Quebec provincial by-election, April 15, 2002: Anjou
Party Candidate Votes%
LiberalLise Thériault8,84554.59
Parti QuébécoisAude Vézina4,27526.38
Action démocratiqueNathalie Proulx2,84817.58
GreenDavid Hamel1631.01
IndependentRégent Millette720.44
Total valid votes 16,20398.91
Rejected and declined votes 1781.09
Turnout 16,38146.62
Electors on the lists 35,134
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References
  1. "Landry's PQ loses three Quebec byelections". CBC News. April 16, 2002. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  2. "Charest names Quebec's new cabinet". Montreal Gazette. December 17, 2008. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  3. "One new member, but all familiar faces, in Cabinet shuffle". CTV News. August 11, 2010. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  4. "Philippe Couillard unveils new Liberal cabinet". CBC News. April 23, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  5. "Liberal MNA Lise Thériault to leave politics at the end of her mandate". CTV News. August 30, 2021. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
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