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
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 (age 58)
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

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2014 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Lise Thériault 16,049 50.81 +10.69
Parti Québécois Yasmina Chouakri 7,326 23.19 -7.78
Coalition Avenir Québec Richard Campeau 5,315 16.83 -2.9
Québec solidaire Marlène Lessard 2,448 7.75 +0.48
Green Annibal Teclou 303 0.96
Option nationale Raphaël Couture 147 0.47 -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 % ±%
Liberal Lise Thériault 12,953 40.12 -10.32
Parti Québécois Martine Roux 9,998 30.97 -3.47
Coalition Avenir Québec Richard Campeau 6,371 19.73 +11.05
Québec solidaire Marlène Lessard 2,347 7.27 +3.63
Option nationale Raphaël Couture 407 1.26  
Coalition pour la constituante Samuel Stohl 113 0.35  
Marxist–Leninist Linda Sullivan 99 0.31  
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 %
Liberal Lise Thériault 13,082 50.44
Parti Québécois Sébastien Richard 8,930 34.43
Action démocratique Jacques Lachapelle 2,252 8.68
Québec solidaire Francine Gagné 944 3.64
Green Sylvie Morneau 727 2.80
Total valid votes 25,935 98.54
Total rejected ballots 385 1.46
Turnout 26,320 58.88
Electors 44,703
2007 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lise Thériault 13,280 41.36
Parti Québécois Sébastien Richard 8,795 27.39
Action démocratique Lorraine Laperrière 7,409 23.07
Green Alain Bissonnette 1,376 4.29
Québec solidaire Francine Gagné 1,151 3.58
Marxist–Leninist Hélène Héroux 99 0.31
Total valid votes 32,110 98.97
Total rejected ballots 333 1.03
Turnout 32,443 72.04
Electors 45,034
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.
2003 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberal Lise Thériault 17,572 53.69
Parti Québécois France Bachand 10,573 32.30
Action démocratique Martin Janson 4,319 13.20
Marxist–Leninist Hélène Héroux 266 0.81
Total valid votes 32,730 98.46
Rejected and declined votes 513 1.54
Turnout 33,243 73.30
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 %
Liberal Lise Thériault 8,845 54.59
Parti Québécois Aude Vézina 4,275 26.38
Action démocratique Nathalie Proulx 2,848 17.58
Green David Hamel 163 1.01
Independent Régent Millette 72 0.44
Total valid votes 16,203 98.91
Rejected and declined votes 178 1.09
Turnout 16,381 46.62
Electors on the lists 35,134
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

References

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  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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Political offices
Preceded by Deputy Premier of Quebec
2014–2017
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of the Status of Women
2016–present
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by Minister of Public Security
2014–2016
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister of Labour
2010–2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities
2005–2007
Succeeded by