Émilise Lessard-Therrien

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Émilise Lessard-Therrien
Lessard-Therrien in 2022
Co-Spokesperson for Québec Solidaire
In office
November 26, 2023 – April 29, 2024
Preceded byManon Massé
Succeeded byChristine Labrie (interim)
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
In office
October 1, 2018 – August 28, 2022
Preceded byLuc Blanchette
Succeeded byDaniel Bernard
Personal details
Born (1991-11-27) November 27, 1991 (age 32)
Duhamel-Ouest, Quebec, Canada
Political partyQuébec solidaire
ResidenceDuhamel-Ouest, Québec
EducationUQAM
Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
ProfessionTeacher, organic farmer

Émilise Lessard-Therrien (born November 27, 1991) is a Québécoise politician, who is serving as a co-spokesperson of Québec solidaire since November 2023. She was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 Quebec general election.[1] She represented the electoral district of Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue as a member of Québec solidaire until her defeat in the 2022 Quebec general election.[2]

In November 2023, Lessard-Therrien was elected co-spokesperson of Québec Solidaire at the party congress in Gatineau, defeating Ruba Ghazal and Christine Labrie. She obtained 50.3% of the votes in the second round, against 49.7% for Ghazal.[3] After taking leave for health reasons in late March 2024,[4] she resigned as co-spokesperson on April 29 of the same year.[5]

She is a proponent of Quebec independence, regional decentralization and food sovereignty in Quebec. She is engaged in campaigns against arsenic pollution emitted by the copper factory Fonderie Horne in Rouyn-Noranda.[6]

In March 2019, Lessard-Therrien in an interview expressed concern over possible land grabs in the province by Chinese investors. She said that, with climate change, Quebec would be one of the few places left with good, arable land and fresh water in a few years’ time and that the Temiscamingue region had much unexploited land that was being scouted by Chinese investors. She also said "Between us, we call them predators," she said. "They are predators of agricultural land. And we see them, we feel them. And what I’m saying is that fallow land still has potential to be farmed again, but land that belongs to China may never feed Quebecers, and it’s important that we be concerned now."[7][8] Responding to the criticism, she acknowledged that her statement was badly formulated, and that she was critical of large investors dominating agricultural lands, no matter where they are from.[9]

Electoral record

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2022 Quebec general election: Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Coalition Avenir Québec Daniel Bernard 12,975 45.16 +14.82
Québec solidaire Émilise Lessard-Therrien 8,890 30.94 -1.14
Parti Québécois Jean-François Vachon 3,232 11.25 -7.06
Conservative Robert Daigle 2,202 7.66 +6.79
Liberal Arnaud Warolin 1,255 4.37 -12.02
Green Chantal Corswarem 178 0.62 -0.72
Total valid votes 28,732 98.93 –
Total rejected ballots 310 1.07 -0.29
Turnout 29,042 64.91 -0.69
Electors on the lists 44,742 – –
Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Québec solidaire Swing +7.98
2018 Quebec general election: Rouyn-Noranda–Témiscamingue
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Québec solidaire Émilise Lessard-Therrien 9,304 32.08 +20.52
Coalition Avenir Québec Jérémy G. Bélanger 8,798 30.33 +13.07
Parti Québécois Gilles Chapadeau 5,311 18.31 -13.92
Liberal Luc Blanchette 4,753 16.39 -21.59
Green Jessica Wells 389 1.34
Conservative Guillaume Lanouette 253 0.87
Citoyens au pouvoir Fernand St-Georges 195 0.67
Total valid votes 29,003 98.64
Total rejected ballots 400 1.36 -0.81
Turnout 29,403 65.60 +1.35
Eligible voters 44,824
Québec solidaire gain from Liberal Swing +21.06
Source(s)
"Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

References

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  1. ^ Page, Julia (October 2, 2018) [October 1, 2018]. "Québec Solidaire triples number of seats, gets off island of Montreal". CBC News. Archived from the original on July 18, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  2. ^ "Élections 2022 : Émilise Lessard-Therrien défaite dans Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue" [Election 2022: Émilise Lessard-Therrien defeated in Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue]. TVA Abitibi-Témiscamingue (in French). October 4, 2022. Archived from the original on March 28, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  3. ^ "Émilise Lessard-Therrien devient la nouvelle co-porte-parole de Québec solidaire" [Émilise Lessard-Therrien becomes Québec solidaire's new co-spokesperson]. Radio-Canada (in French). November 26, 2023. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Radio-Canada. "Émilise Lessard-Therrien ennuyée par un « souci de santé »" [Émilise Lessard-Therrien bothered by “health concerns”]. CBC (in French). Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  5. ^ Radio-Canada. "Émilise Lessard-Therrien démissionne de son poste de co-porte-parole de Québec solidaire" [Émilise Lessard-Therrien resigns from her position as co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire]. CBC (in French). Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  6. ^ Léveillé, Jean-Thomas (July 4, 2022). "Émissions d'arsenic à Rouyn-Noranda: La députée qu'on voulait faire taire" [Arsenic emissions in Rouyn-Noranda: The MNA they wanted to silence]. La Presse (in French). Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  7. ^ Olivier, Annabelle (March 3, 2019). "Montreal Chinese community demands apology from Québec Solidaire MNA". Global News. Archived from the original on November 26, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  8. ^ Lalonde, Michelle (March 4, 2019). "Marchers demand Québec solidaire apologize for MNA's "racist" comments". Montreal Gazette. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
  9. ^ Bernard, Eric. "«Prédateurs Chinois» : Les excuses de la députée QS" ["Chinese predators": Québec solidaire MNA apologizes]. La vie agricole (in French). Archived from the original on November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
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