Luc Thériault | |
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| Member of Parliament forMontcalm | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Manon Perreault |
| Member of theNational Assembly of Québec forMasson | |
| In office April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Gilles Labbé |
| Succeeded by | Ginette Grandmont |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1960-01-31)January 31, 1960 (age 65) |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations | Québec debout(2018) Parti Québécois(provincial) |
| Residence | Mascouche, Quebec[1] |
| Profession | Professor |
Luc ThériaultMP (born January 31, 1960) is a Canadian academic and politician.[2] As a member of theParti Québécois, he served as aMember of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007, representing theMasson electoral district. In 2015, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representingMontcalm, as a member of theBloc Québécois. He served as theBloc Québécois House Leader from 2015 until 2017, and was the party's representative on theSpecial Committee on Electoral Reform.
Thériault, along with six other Bloc MPs, resigned from the Bloc's caucus to sit as an independent MP on February 28, 2018 citing conflicts with the leadership style ofMartine Ouellet.[3] He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.[4]
Since 2021 he has served as the critic of health, medical aid in dying and drug licensing in theBloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet.[5] In 2022, Thériault sponsored the private member's billAn Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management), Bill C-282.[6][7]
Thériault was born inMontreal. He attendedUniversité du Québec à Montréal, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1984 and a Masters in political philosophy in 1988. He later earned aDESS inbioethics at theUniversité de Montréal in 2002.
After obtaining his master's degree, he taught philosophy atCollège de Maisonneuve from 1985 to 2003. He also coachedwater polo from 1979 to 1988.
He served as a member of the Ethics Committee of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital and Jeanne-Le Ber nursing home from 2000 to 2003. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Maisonneuve Cooperative School (Coopérative scolaire Maisonneuve) from 2001 to 2003.
He was bureau chief for Parti Québécois inVille-Marie, Montreal from 1999 to 2003. He was elected in the2003 Quebec general election, succeedingGilles Labbé. He was defeated in the2007 Quebec general election byGinette Grandmont.
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Montcalm | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Thériault | 27,268 | 46.60 | −6.62 | ||||
| Liberal | Fatima Badran | 15,769 | 26.95 | +6.97 | ||||
| Conservative | Jean-Sébastien Lepage | 13,589 | 23.22 | +11.54 | ||||
| New Democratic | Denis Perreault | 1,893 | 3.23 | −3.04 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,519 | 97.84 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,291 | 2.16 | ||||||
| Turnout | 59,810 | 64.10 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 93,303 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécoisnotional hold | Swing | −6.80 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations. | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Montcalm | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Thériault | 27,378 | 53.2 | -4.8 | $28,966.29 | |||
| Liberal | Javeria Qureshi | 10,196 | 19.8 | -0.6 | $5,445.75 | |||
| Conservative | Gisèle Desroches | 6,011 | 11.7 | +2.7 | $6,098.27 | |||
| New Democratic | Oulai B. Goué | 3,218 | 6.3 | -0.1 | $287.44 | |||
| People's | Bruno Beaudry | 2,258 | 4.4 | +3.4 | $0.00 | |||
| Green | Mathieu Goyette | 1,317 | 2.6 | -1.8 | $0.00 | |||
| Free | Robert Bellerose | 1,074 | 2.1 | N/A | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 51,452 | 97.5 | – | $120,692.56 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,337 | 2.5 | ||||||
| Turnout | 52,789 | 57.0 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 92,547 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécoishold | Swing | +2.1 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[10] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Montcalm | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Thériault | 31,791 | 58.01 | +21.40 | $43,460.97 | |||
| Liberal | Isabel Sayegh | 11,200 | 20.44 | -6.88 | $33,958.89 | |||
| Conservative | Gisèle DesRoches | 4,942 | 9.02 | -0.59 | none listed | |||
| New Democratic | Julian Bonello-Stauch | 3,514 | 6.41 | -17.04 | $0.10 | |||
| Green | Mathieu Goyette | 2,416 | 4.41 | +2.57 | none listed | |||
| People's | Hugo Clenin | 524 | 0.96 | – | none listed | |||
| Indépendance du Québec | Marc Labelle | 419 | 0.76 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 54,806 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,311 | 1.48 | -0.72 | |||||
| Turnout | 56,117 | 63.39 | -1.53 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 88,525 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécoishold | Swing | +14.14 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[11][12] | ||||||||
| 2015 Canadian federal election:Montcalm | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Luc Thériault | 19,405 | 36.61 | +5.17 | $17,567.65 | |||
| Liberal | Louis-Charles Thouin | 14,484 | 27.32 | +22.4 | $70,923.39 | |||
| New Democratic | Martin Leclerc | 12,431 | 23.45 | -28.45 | $65,982.01 | |||
| Conservative | Gisèle Desroches | 5,093 | 9.61 | +1.66 | $6,282.61 | |||
| Green | Yumi Yow Mei Ang | 976 | 1.84 | -1.95 | – | |||
| Strength in Democracy | Manon Perreault | 620 | 1.17 | –51.80 | $4,015.36 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 53,009 | 100.0 | $220,941.63 | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,226 | 2.20 | +0.41 | |||||
| Turnout | 54,235 | 64.92 | +3.16 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 83,532 | |||||||
| Bloc Québécoisnotional gain fromStrength in Democracy | Swing | +16.78 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[13][14] | ||||||||
| 2007 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Action démocratique | Ginette Grandmont | 18,808 | 43.83 | +21.66 | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Luc Thériault | 15,414 | 35.92 | -8.91 | ||||
| Liberal | Denise Cloutier | 6,058 | 14.12 | -18.88 | ||||
| Green | Jean Bonneau | 1,569 | 3.66 | – | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Marco Legrand | 1,059 | 2.47 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 42,908 | 98.78 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 529 | 1.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 43,437 | 74.30 | +3.44 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 58,459 | – | – | |||||
| Action démocratiquegain fromParti Québécois | Swing | +15.29 | ||||||
| 2003 Quebec general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Luc Thériault | 15,445 | 44.83 | -19.20 | ||||
| Liberal | Richard Marcotte | 11,371 | 33.00 | +16.73 | ||||
| Action démocratique | Nathalie Filion | 7,637 | 22.17 | +4.22 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 34,453 | 97.72 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 803 | 2.28 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 35,256 | 70.86 | +10.71 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 49,756 | – | – | |||||
| Parti Québécoishold | Swing | -17.97 | ||||||
| 2013 Mascouche mayoral election | ||||
| Party | Mayoral candidate | Vote | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision démocratique de Mascouche - Équipe Guillaume Tremblay | Guillaume Tremblay | 9,438 | 53.70 | |
| Équipe Luc Thériault | Luc Thériault | 6,296 | 35.82 | |
| Independent | Pierre Nevraumont | 1,842 | 10.48 | |
| Total | 17,576 | 100.00 | ||
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