Élisabeth Brière | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| In office March 14, 2025 – May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Darren Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Jill McKnight |
| Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency[a] | |
| In office December 20, 2024 – May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Marie-Claude Bibeau |
| Succeeded by | François-Philippe Champagne |
| Member of Parliament forSherbrooke | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Luc Dusseault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 57–58) Quebec City,Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence(s) | Sherbrooke, Quebec |
Élisabeth Brière (French pronunciation:[elizabɛtbʁiɛʁ]; born 1967 or 1968) is a Canadian politician and notary who has served as themember of Parliament in for theriding ofSherbrooke since 2019 as a member of theLiberal Party. She served asMinister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency from December 2024 to May 2025 and asMinister of Veterans Affairs from March to May, 2025.
Brière was born in 1967 or 1968 inQuebec City,Quebec.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Laws at theUniversité de Sherbrooke and obtained a diploma in notarial law in 1991, as well as a certificate in business administration in 1993.[2]
Before entering politics, Brière worked as a notary for nearly 30 years.[3] She also lectured at the Université de Sherbrooke[2] and served as the president of Maison Aube-Lumière, a palliative care residence.[4]
In August 2019, Brière was confirmed as theLiberal Party's candidate for theriding ofSherbrooke in advance of the2019 federal election.[4] On October 21, she unseatedNDP incumbentPierre-Luc Dusseault.[5] She was the first woman elected in the riding and the first Liberal elected sinceIrénée Pelletier in1984.[4]
Brière was re-elected in the2021 and2025 elections. She was appointedMinister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency in December 2024 andMinister of Veterans Affairs in March 2025, a week before the election was called. She was dropped from cabinet in May 2025.[6][7]
Brière is married and has three sons.[3]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Élisabeth Brière | 31,249 | 51.29 | +13.75 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Pierre-Étienne Rouillard | 16,224 | 26.63 | –2.38 | ||||
| Conservative | Esteban Méndez-Hord | 7,983 | 13.10 | +0.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Fortier | 3,516 | 5.77 | –8.16 | ||||
| Green | Kevin McKenna | 1,383 | 2.27 | –0.60 | ||||
| People's | Alexandre Lépine | 576 | 0.95 | –1.52 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,931 | 98.63 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 845 | 1.37 | -0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 61,776 | 67.80 | +2.65 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,110 | |||||||
| Liberalnotional hold | Swing | +8.07 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Élisabeth Brière | 21,830 | 37.5 | +8.2 | $49,489.03 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Ensaf Haidar | 16,848 | 29.0 | +3.1 | $32,613.67 | |||
| New Democratic | Marika Lalime | 8,107 | 13.9 | -14.4 | $5,314.88 | |||
| Conservative | Andrea Winters | 7,490 | 12.9 | +2.3 | $8,864.11 | |||
| Green | Marie-Clarisse Berger | 1,670 | 2.9 | -1.6 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Marcela Niculescu | 1,453 | 2.5 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Free | Maxime Boivin | 787 | 1.4 | – | $2.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,185 | 97.7 | – | $119,070.42 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,355 | 2.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 59,540 | 65.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,743 | |||||||
| Liberalhold | Swing | +2.6 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election:Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Élisabeth Brière | 17,490 | 29.3 | -0.5 | $41,211.61 | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre-Luc Dusseault | 16,881 | 28.3 | -9.0 | $34,349.81 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Claude Forgues | 15,470 | 25.9 | +5.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Dany Sévigny | 6,362 | 10.6 | +1.2 | ||||
| Green | Mathieu Morin | 2,716 | 4.5 | +3.3 | $1,651.14 | |||
| Independent | Edwin Moreno | 471 | 0.8 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Steve Côté | 219 | 0.4 | |||||
| No affiliation | Hubert Richard | 117 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,726 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,003 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,729 | 68.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,936 | |||||||
| Liberalgain fromNew Democratic | Swing | +4.25 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||