Alexandre Boulerice MP
Boulerice in September 2016
Deputy Leader of theNew Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office March 11, 2019 Serving with Sheri Benson (2019)
Leader	Jagmeet Singh Don Davies (interim)
Preceded by	David Christopherson
Succeeded by
Other leadership positions House Leader of theNew Democratic Party Incumbent Assumed office May 28, 2025 Leader Don Davies (interim) Preceded by Peter Julian Quebec lieutenant of theNew Democratic Party Incumbent Assumed office April 19, 2012 Leader Tom Mulcair Jagmeet Singh Don Davies (interim) Preceded by Tom Mulcair
Member of Parliament forRosemont—La Petite-Patrie
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2, 2011
Preceded by	Bernard Bigras
Shadow Minister for Labour
In office April 19, 2012 – November 19, 2015
Leader	Tom Mulcair
Preceded by	Yvon Godin
Succeeded by	Gerard Deltell
Shadow Minister for the Treasury Board
In office May 26, 2011 – April 18, 2012
Leader	Jack Layton Nycole Turmel
Preceded by	Siobhan Coady
Succeeded by	Mathieu Ravignat
Personal details
Born	(1973-06-18)June 18, 1973 (age 52) Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu,Quebec, Canada
Party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Lisa Djevahirdjian
Residence(s)	Montreal,Quebec, Canada
Alma mater	Université de Montréal McGill University
Profession	Communications adviser community activist journalist
Website	www.boulerice.org

Alexandre BoulericeMP (French pronunciation:[alɛksɑ̃dʁ(ə)bulʁis]; born June 18, 1973) is a Canadian politician who has represented the riding ofRosemont—La Petite-Patrie in theHouse of Commons of Canada as a member of theNew Democratic Party (NDP) since the2011 election.^[1]

He is currently the NDP'sQuebec lieutenant; he was appointed as the Deputy Leader of the New Democratic Party on March 11, 2019, by party leaderJagmeet Singh. As of the2019 federal election, Boulerice is the only NDP MP fromQuebec and since the2025 federal election, he is the only NDP MP from east of Winnipeg.

Alexandre Boulerice was born June 18, 1973,^[2] inSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu. He started working at age 15 as a lifeguard for the municipality and then went on to become pool manager. After hisCEGEP years, he studied sociology at theUniversité de Montréal and completed graduate coursework in political science atMcGill University, though he did not earn a master's degree.^{[citation needed]}

Subsequently, he worked as a TV journalist (LCN,TVA), while being involved in his local union as vice-president of local 687 of theCanadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE). He has also worked for a community group, l'Union des travailleurs et travailleuses accidentés de Montréal (UTTAM). He then became a communications consultant for CUPE.^[3]

Alexandre Boulerice has been active in theNew Democratic Party since the late 1990s. He first ran in the2008 federal election and finished in third with 16.26 percent of the vote, well behindBloc Québécois incumbentBernard Bigras. He then became the vice president of communications for the Quebec section of the NDP, under the presidency ofFrançoise Boivin.^{[citation needed]}

In theMay 2, 2011, federal election, the NDP received 30.6 per cent of the votes, which translated into 103 seats in the House of Commons, of which more than half (fifty-nine) were from Quebec. This result allowed the NDP to form theOfficial Opposition in the House of Commons for the first time in history. This electoral breakthrough is now known as "la vague orange" (Orange Crush). One of those seats belonged to Boulerice, who won a decisive victory with 50.8 per cent of the vote, finishing 9,700 votes ahead of Bigras.^[4] The NDP had never finished higher than third in the riding or its predecessors before.

On May 26, 2011, NDP leaderJack Layton appointed Boulerice to theShadow Cabinet as opposition critic for theTreasury Board of Canada. In April 2012, new leaderTom Mulcair reassigned him to be Labour critic, and then as deputy Ethics and Access to Information critic.^[5]

In the2012 leadership election, he supportedBrian Topp.^[6]

After the2015 election, in which the NDP fell back to third place in the federal seat count and theLiberal Party won a majority government, Mulcair appointed Boulerice to be the NDP'sQuebec lieutenant, as well as its critic for Ethics and deputy critic forDemocratic Reform in the42nd Canadian Parliament.^[7] He also served as one of two New Democrats on theSpecial Committee on Electoral Reform.^{[citation needed]}

Following the 2016 federal NDP convention's non-confidence vote in Tom Mulcair's leadership, various media outlets mentioned Alexandre Boulerice as apotential candidate, includingThe Globe and Mail,The Canadian Press, and columnists such as Lysiane Gagon. CBC TV quoted him a few days after the convention saying it was "too early" to decide whether to run. He eventually supportedPeter Julian's candidacy^[8] and did not back any of the remaining candidates (Charlie Angus,Niki Ashton,Guy Caron, or eventual victorJagmeet Singh) after Julian withdrew^[9] from the race.

In early 2017, Boulerice was named Finance critic for the NDP.^{[citation needed]}

He was re-elected in the 2019 and2021 federal elections and was subsequently the only NDP MP returned from Quebec.^{[citation needed]}

In fall 2011, Boulerice tabled Bill C-307, aprivate member's bill "For the reassignment of pregnant and lactating women",^[10] to protect the rights of pregnant and lactating women who must leave their jobs to protect their health or the health of their child. This bill was intended to allow all workers to receive a reassignment under the provisions in force in their respective provinces. Quebec workers covered by the Labour Code of Quebec can receive benefits from the Workplace Health and Safety (OSH) in the program, "For safe motherhood." This bill was intended to allow workers covered by the Labour Code of Canada receive the same benefits and not be penalized during their pregnancy.

This bill was rejected with 169 votes against and 108 votes in favour in May 2012.

In December 2013,Canada Post's board of directors announced that it would be gradually putting an end to door-to-door mail delivery, leading to the elimination of 6,000 to 8,000 jobs.^[11] Boulerice was one of the first to oppose the cuts by promptly launching a petition^[12] to inform citizens of the consequences of such a decision. Bolstered by broad public mobilization and mounting political reactions, he collaborated with theCanadian Union of Postal Workers to tour Quebec in order to explain the changes and to garner support against the decision.^[13] He ended his campaign by submitting a brief before the Commission sur le développement social et la diversité of the City of Montreal, which studied the impacts of ending door-to-door mail delivery on the installation of community mailboxes in densely populated areas, and on the quality of life of seniors and disabled people.

On April 10, 2007, Boulerice wrote on aQuebecleft-wing politicsblog,Presse-Toi A Gauche,^[14] praising those who objected to and actively resistedCanada's participation in theFirst World War, which he described as "a purelycapitalist war on the backs of the workers and peasants". Boulerice further criticised the celebration of theBattle of Vimy Ridge, led by the Conservative government under thenPrime MinisterStephen Harper, saying that "thousands of poor wretches were slaughtered to take possession of a hill."^[15]

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