Alexis Wawanoloath (born July 15, 1982) is a

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politician. He was a member of

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for the riding of

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, representing the

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. He is a member of the

Abenaki The Abenaki (Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are an Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was predom ...

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. The son of Christine Sioui-Wawanoloath and Gaston Larouche and descendant of

Gray Lock Gray Lock (or Greylock, born Wawanotewat, Wawanolet, or Wawanolewat), was a Western Abenaki warrior chieftain of Woronoco/Pocumtuck ancestry who came to lead the Missisquoi Abenaki band, and whose direct descendants have led the Missisquoi Aben ...

, he studied at the

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. Wawanoloath worked as a technician in social work at the l'Or-et-des-Bois School Board, an educator at a child daycare centre and a host for the Centre polyvalent pour jeunes autochthones in Val-d'Or. He was the president of the youth aboriginal council and an administrator at the

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youth forum. Wawanoloath became the first aboriginal member ever elected to the National Assembly since Ludger Bastien, defeating

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incumbent Pierre Corbeil in the

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. He was named the PQ critic for youth by

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. He ran again in the 2008 election and was defeated by Corbeil. On December 1, 2013, he was elected as councillor in the Abenakis of Odanak council.

References

External links

PQ webpage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wawanoloath, Alexis 1982 births Living people Parti Québécois MNAs People from Val-d'Or Abenaki people First Nations politicians Francophone Quebec people 21st-century Canadian politicians