Lise Thériault (born January 7, 1966) is a former Canadian politician. She is a former Member of the

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representing the riding of

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in Montreal. She was the

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and Minister for the Status of Women in the

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government. Before entering politics, Thériault was for eight years a sales director and was also for nine years an editor and co-founder of ''l'Édition – Le Journal des Gens d'affaires''. She was an administration member of the Chamber of Commerce of Eastern Montreal, the CDEC

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/Montreal (a development organization) and the Collège Marie-Victorin. She was also a co-founder of a long-term care facility in Montreal. She was elected in Anjou in a by-election in 2002 and re-elected in 2003. She was named the Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities from 2005 to 2007 and was re-elected in the

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Jean Charest John James "Jean" Charest (; born June 24, 1958) is a Canadian lawyer and former politician who served as the 29th premier of Quebec from 2003 to 2012 and the fifth deputy prime minister of Canada in 1993. Charest was elected to the House o ...

did not reappoint her to cabinet in 2007, and

Yolande James Yolande James (born November 21, 1977 in Montreal, Quebec) is a former Quebec provincial politician. She was the first black female MNA and the youngest, as well as the first black cabinet minister in Quebec history. A member of the Quebec Lib ...

succeeded her to become the first ever

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cabinet minister in Quebec. After the 2008 elections, she was named the delegate Minister for Social Services until 2010 where she replaced

Sam Hamad Sam Hamad (born June 17, 1958) is a Canadian politician. He is the former member of National Assembly (MNA) for the riding of Louis-Hebert in the Quebec City region. Member of the Quebec Liberal Party, he was the Minister for Transports and he ...

as Minister of Labor. Following the 2014 election, she was named Deputy Premier of Quebec and the first woman to become Minister of Public Security in the history of Quebec. In 2016, she was reassigned to the Status of Women portfolio but remained deputy premier until 2017. She decided not to seek re-election for the 2022 Quebec Provincial election.

Electoral record

^ Change is from redistributed results. CAQ change is from ADQ.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Theriault, Lise 1966 births Living people Deputy premiers of Quebec Franco-Ontarian people Members of the Executive Council of Quebec People from Anjou, Quebec Politicians from Montreal Politicians from Toronto Quebec Liberal Party MNAs Women government ministers of Canada Women MNAs in Quebec 21st-century Canadian women politicians