Luc Thériault (born January 31, 1960) is a Canadian academic and politician.Adam, Melanie (March 26, 2007)
Luc Thériault : une longue journée.
'' Le Trait d'Union'' As a member of the

Parti Québécois The Parti Québécois (PQ; , ) is a sovereignist and social democratic provincial political party in Quebec, Canada. The PQ advocates national sovereignty for Quebec involving independence of the province of Quebec from Canada and establishi ...

, he served as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 2003 to 2007, representing the Masson electoral district. In 2015, he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons representing Montcalm, as a member of the

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. He served as the

House Leader from 2015 until 2017, and was the party's representative on the Special 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 of

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. He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018. Since 2021 he has served as the critic of health, medical aid in dying and drug licensing in the Bloc Québécois Shadow Cabinet. In 2022, Thériault sponsored the private member's bill An Act to amend the Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Act (supply management), Bill C-282.

Life and career

Thériault was born in

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. He attended

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, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1984 and a Masters in political philosophy in 1988. He later earned a DESS in

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at the

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in 2002. After obtaining his master's degree, he taught philosophy at

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from 1985 to 2003. He also coached

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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 in

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from 1999 to 2003. He was elected in the

2003 Quebec general election The 2003 Quebec general election was held on April 14, 2003, to elect members of the National Assembly of Quebec (Canada). The Parti libéral du Québec (PLQ), led by Jean Charest, defeated the incumbent Parti Québécois, led by Premier Berna ...

, succeeding Gilles Labbé. He was defeated in the

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by Ginette Grandmont.

Electoral record

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Provincial

Municipal

References

External links

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Luc Thériault biography
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Living people 1960 births Academics from Montreal Parti Québécois MNAs Bloc Québécois MPs Canadian educators 20th-century Canadian philosophers 21st-century Canadian philosophers Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec Politicians from Montreal Université du Québec à Montréal alumni Université de Montréal alumni Québec debout MPs People from Mascouche 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{BlocQuébécois-MP-stub