Luc Thériault

Luc Thériault MP (born January 31, 1960) is a Canadian academic and politician.[1] As a member of the Parti Québécois, 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 Bloc Québécois. He served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader from 2015 until 2017, and was the party's representative on the Special Committee on Electoral Reform.

For the producer, Luc Thériault, see Météo+. For the table tennis player, see Pierre-Luc Thériault.

Luc Thériault MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Montcalm
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2015
Preceded by	Manon Perreault
Member of the National Assembly of Québec for Masson
In office April 14, 2003 – March 26, 2007
Preceded by	Gilles Labbé
Succeeded by	Ginette Grandmont
Personal details
Born	(1960-01-31) January 31, 1960 Montreal, Quebec
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Other political affiliations	Québec debout (2018) Parti Québécois (provincial)
Profession	Professor

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 Martine Ouellet.[2] He rejoined the Bloc Québécois caucus on September 17, 2018.[3]

Life and career

Thériault was born in Montreal. He attended Université du Québec à Montréal, earning a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1984 and a Masters in political philosophy in 1988. He later earned a DESS in bioethics at the Université de Montréal in 2002.

After obtaining his master's degree, he taught philosophy at Collège de Maisonneuve from 1985 to 2003. He also coached water polo 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 Ville-Marie, Montreal from 1999 to 2003. He was elected in the 2003 Quebec general election, succeeding Gilles Labbé. He was defeated in the 2007 Quebec general election by Ginette Grandmont.

Electoral record

Federal

2019 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Thériault	31,791	58.01	+21.40
	Liberal	Isabel Sayegh	11,200	20.44	-6.88
	Conservative	Gisèle DesRoches	4,942	9.02	-0.59
	New Democratic	Julian Bonello-Stauch	3,514	6.41	-17.04
	Green	Mathieu Goyette	2,416	4.41	+2.57
	People's	Hugo Clenin	524	0.96	–
	Indépendence du Québec	Marc Labelle	419	0.76	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			54,806	100.0
Total rejected ballots			1,311	1.48	-0.72
Turnout			56,117	63.39	-1.53
Eligible voters			88,525
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]

2015 Canadian federal election: Montcalm
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Thériault	19,405	36.61	+5.17	$17,567.65
	Liberal	Louis-Charles Thouin	14,484	27.32	+22.4	$70,923.39
	New Democratic	Martin Leclerc	12,431	23.45	-28.45	$65,982.01
	Conservative	Gisèle Desroches	5,093	9.61	+1.66	$6,282.61
	Green	Yumi Yow Mei Ang	976	1.84	-1.95	–
	Strength in Democracy	Manon Perreault	620	1.17	–	$4,015.36
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,009	100.0		$220,941.63
Total rejected ballots			1,226	2.20	+0.41
Turnout			54,235	64.92	+3.16
Eligible voters			83,532
	Bloc Québécois notional gain from Strength in Democracy		Swing		+16.78
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

Provincial

2007 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Action démocratique	Ginette Grandmont	18,808	43.83	+21.66
	Parti Québécois	Luc Thériault	15,414	35.92	-8.91
	Liberal	Denise Cloutier	6,058	14.12	-18.88
	Green	Jean Bonneau	1,569	3.66	–
	Québec solidaire	Marco Legrand	1,059	2.47	–
Total valid votes			42,908	98.78	–
Total rejected ballots			529	1.22	–
Turnout			43,437	74.30	+3.44
Electors on the lists			58,459	–	–
	Action démocratique gain from Parti Québécois		Swing		+15.29

2003 Quebec general election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Luc Thériault	15,445	44.83	-19.20
	Liberal	Richard Marcotte	11,371	33.00	+16.73
	Action démocratique	Nathalie Filion	7,637	22.17	+4.22
Total valid votes			34,453	97.72	–
Total rejected ballots			803	2.28	–
Turnout			35,256	70.86	+10.71
Electors on the lists			49,756	–	–
	Parti Québécois hold		Swing		-17.97

Municipal

2013 Mascouche mayoral election
Party		Mayoral candidate	Vote	%
	Vision démocratique de Mascouche - Équipe Guillaume Tremblay	Guillaume Tremblay	9,438	53.70
	Équipe Luc Thériault	Luc Thériault	6,296	35.82
	Independent	Pierre Nevraumont	1,842	10.48
Total			17,576	100.00

References

1. Adam, Melanie (March 26, 2007). Luc Thériault : une longue journée. Le Trait d'Union
2. Allard, Clement (February 28, 2018). "Seven of 10 Bloc Quebecois MPs quit over Martine Ouellet's leadership". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
3. "5 Bloc Québécois MPs who quit party returning to the fold". CBC News. September 17, 2018. Retrieved September 17, 2018.
4. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
5. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
6. Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Montcalm, 30 September 2015
7. Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates

External links

• Luc Thériault biography via National Assembly of Quebec