Luc Thériault

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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 Parti Québécois
Profession	Professor

Luc Thériault (born January 31, 1960) is a Canadian academic and politician. 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, in addition he serves as the Bloc Québécois House Leader.

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 Quebec general election, 2003, succeeding Gilles Labbé. He was defeated in the Quebec general election, 2007 by Ginette Grandmont.

Electoral record

Federal

Canadian federal election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	∆%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Luc Thériault	19,405	36.6	+5.16	–
	Liberal	Louis-Charles Thouin	14,484	27.3	+22.38	–
	New Democratic	Martin Leclerc	12,431	23.5	-28.4	–
	Conservative	Gisèle Desroches	5,093	9.6	+1.65	–
	Green	Yumi Yow Mei Ang	976	1.8	-1.99	–
	Strength in Democracy	Manon Perreault	620	1.2	–	–
Total valid votes/Expense limit			53,009	100.0		$219,524.51
Total rejected ballots			1,226	2.2	+0.41
Turnout			54,235	64.92	+3.16
Eligible voters			83,532
	Bloc Québécois gain from New Democratic		Swing		+16.78
Source: Elections Canada

Provincial

Quebec general election, 2007
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

Quebec general election, 2003
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

External links

• Luc Thériault biography via National Assembly of Quebec