Lise Thériault

Lise Thériault (born January 7, 1966) is a former Canadian politician. She is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec representing the riding of Anjou–Louis-Riel in Montreal. She was the Deputy Premier of Quebec and Minister for the Status of Women in the Couillard government.

Lise Thériault
Theriault (right)
Deputy Premier of Quebec
In office April 23, 2014 – October 11, 2017
Premier	Philippe Couillard
Preceded by	François Gendron
Succeeded by	Dominique Anglade
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Anjou–Louis-Riel Anjou (2002–2012)
In office April 15, 2002 – August 28, 2022
Preceded by	Jean-Sébastien Lamoureux
Succeeded by	Karine Boivin Roy
Personal details
Born	(1966-01-07) January 7, 1966 (age 59) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Political party	Quebec Liberal Party
Residence(s)	Anjou (Montreal), Quebec
Profession	Editor, businesswoman
Cabinet	Minister of the Status of Women
Portfolio	Minister of Immigration, Minister of Labour, Minister of Public Security

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 Anjou/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^[1] 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 2007 elections. Jean Charest did not reappoint her to cabinet in 2007, and Yolande James succeeded her to become the first ever Black cabinet minister in Quebec.

After the 2008 elections, she was named the delegate Minister for Social Services^[2] until 2010 where she replaced Sam Hamad as Minister of Labor.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Electoral record

2014 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	16,049	50.81	+10.69
	Parti Québécois	Yasmina Chouakri	7,326	23.19	-7.78
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Richard Campeau	5,315	16.83	-2.9
	Québec solidaire	Marlène Lessard	2,448	7.75	+0.48
	Green	Annibal Teclou	303	0.96	–
	Option nationale	Raphaël Couture	147	0.47	-0.79
Total valid votes			31,588	98.58	–
Total rejected ballots			454	1.42	–
Turnout			32,042	73.29	-2.04
Electors on the lists			43,718	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		–

2012 Quebec general election: Anjou–Louis-Riel
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	12,953	40.12	-10.32
	Parti Québécois	Martine Roux	9,998	30.97	-3.47
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Richard Campeau	6,371	19.73	+11.05
	Québec solidaire	Marlène Lessard	2,347	7.27	+3.63
	Option nationale	Raphaël Couture	407	1.26
	Coalition pour la constituante	Samuel Stohl	113	0.35
	Marxist–Leninist	Linda Sullivan	99	0.31
Total valid votes			32,288	98.64	–
Total rejected ballots			446	1.36	–
Turnout			32,734	75.33
Electors on the lists			43,456	–	–
	Liberal hold		Swing		-3.43

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

v t e 2008 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	13,082	50.44
	Parti Québécois	Sébastien Richard	8,930	34.43
	Action démocratique	Jacques Lachapelle	2,252	8.68
	Québec solidaire	Francine Gagné	944	3.64
	Green	Sylvie Morneau	727	2.80
Total valid votes			25,935	98.54
Total rejected ballots			385	1.46
Turnout			26,320	58.88
Electors			44,703

v t e 2007 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	13,280	41.36
	Parti Québécois	Sébastien Richard	8,795	27.39
	Action démocratique	Lorraine Laperrière	7,409	23.07
	Green	Alain Bissonnette	1,376	4.29
	Québec solidaire	Francine Gagné	1,151	3.58
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	99	0.31
Total valid votes			32,110	98.97
Total rejected ballots			333	1.03
Turnout			32,443	72.04
Electors			45,034
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e 2003 Quebec general election: Anjou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	17,572	53.69
	Parti Québécois	France Bachand	10,573	32.30
	Action démocratique	Martin Janson	4,319	13.20
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	266	0.81
Total valid votes			32,730	98.46
Rejected and declined votes			513	1.54
Turnout			33,243	73.30
Electors on the lists			45,350
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.

v t e Quebec provincial by-election, April 15, 2002: Anjou
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Lise Thériault	8,845	54.59
	Parti Québécois	Aude Vézina	4,275	26.38
	Action démocratique	Nathalie Proulx	2,848	17.58
	Green	David Hamel	163	1.01
	Independent	Régent Millette	72	0.44
Total valid votes			16,203	98.91
Rejected and declined votes			178	1.09
Turnout			16,381	46.62
Electors on the lists			35,134
Source: Official Results, Le Directeur général des élections du Québec.