Lucille Collard

Lucille Collard MPP is a Canadian politician who has been a member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) since 2020. A member of the Ontario Liberal Party, Collard represents Ottawa—Vanier in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.

Lucille Collard MPP
Collard in 2020
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament for Ottawa—Vanier
Incumbent
Assumed office February 27, 2020
Preceded by	Nathalie Des Rosiers
Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario School Trustee
In office December 1, 2010 – February 27, 2020
Preceded by	Denis Chartrand
Succeeded by	Warsama Abdourahman Aden
Constituency	Zone 10
Personal details
Political party	Liberal
Residence(s)	Vanier, Ontario, Canada[1]
Occupation	Politician lawyer

Background

Collard completed a law degree at the University of Ottawa in 1999 and pursued a public service career as a lawyer. She practised international trade law with the NAFTA Secretariat, administrative and regulatory law with the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and public law as a federal government civil litigator at the Federal Court of Canada.^{[2][better source needed]}

Collard is a mother of four children and has reported education as a personal interest. In 2003, she launched a pilot francophone school with 18 students – Trille des Bois – which was officially opened in 2010. Today, 600 students attend Trille des Bois.^[3]

Political career

Trustee

Collard first ran for public office in 2010 and was elected as a School Trustee for the Rideau-Vanier Zone. She was re-elected in 2014 and 2018. Following her second re-election, she was elected as chair of the board of the Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario.^[4]

Provincial politics

In early 2020, Collard won the Liberal nomination for the by-election to the provincial electoral district of Ottawa—Vanier, which was vacated by Nathalie Des Rosiers. She was elected on February 7, 2020, with 52.2% of the vote.^[5]

In the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, she has served as the Liberal opposition critic for the following ministerial portfolios:

• Ministry of the Attorney General (the provincial judiciary, criminal justice system and legal defence of the Government of Ontario)
• Ministry of the Solicitor General (law enforcement, penitentiary and correctional services)
• Office of Women's Social and Economic Opportunity
• Ministry of the Environment, Conservation and Parks^[6]
• Ministry of Francophone Affairs

She was re-elected in the 2022 Ontario general election.^[7] Lucille was instrumental in obtaining all-party support to have the Franco-Ontarian flag flown permanently at the provincial parliament.^[8] Two pieces of her own legislation received unanimous support in the House: one to better support survivors of human trafficking^[9] and another to protect children from online dangers.^[10] She was also chosen to serve as Deputy Speaker, maintaining order and decorum in the House. Lucille has been a strong advocate for improving Ontario's healthcare system. She has pressed the provincial and federal governments to take urgent action to address the gaps in healthcare services, particularly for the francophone population in Ottawa-Vanier.^[11]

Electoral history

v t e 2025 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Vanier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Lucille Collard	20,721	51.45	+9.74
	Progressive Conservative	Marilissa Gosselin	9,085	22.56	+2.40
	New Democratic	Myriam Djilane	7,350	18.25	–7.68
	Green	Christian Proulx	2,083	5.17	–2.64
	Libertarian	Coreen Corcoran	525	1.30	+0.43
	New Blue	Rishabh Bhatia	511	1.27	+0.24
Total valid votes/expense limit			40,275	99.09	–0.23
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			371	0.91	+0.23
Turnout			40,646	39.43	+0.01
Eligible voters			103,073
	Liberal hold		Swing		+3.67

v t e 2022 Ontario general election: Ottawa—Vanier
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Lucille Collard	16,132	41.71	−10.51	$80,016
	New Democratic	Lyra Evans	10,026	25.93	+0.68	$54,961
	Progressive Conservative	Patrick Mayangi	7,798	20.16	+8.47	$22,402
	Green	Christian Proulx	3,019	7.81	−0.77	$9,017
	Ontario Party	Eric Armstrong-Giroux	587	1.52		$506
	New Blue	Michael Pastien	400	1.03		$1,737
	Libertarian	Coreen Corcoran	335	0.87	+0.22	$786
	None of the Above	Blake Hamilton	210	0.54	+0.06	$565
	Freedom	David McGruer	166	0.43		$0
Total valid votes/expense limit			38,673	99.32	-0.13	$142,255
Total rejected, unmarked, and declined ballots			263	0.68	+0.13
Turnout			38,936	39.42	+19.53
Eligible voters			101,657
	Liberal hold		Swing		−5.60
Source(s) "Summary of Valid Votes Cast for Each Candidate" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-18. "Statistical Summary by Electoral District" (PDF). Elections Ontario. 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-05-21.