Mathieu Lacombe

Mathieu Lacombe MNA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the National Assembly of Quebec in the 2018 provincial election.^[1] He represents the electoral district of Papineau as a member of the Coalition Avenir Québec and was the former Minister of Families.^[2] He was re-elected in the 2022 provincial election. He is the current Minister of Culture and Communications.

Mathieu Lacombe MNA
Lacombe in 2024
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Papineau
Incumbent
Assumed office October 1, 2018
Preceded by	Alexandre Iracà
Minister of Culture and Communications
Incumbent
Assumed office October 20, 2022
Preceded by	Nathalie Roy
Minister of Families (Quebec)
In office October 18, 2018 – October 20, 2022
Preceded by	Luc Fortin
Succeeded by	Suzanne Roy
Personal details
Political party	Coalition Avenir Québec
Residence(s)	Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
Profession	News anchor

Prior to his election in the National Assembly, he was the spokesperson for the Société de transport de l'Outaouais, and before that he was a television news anchor for TVA Nouvelles on TVA affiliate CHOT-DT.

Electoral record

v t e 2022 Quebec general election: Papineau
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Mathieu Lacombe	19,791	52.83	+5.9
	Québec solidaire	Marie-Claude Latourelle	5,164	13.78	-1.24
	Conservative	Marc Carrière	4,970	13.27	+11.99
	Parti Québécois	Audrey-Ann Chicoine	3,834	10.23	-0.35
	Liberal	Wittlyn Kate Semervil	3,151	8.41	-14.70
	Green	Melissa Arbour	450	1.20	-0.31
	Démocratie directe	Cédric Brazeau	104	0.28	–
Total valid votes			37,464	98.99	–
Total rejected ballots			383	1.01	–
Turnout			37,847	59.44
Electors on the lists			63,674

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Papineau
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Mathieu Lacombe	16,975	46.93	+22.28
	Liberal	Alexandre Iracà	8,358	23.11	-27.24
	Québec solidaire	Mélanie Pilon-Gauvin	5,434	15.02	+8.34
	Parti Québécois	Yves Destroismaisons	3,828	10.58	-14.07
	Green	Michel Tardif	547	1.51
	Conservative	Joanne Godin	463	1.28
	Citoyens au pouvoir	Lynn Boyer	252	0.7
	Parti nul	Isabelle Yde	227	0.63	-0.74
	Parti 51	Claude Flaus	84	0.23
Total valid votes			36,168	98.78
Total rejected ballots			446	1.22
Turnout			36,614	60.88
Eligible voters			60,137
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Liberal		Swing		+24.76
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.