Alain Therrien
Alain Therrien | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for La Prairie | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Jean-Claude Poissant |
| Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sanguinet | |
| In office September 4, 2012 – October 18, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Riding Established |
| Succeeded by | Danielle McCann |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 6, 1966 Verdun, Quebec, Canada |
| Political party | Bloc Québécois |
| Other political affiliations | Parti Québécois |
Alain Therrien MP (born July 6, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of La Prairie in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Prior to entering federal politics, he served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sanguinet from 2012[1] to 2018 as a member of the Parti Québécois.
On June 17, 2020, Therrien was called a "racist" by New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh after Therrien said no to a proposed motion to address systemic racism and discrimination in the RCMP; his position was the same as his party, which was to wait for the RCMP to conduct its own evaluation that is currently happening. Singh was subsequently removed from the House of Commons after refusing to apologize.[2]
Electoral record[edit]
| 2019 Canadian federal election: La Prairie | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Alain Therrien | 25,707 | 41.8 | +15.56 | ||||
| Liberal | Jean-Claude Poissant | 22,504 | 36.6 | +0.14 | ||||
| Conservative | Isabelle Lapointe | 5,540 | 9.0 | -2.91 | ||||
| New Democratic | Victoria Hernandez | 4,744 | 7.7 | -15.18 | ||||
| Green | Barbara Joannette | 2,565 | 4.2 | +2.05 | ||||
| People's | Gregory Yablunovsky | 393 | 0.6 | – | ||||
| Marxist–Leninist | Normand Chouinard | 100 | 0.2 | -0.15 | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 61,553 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 886 | |||||||
| Turnout | 62,439 | 71.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 86,779 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[3][4] | ||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Sanguinet échappe à François Rebello". Radio-Canada (in French). 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Singh stands by calling Bloc MP a racist after being removed from House". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 12, 2019.
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