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Lisa Lachance
MLA
Critic, Finance and Treasury Board; Mental Health & Addictions; 2SLGBTQ+ Affairs; L’nu Affairs; Agriculture; Acadian Affairs; Advanced Education; and Communications NS.
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 7, 2021
LeaderGary Burrill and Claudia Chender
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 17, 2021
Preceded byLabi Kousoulis
Personal details
BornMontreal, Quebec, Canada
Political partyNew Democratic Party
SpouseHeather Gass
Residence(s)Halifax, Nova Scotia

Lisa Lachance MLA is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.[1] She represents the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

Lachance and her partner Heather Gass were one of the first same-sex couples to be legally married in Canada following Halpern v Canada (AG).[2] Lachance is genderqueer[3] and uses she/they pronouns.[4] She is the first gender non-conforming MLA in Nova Scotia, and the third overall in the nation, joining Uzoma Asagwara and Estefan Cortes-Vargas.[4]

Electoral history

2021 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Lisa Lachance 3,397 42.31 +12.55
Liberal Labi Kousoulis 2,956 36.82 -4.74
Progressive Conservative Sheri Morgan 1,425 17.75 -5.48
Green Noah Hollis 250 3.11 -2.33
Total valid votes 8,028 99.79
Total rejected ballots 17 0.21
Turnout 8,045 48.92
Eligible voters 16,444
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +8.65

References

  1. ^ "Nova Scotia Election Riding Results: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island". Global News. August 17, 2021.
  2. ^ MacDonald, Rory (June 18, 2003). "Victory in the Justice System". Xtra!.
  3. ^ McSheffrey, Elizabeth. "Gender diversity will improve at N.S. legislature, but still falls below half of elected officials - Halifax | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved September 15, 2021. Lachance, who is genderqueer, knocked Liberal incumbent Labi Kousoulis out of the job — evidence that Nova Scotians "wanted change," they said.
  4. ^ a b Armstrong, Lyndsay. "Meet peninsula Halifax's new MLAs Ali Duale, Suzy Hansen and Lisa Lachance". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved September 15, 2021. Lachance, who's non-binary and uses both they and she pronouns, is one of only a few openly gender-queer politicians to win a Canadian election.


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