Alain Therrien
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|7|6}}
| birth_place = Verdun, Quebec, Canada
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| party = Bloc Québécois
| otherparty = Parti Québécois
| residence = Saint-Constant, Quebec{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|title=Official Voting Results|publisher=Elections Canada|accessdate=January 23, 2021}}
| office = House Leader of the Bloc Québécois
| term_start = September 21, 2021
| term_end = April 28, 2025
| leader = Yves-Francois Blanchet|
| riding1 = La Prairie
| parliament1 = Canadian
| term_start1 = October 21, 2019
| term_end1 = March 23, 2025
| predecessor1 = Jean-Claude Poissant
| successor1 = Jacques Ramsay
| office2 = Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sanguinet
| term_start2 = September 4, 2012
| term_end2 = October 18, 2018
| predecessor2 = Riding established
| successor2 = Danielle McCann
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Alain Therrien ({{IPA|fr|alɛ̃ tɛʁjɛ̃}}; 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{{cite web|url=http://www.radio-canada.ca/sujet/elections-quebec-2012/2012/09/04/058-defaite-francois-rebello-sanguinet.shtml|title=Sanguinet échappe à François Rebello|work=Radio-Canada|language=fr|date=4 September 2012}} to 2018 as a member of the Parti Québécois.
Career
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/singh-stands-by-calling-bloc-mp-a-racist-after-being-removed-from-house-1.4988470|title= Singh stands by calling Bloc MP a racist after being removed from House|website=ctvnews.ca|date= 17 June 2020|access-date=17 June 2020}}
From 2021 to 2025 he served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader and critic for democratic institutions and single tax returns in the Shadow Cabinet.{{Cite web |last=Lévesque |first=Catherine |date=October 5, 2021 |title=Bloc Québécois announces shadow cabinet |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/national/election-2021/bloc-quebecois-announces-shadow-cabinet |website=Montreal Gazette}}
In the 2025 Canadian federal election, he was unseated by Liberal candidate Jacques Ramsay.{{Cite web |last=Canadienne |first=La Presse |date=2025-04-29 |title=Alerte: Alain Therrien, leader à la Chambre du Bloc, défait dans La Prairie-Atateken |url=https://lactualite.com/actualites/alerte-alain-therrien-leader-a-la-chambre-du-bloc-defait-dans-la-prairie-atateken/ |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=L’actualité |language=fr-CA}}
Electoral record
=Federal=
{{2025 Canadian federal election/La Prairie—Atateken}}
{{2021 Canadian federal election/La Prairie}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/La Prairie}}
=Provincial=
{{2018 Quebec general election/Sanguinet}}
{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2014|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ| Alain Therrien | 10,096 | 35.06 | -5.62 }}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ| Denis Leftakis| 9,147 | 31.77 | -0.61 }}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal | Jean Paul Pellerin | 7,301 | 25.36 | +5.41 }}
{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire| Christian Laramée | 1,056 | 3.47 | 0.00 }}
{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale | Robert Moreau | 271 | 0.94 | -0.38 }}
{{CANelec|QC|Conservative| Alexandre Dagenais | 213 | 0.74 | -0.21 }}
{{CANelec|QC|Marxist-Leninist| Hélène Héroux | 116 | 0.40 | +0.18 }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 28,794 | 97.92 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 613 | 2.08 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 29,407 | 74.15 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists| 39,658 | | }}
{{CANelec/hold|QC|PQ|-3.115}}
{{Canadian election result/top|QC|2012|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|QC|PQ| Alain Therrien | 12,384 | 40.68 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|CAQ| François Rebello | 9,857 | 32.38 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Liberal | Jocelyne Bates | 6,072 | 19.95 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Québec solidaire| Frédéric Nadeau | 1,056 | 3.47 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Option nationale | Keven Rousseau | 401 | 1.32 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|(no designation)| Martin McNeil | 315 | 1.04 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Conservative| André Martel | 288 | 0.95 | }}
{{CANelec|QC|Marxist-Leninist| Hélène Héroux | 67 | 0.22 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes| 30,440 | 98.44 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total rejected ballots| 482 | 1.56 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Turnout| 30,922 | 80.39 | }}
{{Canadian election result/total|Electors on the lists| 38,464 | | }}
References
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External links
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Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:People from Saint-Constant, Quebec
Category:People from Verdun, Quebec
Category:Politicians from Montreal
Category:21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec
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