Isabelle Thériault
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-suffix= MLA
| image =
| name = Isabelle Thériault
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| birth_place = Miramichi, New Brunswick
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| office1 = Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture
| premier1 = Susan Holt
| term_start1 = November 2, 2024
| predecessor1 = Tammy Scott-Wallace
| assembly2 = New Brunswick Legislative
|constituency_AM2 = Caraquet
| term_start2 = September 24, 2018
| predecessor2 = Hédard Albert
| party = Liberal
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Isabelle Thériault is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election.[https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-election-north-riding-results-1.4834013 "Liberals hang on to most of north, but lose a minister"]. CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018. She represents the electoral district of Caraquet as a member of the Liberal Party. She was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election. As of September 8, 2024, she serves as the Deputy Leader of the Official Opposition and critic for Tourism, Heritage and Culture and Women’s Equality.
Thériault was re-elected in the 2024 general election. On November 1, 2024, it was announced that she was placed on the cabinet as Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.{{cite news |last1=Waugh |first1=Andrew |title=Susan Holt unveils 19-person cabinet |url=https://tj.news/new-brunswick/breaking-susan-holt-unveils-19-person-cabinet |access-date=November 1, 2024 |work=Telegraph-Journal |date=November 1, 2024}}
Personal life
She is married to Serge Cormier, Liberal MP for Acadie—Bathurst.
Electoral record
{{2024 New Brunswick general election/Caraquet}}
{{CANelec/top|NB|2020|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Isabelle Thériault|5,928|72.27|+8.49}}
{{CANelec|NB|Green|Marie-Christine Haché|1,290|15.73|+11.84}}
{{CANelec|NB|PC|Kevin Haché|985|12.01|-9.49}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|8,203|100.00}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|64|0.77|+0.28}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,267|75.65|-1.44}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|10,928}}
{{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|-1.68}}
{{CANelec/source|Source: Elections New Brunswick{{cite web|title=Fortieth General Provincial Election September 14, 2020: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer |url=https://www.electionsnb.ca/content/dam/enb/pdf/2020-prov-rpt.pdf |publisher=Elections NB |page=108 |access-date=October 29, 2021}}|}}
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{{CANelec/top|NB|2018|percent=yes|change=yes}}
{{CANelec|NB|Liberal|Isabelle Thériault|5,420|63.78|+6.96}}
{{CANelec|NB|PC|Kevin Haché|1,827|21.50|-0.36}}
{{CANelec|NB|NDP|Katy Casavant|548|6.45|-12.58}}
{{CANelec|NB|Independent|Guilmond Hébert|373|4.39|}}
{{CANelec|NB|Green|Yvon Durelle|330|3.88|+1.58}}
{{CANelec/total|Total valid votes|8,498|99.51}}
{{CANelec/total|Total rejected ballots|42|0.49|-0.06}}
{{CANelec/total|Turnout|8,540|78.12|+3.18}}
{{CANelec/total|Eligible voters|10,932}}
{{CANelec/hold|NB|Liberal|+3.66}}
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References
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Category:New Brunswick Liberal Association MLAs
Category:People from Miramichi, New Brunswick
Category:Women MLAs in New Brunswick
Category:21st-century members of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
Category:21st-century Canadian women politicians
Category:Politicians of Acadian descent
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Members of the Executive Council of New Brunswick
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