Lisa Lachance

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| name = Lisa Lachance

| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLA|size=100%}}

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| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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| office1 = Critic, Finance and Treasury Board; Mental Health & Addictions; 2SLGBTQ+ Affairs; L’nu Affairs; Agriculture; Acadian Affairs; Advanced Education; and Communications NS.

| term_start1 = September 7, 2021

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| leader1 = Gary Burrill and Claudia Chender

| assembly2 = Nova Scotia House of

| constituency_AM2 = Halifax Citadel-Sable Island

| term_start2 = August 17, 2021

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| predecessor2 = Labi Kousoulis

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| party = New Democratic Party

| residence = Halifax, Nova Scotia

| spouse = Heather Gass

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| alma_mater = Dalhousie University

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Lisa Anne Lachance[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf Biographical Directory of MLAs from 1984 to the Present] Nova Scotia Legislature {{post-nominals|country=CAN|MLA}} is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election.{{cite web |date=August 17, 2021 |title=Nova Scotia Election Riding Results: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8060255/nova-scotia-election-halifax-citadel-sable-island-2021/ |publisher=Global News}} She represents the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

As of September 22, 2024, Lachance serves as the Third Party spokesperson for Environment and Climate Climate, 2SLGBTQ+ Affairs, L’nu Affairs, Mental Health and Addictions, Agriculture, Acadian Affairs, Advanced Education, Finance and Treasury Board, Economic Development, and Skills & Immigration.

Early life

Lachance was born in Montreal, and spent time in Belleville, Ontario and Australia, before completing high school in Canning, Nova Scotia.{{cite web|url=https://www.lisalachance.ca/interests|title=Interests - Lisa Lachance web|publisher=Lisalachance.ca}} Lachance graduated from Dalhousie University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Development Studies and in 2000 with a Master of Public Administration.[https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf Biography of MLAs] Nova Scotia Legislature

Personal life

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).{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Rory |date=June 18, 2003 |title=Victory in the Justice System |url=https://xtramagazine.com/power/victory-in-the-justice-system-43773 |work=Xtra!}} Lachance is genderqueer{{cite web |last1=McSheffrey |first1=Elizabeth |title=Gender diversity will improve at N.S. legislature, but still falls below half of elected officials - Halifax {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8125403/gender-diversity-will-improve-at-n-s-legislature-but-still-falls-below-half-of-elected-officials/ |website=Global News |access-date=September 15, 2021 |quote=Lachance, who is genderqueer, knocked Liberal incumbent Labi Kousoulis out of the job — evidence that Nova Scotians “wanted change,” they said.}} and uses she/they pronouns. 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.{{cite news |last1=Armstrong |first1=Lyndsay |title=Meet peninsula Halifax's new MLAs Ali Duale, Suzy Hansen and Lisa Lachance |url=https://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/meet-peninsula-halifaxs-new-mlas/Content?oid=27089344 |website=The Coast Halifax |access-date=September 15, 2021 |language=en |quote=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.}}