Lisa Lachance | |
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Critic, Finance and Treasury Board; Mental Health & Addictions; 2SLGBTQ+ Affairs; L’nu Affairs; Agriculture; Acadian Affairs; Advanced Education; and Communications NS. | |
Assumed office September 7, 2021 | |
Leader | Gary Burrill and Claudia Chender |
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island | |
Assumed office August 17, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Labi Kousoulis |
Personal details | |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Political party | New Democratic Party |
Spouse | Heather 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]
Lachance, who is genderqueer, knocked Liberal incumbent Labi Kousoulis out of the job — evidence that Nova Scotians "wanted change," they said.
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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