Lisa Lachance Explained

Lisa Lachance
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
Leader1:Gary Burrill and Claudia Chender
Assembly2:Nova Scotia House of
Constituency Am2:Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Term Start2:August 17, 2021
Predecessor2:Labi Kousoulis
Party:New Democratic Party
Residence:Halifax, Nova Scotia
Spouse:Heather Gass

Lisa Lachance 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.

Early life

Lachance was born in Montreal, and spent time in Belleville, Ontario and Australia, before completing high school in Canning, Nova Scotia.[2] 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.[3]

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).[4] Lachance is genderqueer[5] 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.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: August 17, 2021 . Nova Scotia Election Riding Results: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island . Global News.
  2. Web site: Interests - Lisa Lachance web. Lisalachance.ca.
  3. https://nslegislature.ca/sites/default/files/pdfs/people/mlabios.pdf Biography of MLAs
  4. News: MacDonald . Rory . June 18, 2003 . Victory in the Justice System . Xtra!.
  5. Web site: McSheffrey . Elizabeth . Gender diversity will improve at N.S. legislature, but still falls below half of elected officials - Halifax Globalnews.ca . Global News . September 15, 2021 . Lachance, who is genderqueer, knocked Liberal incumbent Labi Kousoulis out of the job — evidence that Nova Scotians “wanted change,” they said..
  6. Web site: Armstrong . Lyndsay . Meet peninsula Halifax's new MLAs Ali Duale, Suzy Hansen and Lisa Lachance . The Coast Halifax . September 15, 2021 . en . 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..