Isabelle Thériault
Isabelle Thériault | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture | |
| Assumed office November 2, 2024 | |
| Premier | Susan Holt |
| Preceded by | Tammy Scott-Wallace |
| Member of the New Brunswick Legislative Assembly for Caraquet | |
| Assumed office September 24, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Hédard Albert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Political party | Liberal |
Isabelle Thériault is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2018 election.[1] She represents the electoral district of Caraquet as a member of the Liberal Party. She was re-elected in the 2020 provincial election, and again in the 2024 general election where she was appointed Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture.[2]
Before entering politics, Thériault spent nearly 15 years touring across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa as a professional musician and musical director for the ensembles Ode à l’Acadie, Les Muses, and DRUM. She directed several large-scale events for national television.
Thériault founded the summer bistro La Brôkerie in Caraquet, served as artistic director of the Festival acadien de Caraquet, and has received awards for her contributions to music and culture, including Éloizes, Musique NB Awards, an East Coast Music Award, and Acadian Peninsula Entrepreneur of the Year.
Personal life
[edit]She is married to Serge Cormier, Liberal MP for Acadie—Bathurst.
Electoral record
[edit]| 2024 New Brunswick general election: Caraquet (electoral district) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Isabelle Thériault | 6,002 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Jean Paul Lanteigne | 719 | ||||||
| Total valid votes | 6,021 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | ||||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | |||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[3] | ||||||||
| 2020 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Isabelle Thériault | 5,928 | 72.27 | +8.49 | ||||
| Green | Marie-Christine Haché | 1,290 | 15.73 | +11.84 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Haché | 985 | 12.01 | -9.49 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,203 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 64 | 0.77 | +0.28 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,267 | 75.65 | -1.44 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,928 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.68 | ||||||
| Source: Elections New Brunswick[4] | ||||||||
| 2018 New Brunswick general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Isabelle Thériault | 5,420 | 63.78 | +6.96 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Kevin Haché | 1,827 | 21.50 | -0.36 | ||||
| New Democratic | Katy Casavant | 548 | 6.45 | -12.58 | ||||
| Independent | Guilmond Hébert | 373 | 4.39 | |||||
| Green | Yvon Durelle | 330 | 3.88 | +1.58 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 8,498 | 99.51 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 42 | 0.49 | -0.06 | |||||
| Turnout | 8,540 | 78.12 | +3.18 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 10,932 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +3.66 | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Liberals hang on to most of north, but lose a minister". CBC News New Brunswick, September 25, 2018.
- ^ Waugh, Andrew (November 1, 2024). "Susan Holt unveils 19-person cabinet". Telegraph-Journal. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
- ^ https://www1.gnb.ca/leglibbib/en/Resources/NBElections.aspx/ElectionResults/10-21-2024/
- ^ "Fortieth General Provincial Election September 14, 2020: Report of the Chief Electoral Officer" (PDF). Elections NB. p. 108. Retrieved October 29, 2021.
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