Alain Therrien (; born July 6, 1966) is a

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politician who was elected to represent the riding of La Prairie in the 2019 federal election as a member of the

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. Prior to entering federal politics, he served as a member of the

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for the riding of Sanguinet from 2012 to 2018 as a member of the

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Career

On June 17, 2020, Therrien was called a "racist" by

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leader Jagmeet Singh after Therrien said no to a proposed motion to address

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and discrimination in the

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; his position was the same as his party, which was to wait for the RCMP to conduct its own evaluation that is currently happening. Singh was subsequently removed from the House of Commons after refusing to apologize. From 2021 to 2025 he served as the

House Leader and critic for democratic institutions and single tax returns in the Shadow Cabinet. In the

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, he was

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by Liberal candidate Jacques Ramsay.

Electoral record

Federal

Provincial

2014 results reference: 2012 results reference:

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1966 births Living people Parti Québécois MNAs 21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada Bloc Québécois MPs Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec People from Saint-Constant, Quebec People from Verdun, Quebec Politicians from Montreal 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec {{Quebec-MNA-stub