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Lisa Lachance

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Lisa Lachance
MLA
Critic, Finance and Treasury Board; Mental Health & Addictions; 2SLGBTQ+ Affairs; L’nu Affairs; Agriculture; Acadian Affairs; Advanced Education; and Communications NS.
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 7, 2021
LeaderGary Burrill and Claudia Chender
Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly
for Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Incumbent
Assumed office
August 17, 2021
Preceded byLabi Kousoulis
Personal details
Born
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
PartyNew Democratic Party
SpouseHeather Gass
EducationDalhousie University

Lisa Anne Lachance[1] MLA is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election[2] and re-elected in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election.[3] She represents the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.

As of August 2025, Lachance serves as the Official Opposition critic for Finance, Environment, Mental Health and Addictions, 2SLGBTQIA+ Affairs, Acadian Affairs, and Natural Resources. Lachance also serves as the New Democrat House Leader.[4]

In 2026, Lachance endorsed Tanille Johnston in that year's federal NDP leadership race.[5]

Early life

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Lachance was born in Montreal, and spent time in Belleville, Ontario and Australia, before completing high school in Canning, Nova Scotia.[6] 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.[1]

Personal life

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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).[7] Lachance is genderqueer[8] and uses she/they pronouns.[9] 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.[9]

Electoral history

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2024 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLisa Lachance3,90352.67+10.36$55,869.00
Progressive ConservativeEleanor Humphries1,90825.75+8.00$36,029.47
LiberalRob Grace1,44019.43-17.39$44,395.80
GreenKaren Beazley1592.15-0.97$0
Total valid votes 7,410100%
Total rejected ballots 20
Turnout 7,43041.7%
Eligible voters 17,805
New Democratic hold Swing +9.18
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[10]
2021 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
New DemocraticLisa Lachance3,39742.31+12.55$42,325.05
LiberalLabi Kousoulis2,95636.82-4.74$76,524.21
Progressive ConservativeSheri Morgan1,42517.75-5.48$78,619.59
GreenNoah Hollis2503.11-2.33$3,156.19
Total valid votes/expense limit 8,02899.79–$95,751.07
Total rejected ballots 170.21
Turnout 8,04548.92
Eligible voters 16,444
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +8.65
Source: Elections Nova Scotia[11][12]
2021 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Party Candidate Votes%±%
New DemocraticLisa Lachance3,39742.31+12.55
LiberalLabi Kousoulis2,95636.82-4.74
Progressive ConservativeSheri Morgan1,42517.75-5.48
GreenNoah Hollis2503.11-2.33
Total valid votes 8,02899.79
Total rejected ballots 170.21
Turnout 8,04548.92
Eligible voters 16,444
New Democratic gain from Liberal Swing +8.65

References

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  1. 1 2 Biographical Directory of MLAs from 1984 to the Present Nova Scotia Legislature
  2. ↑ "Nova Scotia Election Riding Results: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island". Global News. August 17, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Get all the Nova Scotia election results". CBC News. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  4. ↑ "Official Opposition Leader Claudia Chender announces NSNDP Shadow Cabinet". Nova Scotia NDP. Retrieved 2025-08-07.
  5. ↑ Wand, Eleanor (January 22, 2026). "McPherson's NDP leadership bid secures most ex-MP support, but Lewis nabs only caucus nod". The Hill Times. Retrieved February 8, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Interests - Lisa Lachance web". Lisalachance.ca.
  7. ↑ MacDonald, Rory (June 18, 2003). "Victory in the Justice System". Xtra!.
  8. ↑ McSheffrey, Elizabeth. "Gender diversity will improve at N.S. legislature, but still falls below half of elected officials - Halifax | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved September 15, 2021. Lachance, who is genderqueer, knocked Liberal incumbent Labi Kousoulis out of the job — evidence that Nova Scotians "wanted change," they said.
  9. 1 2 Armstrong, Lyndsay. "Meet peninsula Halifax's new MLAs Ali Duale, Suzy Hansen and Lisa Lachance". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved September 15, 2021. 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.
  10. ↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). 42nd Provincial General Election, November 26, 2024: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  11. ↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 1 – Statement of Votes & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
  12. ↑ Nova Scotia, Chief Electoral Officer (2022). 41st Provincial General Election, August 17, 2021: Volume 3 – Financial Information & Statistics (PDF) (Report). Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved February 1, 2026.
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