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Alain Therrien MP
House Leader of the Bloc Québécois
Incumbent
Assumed office September 21, 2021
Leader	Yves-Francois Blanchet
Member of Parliament for La Prairie
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Jean-Claude Poissant
Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Sanguinet
In office September 4, 2012 – October 18, 2018
Preceded by	Riding Established
Succeeded by	Danielle McCann
Personal details
Born	July 6, 1966 (age 58) Verdun, Quebec, Canada
Political party	Bloc Québécois
Other political affiliations	Parti Québécois
Residence	Saint-Constant, Quebec[1]

Alain Therrien MP (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ tɛʁjɛ̃]; born July 6, 1966) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of La Prairie in the 2019 federal election as a member of the Bloc Québécois. Prior to entering federal politics, he served as a member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Sanguinet from 2012^[2] to 2018 as a member of the Parti Québécois.

On June 17, 2020, Therrien was called a "racist" by New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh after Therrien said no to a proposed motion to address systemic racism and discrimination in the RCMP; 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.^[3]

Since 2021 he has served as the Bloc Québécois House Leader and critic for democratic institutions and single tax returns in the Shadow Cabinet.^[4]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Therrien	25,862	43.7	+1.9	$27,187.05
	Liberal	Caroline Desrochers	20,470	34.6	-2.0	$64,263.73
	Conservative	Lise des Greniers	5,878	9.9	+0.9	$4,378.21
	New Democratic	Victoria Hernandez	4,317	7.3	-0.4	$24.86
	People's	Ruth Fontaine	1,532	2.6	+2.0	$2,454.19
	Green	Barbara Joannette	983	1.7	-2.5	$0.00
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	98	0.2	±0.0	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit	59,140	98.5	–	$117,466.66
Total rejected ballots	924	1.5
Turnout	60,064	67.8	-4.2
Registered voters	88,593
Source: Elections Canada[5]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: La Prairie
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Bloc Québécois	Alain Therrien	25,707	41.8	+15.56	$16,299.46
	Liberal	Jean-Claude Poissant	22,504	36.6	+0.14	$58,876.52
	Conservative	Isabelle Lapointe	5,540	9.0	-2.91	none listed
	New Democratic	Victoria Hernandez	4,744	7.7	-15.18	$0.10
	Green	Barbara Joannette	2,565	4.2	+2.05	$362.15
	People's	Gregory Yablunovsky	393	0.6	–	none listed
	Marxist–Leninist	Normand Chouinard	100	0.2	-0.15	$0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit	61,553	100.0
Total rejected ballots	886
Turnout	62,439	71.95
Eligible voters	86,779
	Bloc Québécois gain from Liberal	Swing	+7.71
Source: Elections Canada[6][7]

v t e 2018 Quebec general election: Sanguinet
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Danielle McCann	12,986	43.54	+11.77
	Parti Québécois	Alain Therrien	7,389	24.77	-10.29
	Québec solidaire	Maya Fréchette-Bonnier	4,390	14.72	+11.25
	Liberal	Marcelina Jugureanu	4,169	13.98	-11.38
	Green	Antonino Geraci	456	1.53
	Conservative	Nikolai Grigoriev	355	1.19	+0.45
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	81	0.27	-0.13
Total valid votes	29,826	97.98
Total rejected ballots	616	2.02
Turnout	30,442	72.45
Eligible voters	42,016
	Coalition Avenir Québec gain from Parti Québécois	Swing	+11.03
Source(s) "Rapport des résultats officiels du scrutin". Élections Québec.

2014 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Alain Therrien	10,096	35.06	-5.62
	Coalition Avenir Québec	Denis Leftakis	9,147	31.77	-0.61
	Liberal	Jean Paul Pellerin	7,301	25.36	+5.41
	Québec solidaire	Christian Laramée	1,056	3.47	0.00
	Option nationale	Robert Moreau	271	0.94	-0.38
	Conservative	Alexandre Dagenais	213	0.74	-0.21
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	116	0.40	+0.18
Total valid votes	28,794	97.92
Total rejected ballots	613	2.08
Turnout	29,407	74.15
Electors on the lists	39,658
	Parti Québécois hold	Swing	-3.115

2014 results reference:^[8]

2012 Quebec general election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parti Québécois	Alain Therrien	12,384	40.68
	Coalition Avenir Québec	François Rebello	9,857	32.38
	Liberal	Jocelyne Bates	6,072	19.95
	Québec solidaire	Frédéric Nadeau	1,056	3.47
	Option nationale	Keven Rousseau	401	1.32
	(no designation)	Martin McNeil	315	1.04
	Conservative	André Martel	288	0.95
	Marxist–Leninist	Hélène Héroux	67	0.22
Total valid votes	30,440	98.44
Total rejected ballots	482	1.56
Turnout	30,922	80.39
Electors on the lists	38,464

2012 results reference:^[9]

• Alain Therrien – Parliament of Canada biography