Lisa Lachance

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2024 Nova Scotia general election: Halifax Citadel-Sable Island

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
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Lachance	3,903	52.7%
	Progressive Conservative	Eleanor Humphries	1,908	25.7%
	Liberal	Rob Grace	1,440	19.4%
	Green	Karen Beazley	159	2.1%
Total valid votes
Total rejected ballots
Turnout			7,410
Eligible voters
	New Democratic hold		Swing
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [10]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Lisa Lachance	3,397	42.31	+12.55	$42,325.05
	Liberal	Labi Kousoulis	2,956	36.82	-4.74	$76,524.21
	Progressive Conservative	Sheri Morgan	1,425	17.75	-5.48	$78,619.59
	Green	Noah Hollis	250	3.11	-2.33	$3,156.19
Total valid votes/expense limit			8,028	99.79	–	$95,751.07
Total rejected ballots			17	0.21
Turnout			8,045	48.92
Eligible voters			16,444
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.65
Source: Elections Nova Scotia [11]

v t e 2021 Nova Scotia general election : Halifax Citadel-Sable Island
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	New Democratic	Lisa Lachance	3,397	42.31	+12.55
	Liberal	Labi Kousoulis	2,956	36.82	-4.74
	Progressive Conservative	Sheri Morgan	1,425	17.75	-5.48
	Green	Noah Hollis	250	3.11	-2.33
Total valid votes			8,028	99.79
Total rejected ballots			17	0.21
Turnout			8,045	48.92
Eligible voters			16,444
	New Democratic gain from Liberal		Swing		+8.65

References

1. 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. "Interests - Lisa Lachance web". Lisalachance.ca.
6. Biography of MLAs Nova Scotia Legislature
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. 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. https://globalnews.ca/news/10865536/nova-scotia-election-2024-halifax-citadel-sable-island/
11. "Provincial General Election 2021-08-17- Official Results". Elections Nova Scotia. Retrieved October 7, 2021.