Lisa Lachance is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly in the 2021 Nova Scotia general election. She represents the riding of Halifax Citadel-Sable Island as a member of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party.
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). Lachance is genderqueer and uses she/they pronouns. 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.
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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Lesbian politicians Politicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Politicians from Montreal Nova Scotia New Democratic Party MLAs Women MLAs in Nova Scotia Canadian LGBT people in provincial and territorial legislatures Non-binary politicians 21st-century Canadian politicians 21st-century Canadian women politicians 21st-century Canadian LGBT people Canadian non-binary people