Alexis Wawanoloath

Alexis Wawanoloath
MNA for Abitibi-Est
In office
April 25, 2007 – November 5, 2008
Preceded byPierre Corbeil
Succeeded byPierre Corbeil
Personal details
Born (1982-07-15) July 15, 1982 (age 42)
Val-d'Or, Quebec
Political partyParti Québécois

Alexis Wawanoloath (born July 15, 1982) is a lawyer in Indigenous peoples' law and was Canadian politician. He was a member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Abitibi-Est, representing the Parti Québécois. He is a member of the Abenaki First Nation.

The son of Christine Sioui-Wawanoloath and Gaston Larouche and descendant of Gray Lock, he studied at the Cégep de l'Abitibi-Témiscamingue.[1] Wawanoloath worked as a technician in social work at the l'Or-et-des-Bois School Board, an educator at a child daycare centre and a host for the Centre polyvalent pour jeunes autochthones in Val-d'Or. He was the president of the youth aboriginal council and an administrator at the Abitibi-Témiscamingue youth forum.

Wawanoloath became the first aboriginal member ever elected to the National Assembly since Ludger Bastien, defeating Liberal incumbent Pierre Corbeil in the 2007 elections.[2] He was named the PQ critic for youth by André Boisclair. He ran again in the 2008 election and was defeated by Corbeil.[3]

On December 1, 2013, he was elected as councillor in the Abenakis of Odanak council.[4]

He subsequently completed his law studies at the University of Sherbrooke.[5] In June 2021, after obtaining a Bachelor of Laws, a J.D., and completing Bar School, he became a lawyer specializing in the rights of Indigenous peoples at Neashish & Champoux.[6] He is also a lecturer in Indigenous peoples' law at the Faculty of Law at Laval University. Alexis Wawanoloath is also interested in the world of communications; he is a contributor to Noovo Le Fil,[7] to the Debaters of Noovo, and co-hosts the weekly radio show Kwé-Bonjour on Canal M.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  2. ^ "Outgoing Liberal cabinet meets for last time". Canada.com. 29 March 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Liberals gain in Abitibi-Témiscamingue region". CBC News. December 8, 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  4. ^ Mailhot, Joanie (December 2, 2013). "Richard O'Bomsawin réélu comme chef à Odanak". Le Courrier du Sud (in French). Retrieved July 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "RL'Université de Sherbrooke facilite l'accès aux études en droit pour les Autochtoneslanguage=fr".
  6. ^ "Alexis Wawanoloath, l'avocat qui veut œuvrer à la décolonisation du droit=fr". 16 June 2021.
  7. ^ "15 nouveautés télé excitantes à dévorer cet automne=fr". 7 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Kwé, Bonjour=fr".