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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. 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. He was named the PQ critic for youth by André Boisclair. He ran again in the 2008 election and was defeated by Corbeil.

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

He subsequently completed his law studies at the Université de Sherbrooke. 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. He is also a lecturer in Indigenous peoples' law at the Faculty of Law at Laval University. Wawanoloath is also interested in the world of communications; he is a contributor to Noovo Le Fil, to the Debaters of Noovo, and co-hosts the weekly radio show Kwé-Bonjour on Canal M.

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".

External links

• PQ webpage (in French)

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Parti Québécois MNAs
• People from Val-d'Or
• Odanak people
• First Nations politicians
• Francophone Quebec people
• 21st-century members of the National Assembly of Quebec