Élisabeth Brière
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Élisabeth Brière | |
|---|---|
| Minister of Veterans Affairs | |
| In office March 14, 2025 – May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Darren Fisher |
| Succeeded by | Jill McKnight |
| Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency[a] | |
| In office December 20, 2024 – May 13, 2025 | |
| Prime Minister | Justin Trudeau Mark Carney |
| Preceded by | Marie-Claude Bibeau |
| Succeeded by | François-Philippe Champagne |
| Member of Parliament for Sherbrooke | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Luc Dusseault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1967 or 1968 (age 57–58) Quebec City, Quebec, Canada |
| Party | Liberal |
| Children | 3 |
Élisabeth Brière (French pronunciation: [elizabɛt bʁiɛʁ]; born 1967 or 1968) is a Canadian politician and notary who has served as the member of Parliament in for the riding of Sherbrooke since 2019 as a member of the Liberal Party. She served as Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency from December 2024 to May 2025 and as Minister of Veterans Affairs from March to May, 2025.
Brière was born in 1967 or 1968 in Quebec City, Quebec.[1] She completed a Bachelor of Laws at the Université de Sherbrooke and obtained a diploma in notarial law in 1991, as well as a certificate in business administration in 1993.[2]
Before entering politics, Brière worked as a notary for nearly 30 years.[3] She also lectured at the Université de Sherbrooke[2] and served as the president of Maison Aube-Lumière, a palliative care residence.[4]
Political career
In August 2019, Brière was confirmed as the Liberal Party's candidate for the riding of Sherbrooke in advance of the 2019 federal election.[4] On October 21, she unseated NDP incumbent Pierre-Luc Dusseault.[5] She was the first woman elected in the riding and the first Liberal elected since Irénée Pelletier in 1984.[4]
Brière was re-elected in the 2021 and 2025 elections. She was appointed Minister responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency in December 2024 and Minister of Veterans Affairs in March 2025, a week before the election was called. She was dropped from cabinet in May 2025.[6][7]
Personal life
Brière is married and has three sons.[3]
Electoral record
| 2025 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Liberal | Élisabeth Brière | 31,249 | 51.29 | +13.75 | ||||
| Bloc Québécois | Pierre-Étienne Rouillard | 16,224 | 26.63 | –2.38 | ||||
| Conservative | Esteban Méndez-Hord | 7,983 | 13.10 | +0.27 | ||||
| New Democratic | Jean-Pierre Fortier | 3,516 | 5.77 | –8.16 | ||||
| Green | Kevin McKenna | 1,383 | 2.27 | –0.60 | ||||
| People's | Alexandre Lépine | 576 | 0.95 | –1.52 | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 60,931 | 98.63 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 845 | 1.37 | -0.90 | |||||
| Turnout | 61,776 | 67.80 | +2.65 | |||||
| Eligible voters | 91,110 | |||||||
| Liberal notional hold | Swing | +8.07 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[8][9] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Élisabeth Brière | 21,830 | 37.5 | +8.2 | $49,489.03 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Ensaf Haidar | 16,848 | 29.0 | +3.1 | $32,613.67 | |||
| New Democratic | Marika Lalime | 8,107 | 13.9 | -14.4 | $5,314.88 | |||
| Conservative | Andrea Winters | 7,490 | 12.9 | +2.3 | $8,864.11 | |||
| Green | Marie-Clarisse Berger | 1,670 | 2.9 | -1.6 | $0.00 | |||
| People's | Marcela Niculescu | 1,453 | 2.5 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Free | Maxime Boivin | 787 | 1.4 | – | $2.00 | |||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,185 | 97.7 | – | $119,070.42 | ||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,355 | 2.3 | ||||||
| Turnout | 59,540 | 65.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 90,743 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +2.6 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[10][11] | ||||||||
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Sherbrooke | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Élisabeth Brière | 17,490 | 29.3 | -0.5 | $41,211.61 | |||
| New Democratic | Pierre-Luc Dusseault | 16,881 | 28.3 | -9.0 | $34,349.81 | |||
| Bloc Québécois | Claude Forgues | 15,470 | 25.9 | +5.4 | ||||
| Conservative | Dany Sévigny | 6,362 | 10.6 | +1.2 | ||||
| Green | Mathieu Morin | 2,716 | 4.5 | +3.3 | $1,651.14 | |||
| Independent | Edwin Moreno | 471 | 0.8 | |||||
| Rhinoceros | Steve Côté | 219 | 0.4 | |||||
| No affiliation | Hubert Richard | 117 | 0.2 | |||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | 59,726 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 1,003 | |||||||
| Turnout | 60,729 | 68.3 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 88,936 | |||||||
| Liberal gain from New Democratic | Swing | +4.25 | ||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[12][13] | ||||||||