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Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault

Canadian politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ134258977 ↗
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Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault is a Canadian politician from the Liberal Party of Canada. He was elected Member of Parliament for Madawaska—Restigouche in the 2025 Canadian federal election. From 2021 to 2025, he served as a municipal councillor for the rural community of Kedgwick.

Biography

Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault was born on June 11, 1994. He grew up in Kedgwick, New Brunswick, and graduated from Marie-Gaétane High School.

As he began his university studies, Deschênes-Thériault became a leading figure in New Brunswick's protest movement against the Employment Insurance reform implemented by Stephen Harper's government.

During his undergraduate studies, Deschênes-Thériault worked for the Organizing Committee of the Centennial Celebrations of Kedgwick. He co-wrote a book on the history of the village, which is a collection of the history of over 200 pioneer families. The book was published by Éditions de la Francophonie in 2015.

Deschênes-Thériault has also been involved in the protection and promotion of the French language and Acadian culture.

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“Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault” enters the record as canadian politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Guillaume, Deschênes-Thériault and Canadian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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This entry incorporates text from “Guillaume Deschênes-Thériault” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.