Candidate profile
Ian Lafrenière
Coalition avenir Québec — Vachon
- Riding
- Vachon
- Status
- party_confirmed
- Incumbent
- No
- Profession
- Police officer, military member and trainer
- Education
- Microprogram in investigation — UQTR; individualized studies certificate, addiction concentration — Université de Montréal; police techniques — Cégep de Sherbrooke; specialized police training.
- Political experience
- MNA for Vachon; deputy premier and Minister of Internal Security in 2026; Minister responsible for Relations with First Nations and Inuit.
- Community involvement
- UNESCO trainer; international missions in Africa, Haiti and Ukraine; auxiliary firefighter in Mirabel.
A former senior executive at the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, he also served in the Canadian Armed Forces and took part in international missions, notably for the United Nations.