Thomas Joseph Mulcair is a Canadian lawyer and retired politician who served as the leader of the New Democratic Party (NDP) from 2012 to 2017 and leader of the Official Opposition from 2012 to 2015. He was elected to the House of Commons in 2007 and sat as the member of Parliament (MP) for Outremont until 2018. Before entering federal politics, Mulcair served as the member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for Chomedey from 1994 to 2007, sitting as a Quebec Liberal. He was the environment minister of Quebec from 2003 until 2006 in Premier Jean Charest's government.
- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, university teacher
- Position held
- Leader of the Official Opposition, leader of the New Democratic Party of Canada, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, Minister of Sustainable Development, the Environment and the Fight Against Climate Change
- Citizenship
