| Alexis Wawanoloath | |
| Birth Date: | 15 July 1982 |
| Birth Place: | Val-d'Or, Quebec |
| Party: | Parti Québécois |
| Office: | MNA for Abitibi-Est |
| Term Start: | April 25, 2007 |
| Term End: | November 5, 2008 |
| Predecessor: | Pierre Corbeil |
| Successor: | Pierre Corbeil |
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.[1] He was named the PQ critic for youth by André Boisclair. He ran again in the 2008 election and was defeated by Corbeil.[2]
On December 1, 2013, he was elected as councillor in the Abenakis of Odanak council.[3]
He subsequently completed his law studies at the University of Sherbrooke.[4] 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.[5] He is also a lecturer in Indigenous peoples' law at the Faculty of Law at Laval University. Alexis Wawanoloath is also interested in the world of communications; he is a contributor to Noovo Le Fil,[6] to the Debaters of Noovo, and co-hosts the weekly radio show Kwé-Bonjour on Canal M.[7]