Candidate Name: Alexis Deschênes

Candidate Profile: Alexis Deschênes is from Gaspésie, a father of three, a lawyer, and a journalist. He has been practicing law in service of the most vulnerable at the legal aid office in New Richmond, in the Baie-des-Chaleurs, since 2015. His peers elected him President of the Bar (Bâtonnier) for the Bas-Saint-Laurent–Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine Bar Association in May 2024.