| Roland Richer | |
|---|---|
| MNA for Argenteuil | |
| In office 11 June 2012 – 2014 | |
| Preceded by | David Whissell |
| Succeeded by | Yves St-Denis |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1941-06-23) 23 June 1941 (age 83) |
| Political party | Parti Québécois |
Roland Richer (born 23 June 1941) is a Canadian politician, who was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Argenteuil electoral district from 2012 to 2014
Richer was formerly a schoolteacher and school principal. He was elected in a by-election held on 11 June 2012, which was triggered by the resignation of David Whissell on 16 December 2011, in a close race against Quebec Liberal Party candidate Lise Proulx. The result of the by-election was considered a surprise, as Argenteuil had been a safe seat for the Quebec Liberal Party for several decades. Coalition Avenir Québec candidate Mario Laframboise came in third.
Richer was reelected in the 2012 general election, again defeating Proulx and Laframboise.
Electoral record
| Quebec provincial by-election, 11 June 2012 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Parti Québécois | Roland Richer | 6,631 | 36.38 | +2.76 | ||||
| Liberal | Lise Proulx | 6,038 | 33.12 | -16.46 | ||||
| Coalition Avenir Québec | Mario Laframboise | 3,905 | 21.42 | +10.18* | ||||
| Green | Claude Sabourin | 549 | 3.01 | -0.47 | ||||
| Québec solidaire | Yvan Zanetti | 500 | 2.74 | +0.65 | ||||
| Option nationale | Patrick Sabourin | 238 | 1.31 | – | ||||
| Conservative | Jean Lecavalier | 189 | 1.04 | – | ||||
| Independent | Georges Lapointe | 152 | 0.83 | – | ||||
| Autonomist Team | Gérald Nicolas | 26 | 0.14 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes | 18,228 | 98.78 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 225 | 1.22 | – | |||||
| Turnout | 18,453 | 42.48 | -11.69 | |||||
| Electors on the lists | 43,441 | – | – | |||||
* Result compared to Action démocratique
References
- Don Macpherson (13 June 2012). "Liberals fail a test in Argenteuil". The Gazette. Montreal. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
the unexpected happened in this rural Laurentian riding - a by-election upset that dashed Jean Charest's hopes for re-election
External links
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- official website
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