Roland Richer

Roland Richer
Roland Richer
MNA for Argenteuil
	In office; 11 June 2012 – 2014
Preceded by	David Whissell
Succeeded by	Yves St-Denis
Personal details
Born	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,^[1] as Argenteuil had been a safe seat for the Quebec Liberal Party for several decades. Coalition Avenir Québec candidate Mario Laframboise came in third.^{[citation needed]}

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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[1] 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

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