Ricardo López (politician)
Ricardo López Bello (born 13 February 1937 in Cabrui, A Coruña, Galicia, Spain) was a member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a businessman by trade.
He represented the Quebec riding of Châteauguay where he was first elected in the 1984 federal election and re-elected in 1988, therefore becoming a member in the 33rd and 34th Canadian Parliaments. He was a member of the Progressive Conservative party. His main claim to fame in the House of Commons was that when he rose to address the assembly, both English and French interpreters would immediately start to try to decipher his speech due to his thick accent.
Lopez left federal politics following his defeat in the 1993 election to Maurice Godin of the Bloc Québécois. He was also defeated at the same riding in the 2000 federal election, this time a candidate for the Canadian Alliance party.
Electoral history[]
| 1984 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ricardo López | 21,318 | ||||||
| Liberal | Ian Watson | 17,313 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Robert Vigneault | 5,083 | ||||||
| Parti nationaliste | Jean-Guy Lafrenaye | 1,630 | ||||||
| Libertarian | Guy Pelletier | 284 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Gilles A. Grisé | 124 | ||||||
| 1988 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ricardo López | 22,439 | ||||||
| Liberal | Jean-Marc Fournier | 16,422 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Pierre Hétu | 8,282 | ||||||
| Not affiliated | André Turcot | 1,724 | ||||||
| Rhinoceros | Hubert Le Tube Simon | 1,250 | ||||||
| 1993 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Maurice Godin | 34,271 | ||||||
| Liberal | Kimon Valaskakis | 18,012 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Ricardo López | 5,749 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Luc Proulx | 850 | ||||||
| Commonwealth of Canada | Stéphane Beauregard | 317 | ||||||
| 2000 Canadian federal election: Châteauguay | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | ||||||
| Bloc Québécois | Robert Lanctôt | 26,284 | ||||||
| Liberal | Carole Marcil | 22,972 | ||||||
| Alliance | Ricardo López | 3,120 | ||||||
| Progressive Conservative | Réjeanne Rioux | 2,041 | ||||||
| Natural Law | Margaret Larrass | 743 | ||||||
| New Democratic | Robert Lindblad | 622 | ||||||
External links[]
- Ricardo López (politician) – Parliament of Canada biography
- Norman Spector coverage from September 2008 [1]
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