Richard Legendre
Richard Legendre | |
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Born | January 19, 1953 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation | |
Years active | 1972-1973 |
Richard Legendre (born January 19, 1953) is a former professional tennis player and politician in Quebec, Canada.
Tennis[]
Legendre was born in Montreal, Quebec. He once represented Canada at the Davis Cup and had a career-high tennis ranking of World No. 232 in singles (December 1978). He played NCAA collegiate tennis at Florida State University in 1972 and 1973.[1]
Politics[]
He was the Quebec minister of sports in Bernard Landry's cabinet, after being elected as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Blainville in 2001. In 2005 he was a candidate in the Parti Québécois's leadership election, a bid notably supported by former Quebec minister François Legault and sprinter and olympic medalist Bruny Surin. Legendre placed third with 7.5% of the vote.
In the 2007 elections, Legendre was surprisingly defeated by the Action democratique du Quebec's Pierre Gingras who was a former mayor for the City of Blainville. The party nearly won every seat in the lower Laurentians region.[2] Legendre was Vice-President of Montreal Impact; he was nominated on August 13, 2007.[3]
He's now teaching at HEC Montreal, and regularly appears on TVA Sports morning show Les Partants commenting on economic sports news.
Electoral record (partial)[]
show Quebec provincial by-election, October 1, 2001: Blainville |
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See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2009-09-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
External links[]
- Richard Legendre at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
- Bilan du Siècle biography
- 1953 births
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canadian male tennis players
- Canadian sportsperson-politicians
- Florida State Seminoles men's tennis players
- French Quebecers
- Living people
- Parti Québécois MNAs
- Politicians from Montreal
- Tennis players from Montreal
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- Parti Québécois, Quebec MNA stubs