Richard Lehoux

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Richard Lehoux
MP
Andrew Scheer in Beauce (48931249872) (cropped).jpg
Member of Parliament
for Beauce
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byMaxime Bernier
Mayor of Saint-Elzéar
In office
1998–2017
Succeeded byCarl Marcoux
Personal details
Born1956 (age 65–66)
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)Ginette Lessard
ResidenceSaint-Elzéar[1]

Richard Lehoux MP (born 1956) is a Canadian politician who is the member of Parliament for the Quebec electoral district of Beauce.

Lehoux unseated incumbent member of Parliament and People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier in 2019, and was re-elected in 2021, once again defeating Bernier.[2][3]

Personal and professional life[]

Lehoux's family has been in Beauce for eight generations. His great-grandfather served as mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1898 to 1902, and he is a fourth-generation dairy farmer.[4]

Political career[]

Mayor of Saint-Elzéar[]

Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzéar, Quebec in the Chaudière-Appalaches region from 1998 to 2017.[5]

President of FQM[]

Lehoux was past president of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités for the four years to February 2018.[6]

Candidate for 2019 federal election[]

Lehoux retired from municipal politics in 2017 to return to his dairy farm, but returned to politics in November 2018 as the Conservative candidate for the 2019 Canadian federal election in the Beauce riding, with the full support (amongst others) of party leader Andrew Scheer.[5] Lehoux was victorious over all comers in the 2019 federal election, unseating incumbent Bernier.[7]

Electoral record[]

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2021 Canadian federal election: Beauce
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Lehoux 27,514 48.30 +9.71
People's Maxime Bernier 10,362 18.20 -10.17
Bloc Québécois Solange Thibodeau 8,644 15.20 +1.07
Liberal Philippe-Alexandre Langlois 7,018 12.30 +0.64
New Democratic François Jacques-Côté 1,637 2.90 -0.14
Free Chantale Giguère 1,096 1.90 –
Green Andrzej Wisniowski 486 0.90 -1.49
Marijuana Sébastien Tanguay 206 0.40 –
Total valid votes 56,980 100.0
Total rejected ballots 895 1.57
Turnout 57,875 66.74 -2.91
Eligible voters 86,716
Conservative hold Swing +9.96
Source: Elections Canada[8]
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2019 Canadian federal election: Beauce
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Lehoux 22,817 38.59 -20.39 $88,659.51
People's Maxime Bernier 16,772 28.37 – $92,268.96
Bloc Québécois Guillaume Rodrigue 8,355 14.13 +6.68 $2,029.97
Liberal Adam Veilleux 6,895 11.66 -10.56 $42,675.69
New Democratic François Jacques-Côté 1,799 3.04 -6.64 $96.82
Green Josiane Fortin 1,415 2.39 +0.7 none listed
Rhinoceros Maxime Bernier 1,072 0.81 – none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit 59,125 100.00   $112,590
Total rejected ballots 1,147 1.89 +0.64
Turnout 59,125 68.48 +2.33
Eligible voters 86,333
Conservative gain from People's Swing -24.35
Source: Elections Canada[9][10]

References[]

  1. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "Maxime Bernier loses his riding in Beauce | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  3. ^ "Maxime Bernier, PPC leader, defeated in Quebec riding of Beauce | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  4. ^ "The battle for Maxime Bernier's riding". GLOBAL NEWS. 24 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Bernier will face Conservative farmer, ex-FQM leader Lehoux in 2019". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia Network Inc. 4 November 2018.
  6. ^ "La Fédération québécoise des municipalités a un nouveau président". La Presse. 1 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Maxime Bernier loses his riding in Beauce". Global News. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
  8. ^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 43rd General Election – October 21, 2019". Elections Canada. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
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