Richard Lehoux
Richard Lehoux MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Beauce | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Maxime Bernier |
Mayor of Saint-Elzéar | |
In office 1998–2017 | |
Succeeded by | Carl Marcoux |
Personal details | |
Born | 1956 (age 65–66) |
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Ginette Lessard |
Residence | Saint-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[]
2021 Canadian federal election: Beauce | ||||||||
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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] |
2019 Canadian federal election: Beauce | ||||||||
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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[]
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
- ^ "Maxime Bernier loses his riding in Beauce | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ "Maxime Bernier, PPC leader, defeated in Quebec riding of Beauce | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
- ^ "The battle for Maxime Bernier's riding". GLOBAL NEWS. 24 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Bernier will face Conservative farmer, ex-FQM leader Lehoux in 2019". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia Network Inc. 4 November 2018.
- ^ "La Fédération québécoise des municipalités a un nouveau président". La Presse. 1 February 2018.
- ^ "Maxime Bernier loses his riding in Beauce". Global News. Retrieved 2019-10-22.
- ^ "Election night results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- ^ "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates 43rd General Election – October 21, 2019". Elections Canada. 12 May 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
- Living people
- Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
- 21st-century Canadian politicians
- 1956 births
- People from Beauce, Quebec
- Mayors of places in Quebec