Richard Lehoux
MP
Member of Parliament
for Beauce
Assumed office
October 21, 2019
Preceded byMaxime Bernier
Mayor of Saint-Elzéar
In office
November 1, 1998 – November 4, 2017
Succeeded byCarl Marcoux
Personal details
Born1956 (age 67–68)
Political partyConservative
SpouseGinette Lessard
ResidenceSaint-Elzéar[1]

Richard Lehoux MP (born 1956) is a Canadian politician who has served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce since 2019, as a member of the Conservative Party. Prior to his election to the House of Commons, Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzear from 1998 to 2017 and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality from 2000 to 2017.

Personal and professional life

Lehoux was born in 1956.[2] His 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.[3]

Political career

Municipal politics

Mayor of Saint-Elzéar and Reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM

Lehoux was the mayor of Saint-Elzéar, Quebec in the Chaudière-Appalaches region from 1998 to 2017,[4] and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM from 2000 to 2017.[2]

Fédération québécoise des municipalités

Lehoux was a member of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) from 2001 to 2017. He was the vice president from 2010 to 2014 and briefly served as interim president in 2012. He was elected as the FQM's president in 2014 and held the role until 2017.[2][5]

When the FQM founded the Mutuelle des municipalités du Québec (MMQ) in 2003, Lehoux served as vice president. He would also serve as MMQ president from 2017 to 2018.[2]

Federal politics

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 support (amongst others) of party leader Andrew Scheer.[4]

Lehoux was elected to Parliament following the 2019 election, unseating incumbent Maxime Bernier, who formerly held the seat for the Conservatives, but resigned to form the libertarian-right People's Party of Canada (PPC).[6] He was re-elected in the 2021 election.[7]

Electoral record

2021 Canadian federal election: Beauce
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Richard Lehoux 27,514 48.30 +9.71 $54,511.58
People's Maxime Bernier 10,362 18.20 -10.17 $65,399.38
Bloc Québécois Solange Thibodeau 8,644 15.20 +1.07 $4,385.30
Liberal Philippe-Alexandre Langlois 7,018 12.30 +0.64 $5,569.50
New Democratic François Jacques-Côté 1,637 2.90 -0.14 $24.86
Free Chantale Giguère 1,096 1.90 – $1,476.73
Green Andrzej Wisniowski 486 0.90 -1.49 $0.00
Marijuana Sébastien Tanguay 206 0.40 – $0.00
Total valid votes/expense limit 56,980 100.0 – $115,918.81
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
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. ^ a b c d "Richard Lehoux". Conservative Party of Canada. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  3. ^ "The battle for Maxime Bernier's riding". Global News. 24 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Bernier will face Conservative farmer, ex-FQM leader Lehoux in 2019". Montreal Gazette. Postmedia Network Inc. 4 November 2018.
  5. ^ "La Fédération québécoise des municipalités a un nouveau président". La Presse. 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Maxime Bernier loses his riding in Beauce | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  7. ^ "Maxime Bernier, PPC leader, defeated in Quebec riding of Beauce | Globalnews.ca". Global News. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
  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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