Richard Lehoux
{{Short description|Canadian politician}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Richard Lehoux
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| image = Richard Lehoux.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| riding = Beauce
| parliament = Canadian
| term_start = October 21, 2019
| term_end = March 23, 2025
| predecessor = Maxime Bernier
| successor = Jason Groleau
| office2 = Mayor of Saint-Elzéar
| term_start2 = November 1, 1998
| term_end2 = November 4, 2017
| preceded2 =
| succeeded2 = Carl Marcoux
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1956}}
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| death_date =
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| profession =
| party = Conservative
| residence = Saint-Elzéar{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.ca/res/rep/off/ovr2019app/51/table12E.html|title=Official Voting Results|publisher=Elections Canada|access-date=January 23, 2021}}
| footnotes =
| spouse = Ginette Lessard|
| caption = Lehoux in 2025
}}
Richard Lehoux (born 1956) is a Canadian politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Beauce from 2019 until 2025, 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.{{Cite web|title=Richard Lehoux|url=https://www.conservative.ca/team-member/richard-lehoux/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=Conservative Party of Canada|language=en-US}} 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.{{cite news |date=24 August 2019 |title=The battle for Maxime Bernier's riding |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/5785159/the-battle-for-maxime-berniers-riding/ |publisher=Global News}}
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,{{cite news |title=Bernier will face Conservative farmer, ex-FQM leader Lehoux in 2019 |url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/maxime-bernier-will-have-a-strong-conservative-opponent-in-his-riding |agency=Postmedia Network Inc |publisher=Montreal Gazette |date=4 November 2018}} and the reeve of Nouvelle-Beauce RCM from 2000 to 2017.
== 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.{{cite news|date=1 February 2018|title=La Fédération québécoise des municipalités a un nouveau président|publisher=La Presse|url=https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201802/01/01-5152278-la-federation-quebecoise-des-municipalites-a-un-nouveau-president.php}}
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.
=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.
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).{{Cite web |title=Maxime Bernier loses his riding in Beauce |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/6062704/maxime-bernier-loses-his-riding-in-beauce/ |access-date=2021-09-24 |website=Global News |language=en-US}} He was re-elected in the 2021 election.{{Cite web |title=Maxime Bernier, PPC leader, defeated in Quebec riding of Beauce |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8206324/maxime-bernier-ppc-leader-defeated-in-quebec-riding-of-beauce/ |access-date=2021-09-24 |website=Global News |language=en-US}}
On March 21, 2025, Lehoux announced that he would not run for re-election in the 2025 Canadian federal election.{{cite news |last=Bergeron-Courteau |first=Mariane |date=March 21, 2025 |title=Le député de Beauce Richard Lehoux quitte la vie politique |trans-title=Member for Beauce, Richard Lehoux, is leaving political life |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2149456/lehoux-beauce-depart-elections-federales |access-date=March 21, 2025 |newspaper=Radio-Canada |language=fr}}
Electoral record
{{2021 Canadian federal election/Beauce}}
{{2019 Canadian federal election/Beauce}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=104653}}
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Category:Conservative Party of Canada MPs
Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec
Category:People from Beauce, Quebec
Category:Politicians from Chaudière-Appalaches
Category:20th-century mayors of places in Quebec
Category:21st-century members of the House of Commons of Canada