Louis-Roland Comeau
Louis-Roland Comeau | |
|---|---|
| President of Université Sainte-Anne | |
| In office 1971–1977 | |
| Succeeded by | Omer Blinn |
| Member of the Canadian Parliament for South Western Nova | |
| In office 25 June 1968 – 30 October 1972 | |
| Preceded by | Riding created |
| Succeeded by | Charles Haliburton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 January 1941 Meteghan, Nova Scotia, Canada |
| Party | Progressive Conservative |
| Profession | professor |
Louis-Roland Comeau, CM (born 7 January 1941) was a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a professor by career.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Education
[edit | edit source]Comeau graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree from Dalhousie University after obtaining an engineering and science degree from Saint Mary's University.
Political career
[edit | edit source]He was first elected at the South Western Nova riding in the 1968 general election. After serving in the 28th Canadian Parliament, Comeau left federal office and did not campaign in the 1972 election.
After politics
[edit | edit source]Since that time he served on various boards, chairing life insurance company Assomption Vie and air traffic control operator Nav Canada. He also chaired the Independent Review Panel on New Brunswick's Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation System from 2007 to 2008.[1]
A library at Université Sainte-Anne bears his name, where he became chancellor in 1994. He also became the seventh chancellor of the University of Moncton in 2004.[2]
Comeau became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2002.[3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Comeau and his wife, Clarice Theriault, have three children.
Electoral record
[edit | edit source]| 1968 Canadian federal election: West Nova | ||||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Louis-Roland Comeau | 14,543 | 52.33 | |||||
| Liberal | John Stewart | 12,290 | 44.22 | |||||
| New Democratic | Rae Gilman | 655 | 2.36 | |||||
| Independent PC | N. Evan Atkinson | 293 | 1.05 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 27,791 | 100.00 | ||||||
References
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- ^ Order of Canada citation (archived)
External links
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- 1941 births
- Living people
- Dalhousie University alumni
- Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Nova Scotia
- Members of the Order of Canada
- People from Digby County, Nova Scotia
- Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MPs
- Saint Mary's University (Halifax) alumni
- 20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada
- Chancellors of the Université de Moncton
- Chancellors of Université Sainte-Anne
- Nova Scotia MP stubs