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{{Short description|Canadian politician (1929–2020)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name=J.-Roland Comtois
| image= Joseph-Roland Comtois.png
| caption= Official 1980 portrait
| birth_date={{birth date|1929|3|3}}
| birth_place=[[Sainte-Julie, Quebec]]
| death_date={{death date and age|2020|10|31|1929|3|3}}
| death_place=
| spouse=
| residence=
| riding=[[Terrebonne (federal electoral district)|Terrebonne]]
| term_start=1968
| term_end=1984
| predecessor=[[Léo Cadieux]]
| successor=[[Robert Toupin]]
| profession=professional engineer, soldier
| party=[[Liberal Party of Canada]]
| website=
}}
'''Joseph-Roland Comtois''' (3 March 1929 – 31 October 2020) is a former a [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal party]] member of the [[House of Commons of Canada]]. He was a professional engineer, soldier and [[reservist]] by career.

==History==

Comtois' first attempts to enter national politics were unsuccessful as he was defeated at the [[Joliette—L'Assomption—Montcalm]] riding in the [[1962 Canadian federal election|1962]] and [[1963 Canadian federal election|1963 federal elections]].

Comtois won the riding on his third attempt in the [[1965 Canadian federal election|1965 federal election]] after its [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] incumbent, [[Louis-Joseph Pigeon]], did not seek re-election. Following rearrangement of riding boundaries, Comtois was re-elected at [[Terrebonne (federal electoral district)|Terrebonne riding]] in the [[1968 Canadian federal election|1968]], [[1972 Canadian federal election|1972]] and [[1974 Canadian federal election|1974 federal elections]].

In 1976, Comtois resigned his federal seat to become a candidate in the Quebec provincial election. This attempt was unsuccessful and he won back his federal seat at Terrebonne in a 24 May 1977 by-election. He won further re-election in the [[1979 Canadian federal election|1979]] and [[1980 Canadian federal election|1980 federal elections]]. He left federal politics after his defeat to [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] [[Robert Toupin]] in the [[1984 Canadian federal election|1984 federal election]].

Comtois served in the [[27th Canadian Parliament|27th]] through [[32nd Canadian Parliament]]s, except for his brief resignation during the [[30th Canadian Parliament|30th Parliament]].

In 2005, Comtois was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the [[Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians]].<ref>[http://www.exparl.ca/05rec_e.asp?#2 2005 Distinguished Service Award Recipient - Summary of Remarks], Canadian Association of Former Parliamentarians.  Retrieved 2011-01-24.</ref>

== Electoral record ==
{{1984 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}
{{1980 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}
{{1979 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}
{{CANelec/top|CA|24 May 1977|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|Terrebonne (federal electoral district)|Terrebonne}}
{{CANelec/note|On Mr. Comtois' resignation, 25 October 1976}}
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Roland Comtois|25,006|55.1	|-1.1}}
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Roger Delorme|15,539|34.2	|+14.8}}
{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Jean Léveillé|1,949|4.3	|-11.7}}
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pierre Demers|1,299|2.9	|-4.6}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Gilles Mélançon|1,151|2.5	|}}
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Claude Demers|290|0.6	|+0.1}}
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|J. Noël St-Michel|167|0.4	|}}
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|45,401	|100.0}}
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{{1974 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}
{{1972 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}
{{1968 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10193}}
* {{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/103/ |publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |title=Canada Votes 2006: Terrebonne-Blainville |accessdate=2007-07-05 |year=2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103150647/http://www.cbc.ca/canadavotes/riding/103/ |archivedate= 3 November 2007 |url-status=dead }}

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[[Category:1929 births]]
[[Category:2020 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Commons of Canada from Quebec]]
[[Category:Liberal Party of Canada MPs]]
[[Category:People from Sainte-Julie, Quebec]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]


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