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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Canadian politician (1929–2020)}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name=J.-Roland Comtois<br />
| image= Joseph-Roland Comtois.png<br />
| caption= Official 1980 portrait<br />
| birth_date={{birth date|1929|3|3}}<br />
| birth_place=[[Sainte-Julie, Quebec]]<br />
| death_date={{death date and age|2020|10|31|1929|3|3}}<br />
| death_place=<br />
| spouse=<br />
| residence=<br />
| riding=[[Terrebonne (federal electoral district)|Terrebonne]]<br />
| term_start=1968<br />
| term_end=1984<br />
| predecessor=[[Léo Cadieux]]<br />
| successor=[[Robert Toupin]]<br />
| profession=professional engineer, soldier<br />
| party=[[Liberal Party of Canada]]<br />
| website=<br />
}}<br />
'''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.<br />
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==History==<br />
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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]].<br />
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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]].<br />
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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]].<br />
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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]].<br />
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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><br />
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== Electoral record ==<br />
{{1984 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}<br />
{{1980 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}<br />
{{1979 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}<br />
{{CANelec/top|CA|24 May 1977|by=yes|percent=yes|change=yes|Terrebonne (federal electoral district)|Terrebonne}}<br />
{{CANelec/note|On Mr. Comtois' resignation, 25 October 1976}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Liberal|Joseph-Roland Comtois|25,006|55.1 |-1.1}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|PC|Roger Delorme|15,539|34.2 |+14.8}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Social Credit|Jean Léveillé|1,949|4.3 |-11.7}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|NDP|Pierre Demers|1,299|2.9 |-4.6}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|Gilles Mélançon|1,151|2.5 |}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Communist|Claude Demers|290|0.6 |+0.1}}<br />
{{CANelec|CA|Independent|J. Noël St-Michel|167|0.4 |}}<br />
{{Canadian election result/total|Total valid votes|45,401 |100.0}}<br />
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{{1974 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}<br />
{{1972 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}<br />
{{1968 Canadian federal election/Terrebonne}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Canadian Parliament links|ID=10193}}<br />
* {{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 }}<br />
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[[Category:20th-century members of the House of Commons of Canada]]<br />
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